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.

NEW ENTRY · VERIFIED

NO AI

Jan

Open source offline alternative to a hosted chat app.

NEW ENTRY · VERIFIED

AI

Captions

Subtitles and editing built for short-form video.

NEW ENTRY · VERIFIED

NO AI

Audacity

The default free audio recorder and editor for twenty years.

NEW ENTRY · VERIFIED

AI

Inworld AI

Builds NPCs that can hold a conversation.

NEW ENTRY · VERIFIED

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

Napkin AI

napkin.ai
Newai

Turns written text into diagrams that make sense.

$9/monthNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Mem

get.mem.ai
Newai

Notes that organise and resurface themselves.

$9/monthNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Zapier

zapier.com
Newhybrid

Connects apps that were never meant to talk.

$19.99/month
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Make

make.com
Newhybrid

Visual automation with more control than most.

$9/month
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Vikunja

vikunja.io
Newhuman

Open source, self-hostable task and list manager.

€4/monthOpen source
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

ONLYOFFICE

onlyoffice.com
Newhybrid

Office suite with genuinely good Microsoft format support.

Free tierOpen source
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

7-Zip

7-zip.org
Newhuman

The archiver that opens everything.

Free tierOpen source
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

Syncthing

syncthing.net
Newhuman

Sync files between your own devices with no cloud in between.

Free tierOpen sourceNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY

ActivityWatch

activitywatch.net
Newhuman

Time tracking where the data stays on your machine.

$5/monthOpen sourceNo training on your data
DETAILSVISIT →CHECKED TODAY
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