Hi Hacker News, I am the developer of the application Chauffeur.

Every time I had to open all my apps by hand — VS Code on the right folders, the Chrome tabs, some files edited in Notepad++, open PDF's. I wanted an app that restores my whole context via click on one button.

Chauffeur does this: it saves the state of multiple apps and restores them on demand. Everything stays on the local computer. Open files/projetcs/tabs only talks to 127.0.0.1 or localhost.

Honest disclosures: Windows-only right now. Commercial: Free + Pro. No trial, no time limit. Free: free forever, no account, no credit card. Limit: 1 saved workspace (overwritable), restoring is free Pro (paid): unlimited named workspaces + automatic snapshots + export/import. The price is 5.99€/month or 49€/year.

I would like feedback on the cross application context model and the local only architecture. I would be happy to answer anything.

I would like to say, that the following integrations (Add-Ins/Plugins) exist: Excel, Word, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Visual Studio, Visula Studio Code, JetBrains, Notepad++, Sumatra PDF, Acrobat, OneNote, Obsidian.