Chert — Making iMessage as Accessible as SMS
Anyone working in customer service or marketing knows iMessage has been a walled garden. Users send iMessages, but businesses can only reply manually. Chert solves this by adding an API layer to iMessage, similar to what Twilio does for SMS.
Backed by Y Combinator, Chert currently supports sending and receiving iMessages via API, managing conversations, and setting up auto-replies. For products that need to reach iPhone users, it's more direct than email or SMS.
🔗 Nav link: Chert — iMessage API Platform
OpenBrief — Summarize Videos Without Going Online
Watching long videos is time-consuming, but most summarization tools require uploading to the cloud. OpenBrief flips this: everything runs locally. It downloads videos from YouTube and generates text summaries using local models, all without touching the internet.
Good for teams with data privacy concerns, or when you're on a slow connection. It's open source — just clone it from GitHub and run.
🔗 Nav link: OpenBrief — Local Video Summarizer
SnapState — A Save Game for AI Agents
When AI agents run complex tasks, the worst thing that can happen is a mid-process crash. Lose the conversation context and half your work disappears. SnapState addresses this by providing persistent state storage for agent workflows, with support for checkpoint resume and state rollback.
For anyone building multi-step agent applications, this beats writing your own state management from scratch.
🔗 Nav link: SnapState — Persistent State for AI Agents
TryPost — Open-Source Social Media Scheduling
Tools like Buffer and Hootsuite aren't cheap. TryPost offers an open-source alternative: multi-platform scheduled posting with a clean interface and easy deployment.
For individual creators and small teams who just need the core scheduling feature, TryPost does the job. The subscription savings can go back into content itself.
🔗 Nav link: TryPost — Open-source Social Media Scheduler
