Adam Brown

Adam Brown

Open source developer
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About

I think Free and Open Source development is an unalloyed good in the world. It fills niches that commercial development can't justify, and helps people who can't now, or maybe ever, pay for the software they want or need. It provides auditable code to protect privacy and security in a world increasingly dominated by bad faith corporate interests. The code it's self can serve as a springboard for new developers who can dive in and learn how an interesting thing is done, and become better developers for it. I make free end-user applications, as well as permissively licensed libraries for the wider developer ecosystem.

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Maker History

  • Hammer
    HammerA simple tool for building stories and worlds they live in.
    Jul 2026
  • SnapSafe
    SnapSafeThe camera that minds it's own business
    Jan 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJanuary 9th, 2015

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1mo ago

Hammer - A simple tool for building stories and worlds they live in.

A free, open source story editor for novelists. Scenes you can reorder, an encyclopedia that shows you which scenes your characters are in, a timeline, notes, and stats to help you reach your writing goals. All as plain text files on your own device. Send scenes to your editor for revisions, or share your story with beta readers. Works fully offline on every device you own: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Use a sync server to keep your work up to date across all devices.
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7mo ago

SnapSafe - The camera that minds it's own business

SnapSafe: Privacy-first camera app keeping every photo on YOUR device. - Fully encrypted local storage, zero internet permission, no trackers/ads/analytics. - Auto-strip metadata, blur faces, control GPS tags. - PIN-locked gallery - Poison pill (fake PIN wipes photos) and decoy photo support. - Share safely. - 100% free & open source.
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