I spend a lot of time watching the free-software sites, and for a couple of years now one name keeps earning a...

I spend a lot of time watching the free-software sites, and for a couple of years now one name keeps earning a click: WidgetWorx. There are currently 17 "unquestionably niche, but surprisingly useful apps" on offer, none of them more than $4.99. In a throwback to yesteryear, a few are fully functional donation-ware. Every app is signed and notarized. No subscriptions, no telemetry, no Electron bloat. The developer answers support quickly and keeps the apps current with bug fixes and new features. You can tell he put real thought into each title, and I've used enough of them long enough to speak to whether they hold up. They do. My Favorite WidgetWorx Apps Command Keeper - A searchable, personal library you build over time: command-line snippets, shell scripts, SQL queries, even AI prompts, all a click away. That single click can insert a command or script straight into macOS Terminal, iTerm, Warp, Ghostty, or Alacritty. It lives in the menu bar, but it's useful enough that you'll want…