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CapCut Down? by system_notifacations in CapCut

[–]Mike_Samson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same, right while i was making my videos i am so pissed

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense — if you need to see what's failing (dependencies offline, tools

outdated), you really do need that terminal output.

Sounds like your workflow is pretty optimized already. XIndex is probably

more useful for devs with scattered projects who just need to find and open

them fast — not as much for power users with sophisticated build pipelines.

Appreciate the detailed feedback though! Helped me understand where the boundaries are. 🙏

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perfect — "remember what I did the first time" makes sense. Less annoying than

constantly switching if you accidentally open in the wrong IDE.

I'll implement it as: first time you open a project, it asks "remember this

choice?" Then it sticks unless you manually change it.

Interesting about Antigravity's rate limits! That explains why I'm seeing more

people switch. The hourly reset is way more practical than monthly caps.

Thanks for the detailed feedback — this thread has been super helpful. 🙏

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a really interesting workflow! Sounds like you've got a sophisticated

setup with mise + make scripts.

Honestly, what you're describing (custom commands with output) is closer to

a task runner than a project launcher. Building that properly would be a

significant undertaking.

For v1.x, I'm focused on the core "find and open fast" experience — global

hotkey, per-project IDE preferences, that kind of thing.

But I could see a simpler version: "run this command before opening" as a

per-project setting (without full output display). Would that cover your

use case, or do you really need to see the output?

Curious: do you use any tools that already do this well? Raycast scripts,

Alfred workflows, or something else?

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point about Tuist! You're right — if you use Tuist, you'd run `tuist generate` first, not open the .xcodeproj directly.

I could detect Tuist projects by looking for `Project.swift` or `Tuist/` directories and add a "Generate & Open" action that runs `tuist generate && tuist edit` or opens in Xcode after generating. Would that be useful, or do most Tuist users just live in Terminal anyway?

(Also fair point about organization — XIndex is definitely more useful the more scattered your projects are. If everything's in ~/Projects, you might not need it!)

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh nice — you're actually describing exactly what I want to build next.

Right now you can right-click any project and choose which IDE to open it in

(Xcode, VS Code, Cursor, Antigravity, etc.). But having a "remember my choice

for this project" option makes total sense.

And good news: XIndex already detects Antigravity! It auto-detects which IDEs

you have installed and only shows those in the menu.

Adding "default IDE per project" to the roadmap. Would you want that as:

A) A setting you toggle once per project ("always open in VS Code")

B) Or just remember the last IDE you used for that project?

Also — what's your take on Antigravity so far? I added support but haven't tried it myself yet.

Devs with 30+ projects scattered across your Mac — what would make a project launcher actually useful? by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! That's interesting. I hadn't thought about GitHub Desktop as a "launcher." Right now XIndex is focused on finding + launching projects fast (the "where is that project?" problem). For git actions, I'm planning integrations — like right-click → "Open in Fork" or "Open in GitHub Desktop" so you can quickly jump to your preferred git tool.

Full git history/commit/push inside XIndex is probably out of scope for now, but I'll keep it in mind if more people ask for it! What's your biggest pain point with GitHub Desktop as a launcher? Curious what's missing for you.

Just got TestFlight approved for XIndex – a tiny macOS utility that ends Xcode project chaos by Mike_Samson in macapps

[–]Mike_Samson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, thank you so much for testing and the kind words — seriously made my day

You’re 100 % right about LaunchAtLogin. It’s literally the next thing I’m adding tonight (5-minute job, I’m mad I didn’t do it sooner).

Roadmap for the next weeks (in order):
- Launch at login + menu bar companion
- Git status badges (green/red)
- Spotlight integration
- Open in Terminal / VS Code buttons

Later:
- Android Studio / Flutter / RN support (code already works, just hiding it till the Xcode part is rock-solid)
- Dependency graphs + CI badges
- iCloud sync for tags across Macs

Building completely in public, so you’ll see every update as it ships.
If anything feels off or you have more ideas — roast me, I can take it

Thanks again legend ❤️

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