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Week 40

28 September – 4 October 2026 · 8 picks · Picked by S. Anand Kumar

A week for photos, sound and small helpers. Our pick, darktable, is a full RAW photo editor that costs nothing, and Audacity is still the easiest way to clean up a voice recording.

Handy turns your voice into typed text on your own computer, and Final2x makes small pictures bigger without the usual blur.

★ This week’s pick

darktable

Design toolsGPL-3.0

Organise your photo shoots and develop RAW photos without ever changing the original file.

1Edits never change the original file
2Sort, rate and tag a whole shoot in the lighttable
3Copy one photo's edits onto the rest of a batch

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Also this week

02Open NotebookAn open alternative to NotebookLM: add sources, ask questions, make notes and audio summaries.Add PDFs, web links, YouTube videos and slides as sourcesAI toolsopen-notebook.ai
03A select menu that breaks apartA playful select menu whose options break apart with physicsThe menu options fall apart with real physicsUI and inspiration
04HandyHold a key, speak, and your words are typed into whatever app you are using. Fully offline.Works in any text box: email, chat, documents, the browserAI toolshandy.computer
05AudacityA free audio recorder and editor for voice-overs, podcasts and music, with noise removal built in.Removes background hum and hiss from a voice recordingDesign toolsaudacityteam.org
06Calendar booking page by Jonathan OuyangA personal calendar booking page with an unusual layout ideaA personal booking page with a fresh layoutUI and inspiration
07Final2xA simple desktop app that makes small or blurry images larger and sharper with AI.Pick images, choose a scale, and save larger copies in one goAI toolsgithub.com
08Motion PrimitivesOver 30 animated React parts, from text effects to docks and carousels, to copy into your site.Each part has a live demo and the code right beside itUI kits and codemotion-primitives.com

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