Brad Root

Since 2018, I've been the backend engineer, devops guy, all-around problem solver, and occasional copywriter for Lingo, a digital asset manager used by Reddit, Duolingo, Snap, and other brands you know and love.

Lurker is a beautiful self-hosted modern IRC client with a retro flair, most easily described as "your personal IRCCloud, with Weechat looks".

★ 68 stars on GitHub

Native macOS app for streaming, viewing, and controlling your Commodore 64 Ultimate device with real-time CRT shader effects.

★ 25 stars on GitHub

A pocket-sized, decentralized micro-blogging app for iOS. Write short posts, share photos, and own your content — deploy wherever you like.

★ 2 stars on GitHub

A LLM-powered chatbot client specifically built for the AI Horde. Import or craft Tavern-compatible character cards, and chat with them for free, powered by open source LLMs, with compute provided by enthusiastic volunteers around the world.

★ 45 stars on GitHub

A generative art client specifically built for the AI Horde. Generate art, graphics, photographs, and more, all for free, powered by open source diffusion models, with compute provided by enthusiastic volunteers around the world.

★ 55 stars on GitHub

A macOS screensaver, Apple TV and Vision Pro app that displays modern art created by artists who have never existed. All works are generated using open source image diffusion models, and new works are generated all the time.

★ 72 stars on GitHub

A fully featured app for creating and playing gamebooks, a type of interactive fiction where the player gets to make decisions that influence the story.

★ 105 stars on GitHub

A macOS screensaver and Apple TV app that displays an artistic implementation of Conway's Game of Life, using the cellular automaton to generate pleasing, abstract art that is always changing and evolving, kind of like a cyberpunk fireplace sim.

★ 239 stars on GitHub

A macOS menu bar app for managing your Pi-hole(s). Compatible with macOS 10.12 (and later). Download for free via brew install pibar or buy on the Mac App Store.

★ 339 stars on GitHub

dotBeat gives you Swatch Internet Time right in your macOS menu bar! But, that's not all, it also has an interesting UX for viewing most timezones on earth, for when you're planning global meetings.

★ 40 stars on GitHub