Astax/Discovery

Most directories tell you what exists. This one tells you what changed.

483 tools and websites, 227 of them checked against the vendor’s own pages rather than their marketing. Prices rise and free tiers quietly vanish, so every record keeps its history. And for anything an AI does, we list the way to do it without one.

LAST CHECKED 8 SEPTEMBER 2026 · 0 CHANGES LOGGED THIS WEEK

This week’s top five

WEEK OF 2026-09-07 · ONE PER CATEGORY
AI

Cursor

Code editor built around an AI pair programmer.

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NO AI

Jan

Open source offline alternative to a hosted chat app.

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AI

Captions

Subtitles and editing built for short-form video.

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NO AI

Audacity

The default free audio recorder and editor for twenty years.

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AI

Inworld AI

Builds NPCs that can hold a conversation.

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This week’s picks

WEEK OF 2026-09-07
AIBEST FREE
  1. 1JanNEW
  2. 2AiderNEW
  3. 3Marginalia SearchNEW
  4. 4ChatGPTNEW
  5. 5LangflowNEW
CreativeBEST FREE
  1. 1AudacityNEW
  2. 2BlenderNEW
  3. 3HandBrakeNEW
  4. 4KdenliveNEW
  5. 5LMMSNEW
InternetBEST FREE
  1. 1Organic MapsNEW
  2. 2Project GutenbergNEW
  3. 3Standard EbooksNEW
  4. 4WikisourceNEW
  5. 5OpenStreetMapNEW
EntertainmentBEST FREE
  1. 1AntennaPodNEW
  2. 2JellyfinNEW
  3. 3MusicBrainzNEW
  4. 4SerializdNEW
  5. 5LibbyNEW

Recently checked

PRIORITYNEWCHANGED

Ollama

ollama.com
Newhuman

Runs open models entirely on your own machine.

$20/monthNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

LM Studio

lmstudio.ai
Newhuman

Desktop app for running local models, no terminal needed.

$0.13/usageNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Jan

jan.ai
Newhuman

Open source offline alternative to a hosted chat app.

Free tierOpen source
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Stability AI

stability.ai
Newai

The company behind the Stable Diffusion image models.

$19/monthOpen sourceTrains on your data
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Ideogram

ideogram.ai
Newai

Image generation that handles text inside images well.

$20/monthOpen source
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Runway

runwayml.com
Newai

Video generation and editing built around models.

$12/month
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY
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