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| App | What it does |
|---|---|
| AppGeek | Update everything on your PC in one run, and install from a curated catalogue. Built on winget. |
| AuthGeek | Offline two-factor authenticator. Your codes in one encrypted vault on your own machine. |
| CleanGeek | Recovers real space from caches, temp files and update leftovers. No registry cleaner. |
| CutGeek | Removes photo backgrounds locally, at full resolution, with no watermark. |
| DiskGeek | Shows what is actually filling a drive, finds duplicates and tracks what grew. |
| DriverGeek | Every driver on the machine, and the updates Windows Update keeps hidden. |
| LingoGeek | Offline document translator for Word, PDF, subtitles and text. |
| PDFGeek | Merge, split, extract, rotate, watermark and password-protect PDFs offline. |
| ReelGeek | Turns a folder of photos into a vertical reel cut to the beat. |
| ShortGeek | Turns a script into a narrated, captioned vertical short. |
| SoundGeek | Removes background noise and hum, and evens out the levels. |
| TranscribeGeek | Turns recordings into text on your own machine. |
| VideoSizeGeek | Fits a video into an exact size limit for Discord, Gmail or WhatsApp. |
| MetaRestoreGeek | Puts dates and locations from a Google Takeout export back into your photos. |
| Ultimate Settings Panel | 250+ Windows settings, tools and commands in one searchable panel. |
Browse them all at techygeekshome.info/geek-tools. Several are in winget:
winget search TechyGeeksHomeFree extensions for Chrome, Edge and other Chromium browsers. Everything runs on your own computer.
| Extension | What it does |
|---|---|
| Board Saver for Pinterest | Saves every image on a Pinterest board in full quality, duplicates removed, in one ZIP. |
| Grid Saver for Instagram | Saves the photos, reels and carousels from an Instagram profile or post in full quality. |
| Clip Saver for TikTok | Saves TikTok videos and photo posts from a profile or a single video in the best quality. |
| Reddit Saver | Saves the pictures, galleries and videos (with sound) from a post, user or subreddit. |
| Bluesky Saver | Saves every picture and video from a Bluesky profile, post or feed. Videos come down as MP4. |
| Page Saver | Saves every image on a web page at its biggest size, plus its videos, in one ZIP. |
| Image Format Saver | Right-click any picture to save it as JPG, PNG or WebP, or copy it as PNG. |
| Screenshot Saver | Full page, visible part or a picked area. Save as PNG, JPG or PDF, or copy it. |
| Markdown Saver | Saves any web page or selection as clean Markdown for Obsidian and notes. |
| Extension | What it does |
|---|---|
| PDFGeek: PDF Tools | Merge, split, crop, rotate and lock PDFs, and turn pictures into PDFs. Nothing is uploaded. |
| TextGeek | Drag a box over any picture, video or screenshot and copy the text in it. |
| ErrorGeek | Look up any Windows error code offline: HRESULT, Win32, NTSTATUS and Windows Update. |
| SpeedGeek | Speed up or slow down any video or audio, 0.1x to 16x. Remembers your speed per site. |
| VolumeGeek | Boost any tab up to 600%, or tune it with a simple bass, mid and treble equaliser. |
| PiPGeek | Pop the main video on any page out into a floating window with one click or Alt+P. |
| TabGeek | Frees up memory by putting tabs you have not used for a while to sleep. |
| FocusGeek | Blocks distracting websites all the time, on a schedule or during a focus timer. |
| RefreshGeek | Auto refresh any tab on a timer, or watch part of a page and get an alert when it changes. |
| ColorGeek | Pick any colour on screen and copy it as HEX, RGB or HSL. Checks contrast too. |
| Country Filter for X | Hide or blur X posts and replies from the countries and regions you choose. |
Guides, screenshots and downloads for every extension at techygeekshome.info/browser-extensions.
| Project | What it does |
|---|---|
| NeoDark | Fast, dark-mode WordPress theme for tech guides and tutorials. |
| LinkGather | Audit every URL on your site, then filter, sort and export to CSV. |
| Controlled Draft Publisher | Publishes drafts automatically on a schedule you control. On WordPress.org. |
| BackBurner Post Archiver | Moves old content out of circulation after a set age. On WordPress.org. |
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