Supercharged

A collection of open source forks with custom features tailored to my workflows.

Each fork lives on a supercharged branch in its own repo, keeping upstream changes easy to merge while maintaining custom functionality on top.

Forks are rebranded (custom names, icons, colors) so they can be installed side-by-side with the upstream app. This makes it easy to test new upstream features without losing the supercharged version, and vice versa.

Projects

SuperCapture

Fork of BetterCapture, a native macOS screen recording app built with SwiftUI and ScreenCaptureKit.

Changes:

• Rebranded to SuperCapture (custom name, icons, update feed)
• Post-recording transcription via Parakeet V3
• Audio-only recording mode with optional video toggle
• Dual-audio WAV output
• Post-recording hooks for custom automation
• Configurable global shortcut with conflict detection
• Discreet mode, output subdirectories, minimum duration filter
• Audio codec conversion (multi-format support via symphonia)
• Start on login toggle
• Alfred workflows for quick access
• Stability fixes (menu bar hang, race conditions, audio path handling)

Handy Supercharged

Fork of Handy, a free, offline speech-to-text desktop app.

Changes:

• Rebranded to Handy-Supercharged (custom name, app icons, electric blue theme, lightning bolt tray icon)
• Trigger words: define words/phrases that execute actions during transcription (e.g. saying "enter" presses Enter), with reliable multi-trigger support
• Instant mute via CoreAudio when recording stops, preventing end sounds from being captured
• Separate start and stop sound toggles for audio feedback
• Disabled upstream update checker (independent release cycle)

SideNote Supercharged

Fork of SideNote, an Obsidian plugin for adding comments to notes with sidebar display and text anchoring.

Changes:

• Rebranded to SideNote Supercharged (custom plugin ID for side-by-side install)
• File-level comments: add comments to an entire file, not just text selections
• Inline comment section: view and manage comments directly in the note
• Threaded replies on comments
• JSONL-based comment storage alongside the standard data.json
• CLI for AI agent and automation comment management with nanoid-based IDs and auto vault detection
• Live sync: file watcher on comments.jsonl for instant CLI updates, merging external changes instead of overwriting

How it works

All forks follow the same pattern:

1. Fork the upstream repo
2. Create a supercharged branch
3. Add custom features on top
4. Periodically merge upstream changes to stay current