CrackMac Creative Studios

One guy.Nine apps.Zero ads.

CrackMac Creative Studios is one guy with a vision, making actually useful software for free (for now). It runs on your PC, your Android phone and your Google TV, and it all talks to each other through CrackLink™. Make an account, grab the Launcher and have a look around. Please.

Explore the apps →Get the Launcher ↓

Windows PC
Android phone
Android TV and Google TV
Touchscreen on your wall
Any browser

The CrackMac island: every building is a CrackMac app or studio — *Living island*Every building is a CrackMac app or studio.

Pick a cartridge

Every app.
All free.

Cameras, notes, CD covers, your TV and your whole house. Every app has real screenshots, a full feature list and patch notes.

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v1.3.1

Available for Windows

CrackArc

A private workspace for stories, worldbuilding and continuity, built to work offline.

Windows

17 features →

v2.2.0

Available for Windows

CrackOS

A whole CrackMac desktop on top of Windows, with your real files, a real terminal and the everyday tools you actually use.

Windows

10 features →

v2.7.1

Available for Windows

CrackHome

Basically Google Home, but it lives in your house instead of on Google's servers. Lights, scenes, heating and music for every room, on a touchscreen on your wall.

Windows

19 features →

v0.21.1

Available for Android TV

CrackTV

A local-first Android TV home launcher with no ads or recommendation feed. An account is only used to receive updates.

Android TV

22 features →

v0.7.1

Available for Android

CrackMac Companion

The CrackMac phone app: a remote for CrackTV, Send to TV, your home, your cameras and every CrackMac app in one place.

Android phone

19 features →

v0.4.2

Available for Windows

CrackWatch

Your home's Wi-Fi cameras live on your PC, with motion alerts, a guard on your home network and a view on your phone. Nothing goes through the internet.

Windows

31 features →

v0.3.2

Available for Windows and Android

CrackNote

Tasks and notes that you catch from anywhere in one line, kept the same on your PC and phone, locked so only you can read them.

WindowsAndroid phone

14 features →

v0.2.0

Available for Windows

CrackCover

Design covers for your own CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays and print them so they fit the case to the millimetre, with a live 3D case while you work.

Windows

24 features →

v0.1.0

Free browser preview

CrackCAD 3D

Plan rooms, workshops and furniture in millimetres, with editable 3D models, collision checks and drawings.

Browser

6 features →

Inside the apps

Screens you will
actually use.

No mock-ups. Every picture here is a real screenshot from the app, shown whole, on the thing it runs on.

Available for Android TV

CrackTV

A local-first Android TV home launcher with no ads or recommendation feed. An account is only used to receive updates.

Your Android TV homeSet CrackTV as the home screen, or try it in preview mode first.
Personalization WorkshopHome layouts (Showcase, Compact, Apps First), palettes, text size, comfort settings and saved setups you can export.
Engine RoomMemory, running apps, one-press Boost, per-app stop and protection, tune-ups and cache cleaning.

See all 22 features →Screenshots →

Available for Windows

CrackWatch

Your home's Wi-Fi cameras live on your PC, with motion alerts, a guard on your home network and a view on your phone. Nothing goes through the internet.

Camera wallOne, four or nine cameras side by side, live, with name plates, time and a live dot.
Find camerasLooks on your home network for cameras that announce themselves or answer on camera ports.
SnapshotsOne press (or S) saves a full-quality picture to your Pictures folder.

See all 31 features →Screenshots →

Install CrackMac apps on the phone or the TV

Available for Android

CrackMac Companion

The CrackMac phone app: a remote for CrackTV, Send to TV, your home, your cameras and every CrackMac app in one place.

Phone remoteArrows, OK, Back, Home, play/pause and volume for CrackTV.
Home tabLights, plugs, fans, heating, speakers and scenes through your CrackHome screen.
Cameras tabYour CrackWatch cameras with a still of each; tap one to watch it live.

See all 19 features →Screenshots →

Available for Windows

CrackHome

Basically Google Home, but it lives in your house instead of on Google's servers. Lights, scenes, heating and music for every room, on a touchscreen on your wall.

Made for a wallLarge touch controls (64 pixels or more) that answer the moment you touch them.
RoomsLights, plugs, switches, fans and speakers per room, with sliders that never jump under your finger.
NikaA voice assistant through Home Assistant Assist with a local wake word ("Okay Nabu").

See all 19 features →Screenshots →

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CrackLink™

CrackLink™

Your devices
talk to each other.

Pair a device once with six digits. After that your PC, phone, TV and CrackHome screen pass links, apps, camera alerts and health checks to each other, encrypted, and only on your own home network.

Send to the TV

Push an app or a video link from the PC or phone. Nothing opens until someone at the TV says yes.

One health view

See memory, Wi-Fi and speed for the PC and TV, and boost a sluggish TV from the sofa.

One inbox

Camera alerts, new devices and updates land in one feed on the PC, the phone and quietly on the TV.

The CrackMac Launcher

CrackMac Launcher

This is where all the good stuff comes together. One Windows app to browse, install, update and open every CrackMac app. It keeps working offline and checks every download before it opens.

Download 1.22.0 for Windows ↓How it works →

PackageWindows installerSize119.1 MBOfflineKeeps working