Vagabond Burro

Vagabond Burro is aA small software company, sometimes run out of the back of a camper van. Original features, built properly, priced for the people who actually use them.

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Photo utilities

Heeler

An open-source, node-based RAW photo editor

Familiar sliders on top, a full node graph underneath. Every edit is a node, from the RAW decode to the export, so you can open the graph at any time, route a mask into any adjustment, or save a piece of it as a recipe you reuse.

Heeler estimates a depth map for every photograph on your own machine, then uses it to relight the scene, add fog that thickens with distance, refocus after the shot, or limit any adjustment by depth. Around that: darkroom-style black and white, HDR, panoramas and star trails, adjustment layers and masks, takes for keeping versions side by side, and a Python console with a headless batch mode.

Every feature is in every build. No account, no subscription, no cloud, and your photographs never leave your computer.

Mac · Windows · Linux Free and open source (MPL-2.0)

Music utilities

Centimental

A chromatic tuner for guitar, bass, and ukulele

Real-time pitch detection with 40+ hand-designed visual themes, custom tunings, capo support, and a free Apple Watch app. One-time Pro unlock, no subscription.

iPhone · iPad · Apple Watch Free, one-time Pro unlock

Skitter

Finger-coordination practice for guitar and bass

Visual exercises synced to a metronome, a rhythm grader that scores your timing, structured progressions, and progress tracking. One-time Pro unlock, no subscription.

iPhone · iPad · Mac · Windows Free, one-time Pro unlock

Games

Arclo

A one-tap swing arcade game

Tap to swap the anchor of a tethered pair of orbs and thread a run of glowing gates while a void chases you down. Two physics modes, ten tiers, an original synthwave soundtrack, and Game Center leaderboards.

iPhone · iPad Free, one-time full-game unlock

Loomstone

A procedural puzzle game about restoring woven patterns

Turn carved tiles until ancient loops and paths become whole again. Four modes, a daily puzzle, and procedurally generated boards. No ads, no accounts, nothing collected.

iPhone · iPad Free, one-time Full Loom unlock

Tessance

A puzzle game built as a course of study

Move light between living-glass lenses until each study matches its target. Three disciplines, Orbit, Pressure, and Tide, teach five concepts across 90 studies, and the first eighteen are free. No ads, no accounts, nothing collected.

iPhone · iPad Free, one-time Full Enrollment unlock

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