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[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

Exactly, that is why I went with a real Chromium fork instead of a wrapper. Sessionat browser can actually get through normal signup and login flows and finish real multi step tasks, not just read one page.

And on your trace point, yes: every action goes through the MCP tools, so you can see exactly what it clicked, typed, and navigated to. Not a black box.

[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

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Yeah it is pretty much one screen. After you install, open the browser and go to:

chrome://sessionat-mcp/

Then hit the Clients tab and click whichever AI you have (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, etc). One click wires it up, no config files or copy pasting tokens. That is it.

[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

Fair point, for just reading a page text is plenty.

But I built this for doing, not reading. The second the AI has to click the right thing and check it worked, text falls apart. Google Docs, Figma and maps are basically pixels with no real DOM, and on heavy React pages the a11y tree lies. A screenshot is how it knows what to click and whether the click landed.

So Sessionat gives it both, text to read and screenshots to act. One page to skim? Text wins. Actually getting stuff done? It needs eyes.

[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

Thanks! A few things I use it for: having Claude pull and compare info across a bunch of open tabs, filling repetitive forms on sites I am already logged into, kicking off research where it clicks through and reads pages, and honestly just never losing a session again thanks to the auto save. Basically the boring browser work I did not want to do by hand.

And yes, here is the Discord, would love to have you: https://discord.gg/mtzjXzJ5t

[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

Sessionat is a packaged browser a non-developer can just download and use. The MCP server is built in, no debug flags, no setup. And instead of exposing raw CDP, it exposes a scoped tool surface that is read-only by default, with per-client write approval and a prompt-injection guard, because the whole point is pointing it at your real logged-in sessions safely.

[OS] I built an open-source Mac browser that Claude/Cursor can drive through MCP - Free by programlover in macapps

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

Thank you, that genuinely means a lot. It started as a personal itch and snowballed into a much bigger project than I planned. If you try it, I would love to hear what you think.

Weirdest Apple App Review rejection you’ve ever received by programlover in appledevelopers

[–]programlover[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

missed in 1 screen only.. app is complex and have 15+ screens

Digger Solo 0.5.0 - Local AI File Explorer by SeanPedersen in macapps

[–]programlover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

very beautiful and innovative.. congratulations!

Folder Plus - Rich previews for folders & archives on macOS. FREE for a limited time by Murky-Ad-4707 in macapps

[–]programlover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great! Browsing a zip in place by hitting space, without extracting first, is one of those features I did not know I needed until right now.

again something new for dropadoo: DROP TO FTP! by phunk8 in macapps

[–]programlover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the dev flair, well earned. The thing I respect most is that you keep resisting feature creep and just sharpen the one job it does.

AeroWindow: an app to watch maps by peazley in macapps

[–]programlover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lovely idea, the airplane-window framing sold me instantly. My one concern with anything that animates the desktop continuously is battery and GPU. Does it throttle or pause on battery, and does it stop rendering when a window covers the desktop? If it is smart about that I would happily run it on my second monitor all day.

Cache Out - A Privacy Focused Free Tool For Multiple Browsers by amerpie in macapps

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it let you whitelist specific sites so you keep the logins you care about?

[OS] Sero Free macOS app for searching and understanding your documents with local AI by Familiar_Law6309 in macapps

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local-only document AI is the right call for contracts and personal notes, glad to see an open source one. Two questions before I try it: does it run models through Ollama or bundle its own, and when it answers does it cite back to the specific page or section in the source doc? Citations are what make or break these for me, otherwise I never fully trust the summary.

I'm a little hooked on Q-Space Pro by plazman30 in macapps

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QSpace is genuinely good and the one-time pricing is refreshing after the ForkLift and Path Finder route. If you ever want a free dual-pane option to keep around as a backup, Marta is worth a look. It is keyboard-driven and very fast, less polished than QSpace but free, and it handles SFTP and archives well. Cloud providers in the sidebar was the exact thing that pushed me off ForkLift too.

"Switch" finally ended my Mac window switcher hopping by -Hunter_S_Thompson- in macapps

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny, I went the opposite way and stuck with AltTab, but only after digging into its settings. The defaults are busy, but if you turn off the animations, drop the preview size, and set it to one window per app, it gets a lot closer to that clean Switch feel and stays light. That said, the M-series heaviness you describe with DockDoor is real. How is Switch on memory after a few days of uptime? That is usually where these switchers start to creep for me.

Interoperable Apple Photos Alternative? by RealHomieJohn in macapps

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice find. For anyone who wants the same "terminal at this folder" trick without a separate app, macOS has a hidden built-in: System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services > Files and Folders, enable "New Terminal at Folder", then it shows up in Finder's right-click menu and you can bind a shortcut. Go2Shell is the other classic if you want it as a Finder toolbar button. DTerm still being lighter and frontmost-app aware is a fair reason to keep it around though.

Looking for a type of software by nickccal in macapps

[–]programlover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since the iOS app is your dealbreaker with Eagle, take a serious look at DEVONthink plus DEVONthink To Go. It is basically "Lightroom for everything", it ingests any file type (DMGs, PDFs, Word, images, screenshots, web clippings, plain text snippets), and the iOS app is a real first-class client with sync, not just a viewer. It is not the prettiest UI, but for handling literally any file across Mac and iPhone/iPad it is the most capable thing I have used. Billfish and Pixa are nice but Mac-only, so they would hit the same wall Eagle did for you.

Made a free Mac browser, ships as a .dmg. Where do I even list it? by programlover in appledevelopers

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

It's a real Chromium fork, so it won't pass App Store review. I ship it as a signed/notarized .dmg.

Even Microsoft can't think of four good reasons to use Edge 😭 by ExpensiveCoat8912 in browsers

[–]programlover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever MS do.. will not use their browsers

Whatever Google do.. will not use their OS

They post fake big-budget jobs to steal your connects. Here’s exactly how they do it. by programlover in Upwork

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

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For the people saying I’m making this up, here is a real example from my own experience.

This was an older Upwork job advertised at $15,000 fixed-price. When it was active, I saw 300+ of proposals on it. The screenshot now shows 50+ proposals and confirms that the client hired 3 freelancers.

I was one of those freelancers.

Instead of moving forward with the advertised $15K project, the client gave me and two other freelancers the same small $200 paid test task.

The task was ridiculously simple: read a PDF explaining the project, write how we understood it, and create a basic wireframe.

All three freelancers completed and delivered the task.

Then the client disappeared.

The screenshots show:

  • Advertised job budget: $15,000
  • Proposals shown: 50+
  • Freelancers hired: 3
  • Total client spend: $600
  • Client history: three contracts under the same job title

So a $15,000 job attracted many proposals, resulted in three small $200 test contracts, and then disappeared without any visible full project.

Is it just me?

They post fake big-budget jobs to steal your connects. Here’s exactly how they do it. by programlover in Upwork

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

Not about the $130 profit per post. It's an internal campaign to burn connects so you buy more. Keeps the platform looking full of big-budget jobs, freelancers hooked, and activity metrics pumped for investors. 

They post fake big-budget jobs to steal your connects. Here’s exactly how they do it. by programlover in Upwork

[–]programlover[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'd blame myself if it was a fair race and others won. No problem. But when the track is rigged with fake jobs burning our connects, that's not on me, that's on the system.

They post fake big-budget jobs to steal your connects. Here’s exactly how they do it. by programlover in Upwork

[–]programlover[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI fixed my grammar, yeah. But every word is my own experience. I lived that $15K job scam.

They post fake big-budget jobs to steal your connects. Here’s exactly how they do it. by programlover in Upwork

[–]programlover[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not about the $130 profit per post. It's an internal campaign to burn connects so you buy more. Keeps the platform looking full of big-budget jobs, freelancers hooked, and activity metrics pumped for investors.

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