Turns written text into diagrams that make sense.
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483 tools and websites, sorted by the job they do. Flip the switch at the top to see the AI way or the human-made way.
227 checked against the vendor’s own site, most recently on 8 September 2026.

Number 1: Cursor
Code editor built around an AI pair programmer.
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Number 2: Captions
Subtitles and editing built for short-form video.
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Number 3: Inworld AI
Builds NPCs that can hold a conversation.
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Number 4: Exa
Search built for models rather than for people.
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Number 5: Elicit
Finds and summarises real research papers, with citations.
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Number 1: Jan
Open source offline alternative to a hosted chat app.
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Number 2: Audacity
The default free audio recorder and editor for twenty years.
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Number 3: htmx
Modern interactivity with almost no JavaScript.
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Number 4: AntennaPod
Open source podcast player with no account.
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Number 5: Dolphin
GameCube and Wii emulator, the reference implementation.
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Turns written text into diagrams that make sense.
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Notes that organise and resurface themselves.
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Defends focus time in your calendar automatically.
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Rebuilds your day every time something slips.
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Connects apps that were never meant to talk.
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Visual automation with more control than most.
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Task manager that gets out of the way.
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Office suite with genuinely good Microsoft format support.
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Launcher that replaces a dozen small utilities.
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Connects apps that were never meant to talk.
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Visual automation with more control than most.
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Encrypted notes designed to still work in twenty years.
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Task manager that gets out of the way.
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Open source, self-hostable task and list manager.
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Open source tasks with time tracking built in.
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Self-hosted boards, an open alternative to Trello.
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Collaborative docs the server itself cannot read.
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Office suite with genuinely good Microsoft format support.
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Every PDF operation you need, self-hosted, nothing uploaded.
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The archiver that opens everything.
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Sync files between your own devices with no cloud in between.
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