Open Source Tools
Open-source software that I've actually installed and used: who it's suitable for, how to install it, how it differs from similar tools, and any problems I encountered. Each entry includes the test version and the official source.
- The difference between the two generations of PowerShell was taught to me by backup scripts. Windows' built-in PowerShell 5.1 and the open-source PowerShell 7 look like the same thing, but…
- Qwen3-ASR 與 ForcedAligner：兩個不出聲的小模型，讓語音合成可以被檢查 語音合成流程裡最有名的是把文字變聲音的模型，真正讓流程能無人值守的是另外兩個六億參數的小模型：對齊器給時間軸，辨識器把合成的聲音轉回文字來核對。這篇講它們怎麼用、輸出簡體帶來的問題，和一個…
- Cloudflared: Enables your home machines to provide services to the outside world without opening any ports. Cloudflared is the connector for Cloudflare Tunnel, an open-source Apache 2.0 application. It i…
- VibeVoice: The weights are MIT-licensed, but I still didn't benchmark its speed Microsoft's VibeVoice is a speech synthesis model for long-form multi-person dialogues. Its wei…
- `git bundle`: This allows you to move an entire repository to another machine without specifying a remote. Git's built-in bundle packages history into an archive that can be verified, fetched, and only…
- Using Python on Windows: Where does the interpreter come from, how to pin venv, how to enable UTF-8 Python on Windows has a few pitfalls not found on other platforms: the Python installation in y…
- Blender's background modes and Effekseer: Two more art styles without relying on generative models Blender, using background mode and Grease Pencil, can programmatically create a paper-cutting t…
- Motion Canvas: Animations written in TypeScript that only output image sequences. Motion Canvas is an MIT-licensed animation library. Animation is programmatic, camera movement…
- Depth Anything V2 加 SAM 2：在 CPU 上把一張背景切成三層 兩個開源視覺模型，一個算深度、一個切遮罩，合起來可以把靜態背景分成遠、中、近三個平面，做出小幅視差。在 CPU 上每張約一分鐘。授權要看清楚：Depth Anything 只有 Small…
- pip-tools, CycloneDX, and pip-licenses: Leaving a Supply Chain Record for a Python Project Three open-source tools and one batch file produce a hashed lock file, SBOM, and third-party li…