Laststance Recap: December 2025
Laststance Recap: December 2025
December 2025 was an extraordinary month for Laststance! With 768 commits across 34 active projects, 45 merged pull requests, and 14 releases, this was our most productive month yet. I launched new projects, shipped major features, and rolled out security improvements across the entire organization.
🎉 New Projects
claude-plugin-dashboard
An interactive CLI dashboard to browse, install, and manage Claude Code plugins.
- v0.1.0 - Initial Release Browse 100+ plugins from multiple marketplaces, install/uninstall directly from the dashboard, and toggle plugins with keyboard-driven navigation. Features Emacs-style shortcuts and a beautiful TUI that matches Claude Code's design.
gitbox
A web application for managing GitHub repositories in Kanban board format.
Highlights:
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Board favorites feature with E2E tests
- Added the ability to favorite boards for quick access, with comprehensive end-to-end test coverage.
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Card Display Settings in Board Settings dialog
- Users can now customize how cards are displayed within their boards.
🖥️ Desktop Apps
signage
Dark self screen saver app for cooldown brain. Eight releases this month!
Highlights:
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- Implemented VS Code/Slack-style automatic updates with silent background downloads, non-intrusive banner notifications, and one-click restart to install.
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- Added a new Settings window with options for menu bar visibility, dock icon, startup behavior, and customizable global shortcuts.
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- New visual mode that displays a static black screen with no effects when cursor moves - perfect for complete visual rest.
complete
macOS system-wide spell autocomplete triggered by global hotkey.
Highlights:
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- Global hotkey trigger (⇧⌘I), smart positioning near cursor, TextEdit-quality completions powered by NSSpellChecker, keyboard navigation, and cross-app compatibility.
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v0.1.2 - Browser Positioning Fix
- Fixed popup appearing at wrong position in browser form inputs and textareas. Now works correctly in Chrome with textarea, input, and address bar.
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- Fixed production crash on startup caused by missing SPM resource bundles.
🌐 Chrome Extensions
clean-url
Chrome extension that removes tracking parameters from URLs.
Release:
- v1.0.6 - Amazon Tracking Support & Context Menu Fix
- Amazon affiliate URLs are now properly detected and cleaned. Context menu "Clean current URL" and "Clean this link" now work correctly.
📚 Developer Tools
mui-storybook
Storybook for MUI v7 default components.
Highlights:
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Add 30 layout pattern components with stories
- Comprehensive collection of common layout patterns for MUI applications.
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Implement comprehensive Storybook testing with Vitest addon
- Added Vitest integration for testing component stories directly.
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Add 12 missing MUI components with stories and tests
- Expanded component coverage to include previously missing MUI components.
semantic-react
React component wrapper for DevTools visibility via Custom Elements.
Highlight:
- Add replaceDivRoot option for cleaner DOM structure
- New option allows for a cleaner DOM output when using semantic-react components.
🔒 Security Initiative: malware-safe-chain
This month, I rolled out the malware-safe-chain workflow across all Laststance repositories. This GitHub Actions workflow adds an additional layer of security to our CI/CD pipelines.
Repositories updated include: nsx, laststance.io, clean-url, utils, coffee-timer, create-react-app-vite, eslint-config-ts-prefixer, signage, react-next-eslint-plugin, next-msw-integration, mui-storybook, vite-rtk-query, usd-query, react-typescript-todomvc-2022, Engage, corelive, complete, Redux-Front-Page, do-i-need-an-umbrella, website-eslint-config-ts-prefixer, react-lightbox, bookmark-xp-explorer, swagger-node-codegen, git-gpt-commit, npm-publish-tool, create-web-site, copy-to, and electron-mcp-server.
📊 December by the Numbers
| Metric | Count | |--------|-------| | Active Repositories | 34 / 36 | | Total Commits | 768 | | Merged Pull Requests | 45 | | Releases | 14 |
Wrapping Up
December 2025 was a landmark month for Laststance. I launched two significant new projects (GitBox and Claude Plugin Dashboard), shipped multiple versions of our desktop apps (Signage and Complete), and strengthened security posture across all repositories.
The GitBox project represents our vision for a better GitHub repository management experience, while Claude Plugin Dashboard brings our expertise in developer tooling to the Claude Code ecosystem.