This is the result of work begun by the SecureDrop team in July 2025 to completely overhaul how journalists process submissions. SecureDrop Workstation users will receive it automatically during a system update in the next few weeks.

https://securedrop.org/news/securedrop-inbox-is-coming/

#OpenSource #Whistleblowing #Electron #Qubes

The new SecureDrop Inbox is coming

A new SecureDrop Inbox will be released in the next few weeks, the result of work begun by the team in July 2025 to redesign how journalists process submissions. SecureDrop Workstation users will receive it automatically during a system update.

SecureDrop

SecureDrop Inbox, the new window into the SecureDrop Workstation, has been rewritten from the ground up to replace the previous client application for existing journalist users.

Improving upon the core functionality, it also includes bug fixes, speed improvements, and a range of new features.

https://securedrop.org/news/new-features-in-securedrop-inbox/

#OpenSource #Whistleblowing #Electron #Qubes

New features in SecureDrop Inbox

SecureDrop Inbox, the new window into the SecureDrop Workstation, has been rewritten from the ground up to replace the previous client application for existing journalist users. Improving upon the core functionality, it also includes bug fixes, speed improvements, and a range of new features.

SecureDrop

Obsidian

Obsidian is a very popular cross-platform note-taking application that allows you to use plain Markdown as a very flexible notes database and that I have somewhat begrudgingly adop(...)

#electron #markdown #notes #zettelkasten

https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/obsidian?utm_content=atom&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

One Open-source Project Daily

Universal Terminal Emulator, might be a great toy terminal front-end for geeks.

https://github.com/JLChnToZ/uniterm

#1ospd #opensource #bashonwindows #electron #javascript #nodejs #pty #terminalemulators #tty #typescript #windowssubsystemlinux #wsl #wslterminal #xtermjs
GitHub - JLChnToZ/uniterm: 🚧Universal Terminal Emulator, might be a great toy terminal front-end for geeks.

🚧Universal Terminal Emulator, might be a great toy terminal front-end for geeks. - JLChnToZ/uniterm

GitHub

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code became my de facto default editor (well, other than vim back in 2016 (years before I joined Microsoft) simply because it was inhumanly fast for an Electron appli(...)

#code #editor #electron #microsoft #studio #visual

https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/code?utm_content=atom&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Yo, #Slack, #Discord, and all you #electron numbnuts, `~/.config` is NOT FOR CACHE (°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Holy (native) Grail update: we cracked open the Shiny temple and ten desktop apps tumbled out. R, Python, native, containerized, shinylive, you name it. One Electron shell, every runtime mode we could dream up, all from one R package.

{shinyelectron}, coming soon to a desktop near you.

#rshiny #pyshiny #rstats #python #shinylive #electron

TIL that leaving the #Bitwarden app open, even if it isn't the frontmost app, it will use 20% CPU. This is why techies hate #Electron apps. They're pigs.
possibly affected: #React
#Vuejs applications (including Vue CLI projects)
#äNuxtjs projects (server-rendered Vue apps and examples)
#Nextjs example apps and tutorials (React SSR/static apps often use Axios)
React Native apps (mobile apps fetching APIs)
#Electron desktop apps (desktop JS apps making HTTP calls)
possibly #SignalDesktop
Figma has this amazing feature when you force click your trackpad anywhere in the app, Dictionary.app will open. #electron