VERBA / PUBLIC PROBLEM LEDGER
Needs surfaced from real conversations, so curious builders can find the next useful thing to make—with the context still attached.
Every post stays connected to its discussion.
474Requests · pain points · open questions
Open ledgerLIVE COMMUNITY SIGNALS
Search the original posts and the conversations around them. The source content remains in its original language.
I think a lot of you know Mowglii and the app Itsycal, it's been mentioned here multiple times, and it's just a little, perfect menu bar calendar. I recently visited his website and discovered MDV, a free Markdown viewer for Mac. From…
From the discussion“Will try it. Thank you!”
What problem it solves and a comparison: macOS finally has desktop widgets like Color Widgets, but let’s be honest they still have the same old and easy designs, bad Liquid Glas and features. I wanted my desktop to look nicer, so I…
From the discussion“This looks good.”
I’ve been testing NanoClip recently, and it’s one of the few utilities that actively respects macOS system resources while rejecting the subscription model. Most of us already use a clipboard manager (like Maccy or Paste), but NanoClip…
From the discussion“The nano apps website won’t load fyi”
Here are two Mac friction points: It's been 16 years since Mission Control was released, and "Desktop 3" is still "Desktop 3." Apple's API doesn't expose Space naming to any third-party app — there's no system-level hook to hang a label…
From the discussion“CurrentKey — by DiMare Dailey Studio LLC
Ratings: 0 (no ratings yet) · 23 reviews
Average: n/a ★
Age: released ~7.2 years ago · rated 4+
Overall score: 0 / 100”
3 months ago, I posted Sentient OS here, and 2,500 of you joined the waitlist. So many of you wrote to me over these months; I read every single one. It's out right now at https://sentient-os.ai, and it grew into something much bigger than…
From the discussion“Excited to try this out! The email just came in as well - I’m downloading as we speak and will leave a comment after I’ve tried it out. Thanks for your hard work!”
Problem: This app was originally created because of a request from a Reddit user. He didn’t like using web-based monitor testing tools and wanted a native macOS app that could work completely offline. When buying a new monitor or…
From the discussion“Good one thanks.”
I came to know about Aerial, a screensaver/wallpaper app yesterday through MacVince's YT video. I was shocked to see that it exists since 2020 (6th year anniversary in 5 days) and built natively in Swift but still never saw it mentioned…
From the discussion“I wish it had space pictures. I love this though!”
If you’re posting about your app there are some critical questions that nobody answers. This information should be front and center of your post! • PRICING • How old is your project? • What’s your update plan? • How many apps have you…
From the discussion“Hey there, from the perspective of a dev, I understand that you want to know more but "complete information" is very individual and simply impossible to cover. You want to know how old is the project, what's the update plan and how many apps have been done previously, others might want completely different information. Pricing should always be included and that's already part of the rules. This is what replying is for. It's my duty as the developer to answer your questions when I post about my app.”
If you use multiple monitors on macOS, you've probably clicked an app in the Dock only to realize its window is still on another display. I built DockLift to fix exactly that. When you click the Dock icon of a running app, DockLift…
From the discussion“🔍 GitHub Guard: Trust Report ⚠️ This project scored 0/6 — below this subreddit's threshold of 3. Note: Author is an Approved User. Audit Breakdown: * ❌ Low Star Count (⭐ 5 / 100 required) * ❌ New Repository (under 30 days old) * ❌ No License Found * ❌ No Security Policy — what is this? * ℹ️ Individual Contributor * ℹ️ Unsigned Commits ⚠️ Security Reminder: Always verify source code and run third-party scripts at your own risk.”
EVERY POST CLASSIFIED
Different conversations reveal different kinds of opportunity. Start with the signal that fits how you build.
People actively looking for an app, alternative, or recommendation.
Repeated friction, missing workflows, and things people want fixed.
Questions that expose undecided needs and room for better answers.
Products already in the wild—and the feedback gathering around them.
CONTEXT BEFORE CODE
Verba keeps the problem and its conversation together. You can judge the signal before deciding what, if anything, should be built.
Search direct requests, recurring friction, and questions from real conversations.
Browse needsOpen a demand brief and read the original post alongside every collected comment.
Keep the nuanceCompare discussion depth and source evidence before committing your time to a solution.
Build with evidence6 QUESTIONS
What this first Verba ledger contains, how it was cleaned, and what the numbers mean.
This first dataset is a snapshot of public posts and comments from r/MacApps. Every brief links back to its original Reddit source.
No. Interface text is fully available in English and Simplified Chinese, while community content stays in its original language to preserve meaning.
The cleaner uses Reddit post IDs to group every collected comment under its post. Known reply relationships are preserved; missing thread metadata remains marked unknown.
The scraper exported richer metrics for only part of the dataset. Verba keeps absent values as unknown instead of presenting them as zero.
Not always. The dataset often contains only a sample of a larger thread. Detail pages show collected and reported counts separately whenever both exist.
Yes. The mock endpoints expose searchable, paginated posts and individual post records in the normalized post-to-comments shape.