Tools sites worth your time, kept by hand. No algorithm, no tracking.
A Soft MurmurLayer rain, waves, and distant thunder into your own ambient mix.
Acapella ExtractorPull the vocal out of a track. Crude, free, oddly fun.
Anki WebSpaced repetition flashcards. The most effective memorization tool.
Archive TodaySave any web page permanently. Useful when articles disappear.
AzbukaFree Russian course from the alphabet up: letters, sounds, words, phrases, grammar and slang, with real audio for every word. Grade bands K–2 through 12, plus adults.
BillfoldMake a proper invoice with line items, tax and terms, then download it free. Built for people who bill their own clients.
BitwardenOpen-source password manager. Free, trustworthy, works everywhere.
CadencePaste anything you wrote and see its shape — a bar for every sentence, tall for the long ones and short for the short. A flat row means it all sounds the same, which is hard to spot from inside your own writing.
Calculator SoupA calculator for nearly any calculation you can think of, all free.
Calm DownA simple breathing guide that expands and contracts. That is all you need.
CanvaDesign tool for people who aren't designers. Great for quick graphics.
CaptionFree auto captions for video. Word-by-word animated subtitles, cut filler words by deleting text, export with no watermark. Your video never leaves your browser.
CarbonTurn code snippets into beautiful shareable images.
CleanPNGShrink PNGs and JPEGs dramatically with almost no visible loss.
CoffitivityThe murmur of a coffee shop, shown to boost creative focus.
Connected PapersEnter one research paper and see a map of everything it connects to.
ConvertPull the audio out of a video, switch a format, trim a clip or turn something into a GIF. No upload, no queue and no cap on file size, because none of it leaves the browser.
ConvertioConvert almost any file to almost any format, right in the browser.
CoolorsHit spacebar to generate beautiful color palettes.
CrucibleTake any file apart in your browser: reveal hidden data, decode encodings, strip metadata, redact for real, verify a redaction worked, and hide data. Replaces Redact, Proof, Sweep, Tuck and Exif.
CryptpadPrivate, encrypted documents and spreadsheets. Collaboration without surveillance.
Currency ConverterReal-time exchange rates and the most trusted currency converter online.
CutoutClick a background away and keep a transparent PNG. Honest about what it does well: plain backdrops, logos and product shots.
DefonicBlend dozens of natural and urban sounds into a personal soundscape.
DesmosThe graphing calculator reborn as a beautiful, free, instant web tool.
DewpointGive it a temperature and a humidity and it tells you whether condensation will form, how cold a surface has to get before it does, and the point where mold starts becoming a problem.
Diagrams.netFree, powerful flowchart and diagram software that needs no install.
DiffPaste two versions of anything and see what was added, removed and quietly reworded. Contracts, drafts, config files. Nothing is uploaded.
DossierOpen the data export Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon or Spotify sent you and actually read it. The interests they inferred, the advertisers who uploaded your details, the sites that reported you back, every location recorded, everything watched. The file never leaves your device.
FlatbedPhotograph your pages and get back a PDF that looks scanned rather than snapped. It measures the light around every pixel, so a shadowed corner comes out white instead of grey.
ForayFree mushroom key and field guide for East Tennessee. Narrow it down by shape, what it grows on, color, spore print and features, see dangerous lookalikes side by side, and check what’s fruiting this month. Saves offline for the woods.
Google Fonts1,500+ free fonts with live previews. The definitive free font library.
HabiticaTurn your habits and to-dos into a role-playing game. Oddly motivating.
Have I Been PwnedCheck if your email has been in a data breach. Essential security hygiene.
HeadersPaste the hidden headers from a suspicious email and find out which machines it really passed through, whether the sender was allowed to use that name, and where a reply would actually go.
Hemingway EditorPaste your writing in and it shows you every overly complicated sentence.
HushboxLayer rain, cafe murmur, waves, fire and wind until it sounds like somewhere you can think. Generated as it plays rather than looped, so it never starts repeating on you.
I Miss the OfficeThe ambient hum of an office, for anyone who misses the background bustle.
iLovePDFMerge, split, compress, and convert PDFs in the browser. Free.
JSON FormatterPaste JSON and get it formatted and validated instantly.
Just the RecipePaste any recipe URL and strip out the life story. Just the recipe.
KeyringGenerate a strong password or a memorable passphrase, and find out how quickly the one you already use would fall.
KitchenA cup of flour and a cup of honey weigh nothing like the same. Convert by the actual ingredient, resize a recipe for a different tin, and scale the servings up or down.
LiftPhotograph a receipt, a form or a page of a book and get text you can actually edit. Scanned PDFs too, a page at a time.
LinkcheckPaste a link before you click it. It spots lookalike domains, fake subdomains and hidden credentials without touching the network, then optionally follows the redirects to show where it really lands and how old that domain is.
LogseqOpen source linked note-taking and knowledge graph tool.
Marginalia SearchA search engine that deliberately surfaces the small, weird, non-commercial web.
Marker.io WhimsicalFlowcharts, mind maps, and sticky notes in one fast, pretty workspace.
Mathpix SnipPhotograph handwritten math and it becomes clean, copyable equations.
MeasureType a number once and every other unit fills itself in. Length, weight, volume, temperature, data, pressure and more.
MentimeterLive polls and word clouds that make any presentation interactive.
My NoiseThe deepest, most customizable noise generator on the web. A focus legend.
Noise LabWhite, pink, brown, violet and every other color of noise, layered as deep as you like. Filters, sweeps and a live spectrum display, or one tap for sleep.
NoisliBlend rain, wind, a coffee shop hum into your own focus soundscape.
ObsidianLocal, private, linked note-taking. Your second brain, offline.
Omni CalculatorThousands of clever calculators for real-life questions, from loans to love.
PaperlessMerge, split, rotate and rearrange PDFs without uploading a thing. It all happens in your browser, so private documents stay private.
PassportType what you have on hand and get dishes from 67 countries, or browse the world by place. Runs in your browser.
PDF24 ToolsA whole free toolbox for splitting, merging, and squeezing PDFs.
PerchanceRandom generators for everything — names, worlds, characters, stats.
Pixel ThoughtsA 60-second meditation that shrinks your worry into a tiny star.
PolishFree voice cleanup. Removes noise, hum and echo and levels your audio, right in your browser. Nothing uploaded.
PomofocusA clean, free Pomodoro timer to break work into focused sprints.
Print FriendlyTurn any cluttered web page into a clean, printable document.
ProtonMailEncrypted email and calendar. Swiss-based, no ads, serious privacy.
PurrliThe sound of a purring cat, tunable to your exact mood. Strangely lovely.
Rainy MoodThe sound of rain, on tap. The internet has leaned on this one for years.
RambleFree plant key and field guide for East Tennessee. Identify trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers and ferns by leaf, flower and where they grow, see poisonous lookalikes side by side, check native or invasive status, and see what’s blooming this month. Saves offline for the trail.
ReadableCheck the readability level of any text. Useful for all writers.
Regex101Build and test regular expressions with live explanation.
Remove.bgRemove the background from any image in seconds.
RentryA clean markdown pastebin with instant publishing. No account needed.
ScalePrint a pattern, template or plan at exactly the right size. It calibrates to your own printer first, then splits anything too big across as many sheets as it takes.
ScreencapRecord your screen with microphone and computer audio, for as long as you want. Nothing to install and no five-minute cutoff.
ScrubDrop a photo and see the GPS coordinates hidden inside it, mapped. Then save a copy with the location stripped out.
ShawType English and watch it become Shavian, the 48-letter phonemic alphabet George Bernard Shaw funded in his will. Works from your voice too, and explains where the whole thing came from.
SignetSign a PDF by drawing your name with a finger or mouse, then drop it wherever it belongs. The document never leaves your device.
Sleepy SoundsA deeply tunable rain generator from the noise masters.
SnapkitResize, shrink and convert images right in the browser. Opens those stubborn iPhone HEIC files too.
SnopesThe original fact-checking site. Before you share something, check here.
SoundplayHands-on music experiments: build songs and beats, draw melodies that play, explore chords, arpeggios and harmonics, and see sound in a live spectrogram. Everything runs in your browser.
SquooshCompress images in the browser with side-by-side comparison.
StandoutBuild a clean resume and actually download the PDF. No fee waiting at the last step, and the layout is one screening software can read.
StemsSplit any song into vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano and other. The separation runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. Mute or solo tracks, make karaoke or a cappella mixes, and download every stem as WAV.
SundialFind out how much sun a spot really gets. A six-foot fence throws one foot of shadow at midsummer noon and ten at midwinter, which is the gap between what a plant tag promises and what a bed receives.
SwatchPhotograph a color and get the closest real paint codes across the major brands, plus honest advice on shooting a photo that actually matches.
Tally FormsBuild beautiful forms for free. No account needed for basic use.
TapedeckHit record, keep the file. A voice recorder that needs no app and never uploads what you said.
Temp MailA disposable email address for one-time signups. Keep your real inbox clean.
TermsPaste a privacy policy or terms of service and get the clauses that actually change your position, each shown with the sentence it came from.
TextbenchSort lines, kill duplicates, fix case, run a find and replace, prettify JSON. The chores you keep googling, on one page.
The Lean LarderOld Appalachian cooking written down properly. Wild game, foraged greens, preserving, and the kind of meals built out of not very much at all. Squirrel, rabbit, ramps, soup beans.
The Noun ProjectMillions of free icons for almost any concept imaginable.
Time and DateThe definitive site for time zones, calendars, and astronomical events.
TinEyeReverse image search that finds original sources.
tldrawAn infinite whiteboard that feels like the future of casual diagramming.
Toolbox by MozillaSee where your personal data has leaked and start cleaning it up.
TranscribeTurn any recording into text without uploading it. Whisper runs in your browser, so there is no per-minute charge and no length cap. Speak into it live, or drop in a file. Exports subtitles too.
Unit ConverterConvert between any units imaginable, instantly and for free.
VaultSearch your own folders by what you mean, not just the words you remember. Runs in your browser: nothing uploaded, nothing saved, no other website contacted.
WallabagSave articles to read later, stripped of clutter. Open source, self-hostable, and it isn't watching you.
WarbleA squeaky singing ribbon instrument. Hold space and sweep the mouse to bend pitch and open the mouth. Scales, octaves, wobble, echo, a four-layer looper, and recording.
WeTransferSend large files to anyone. No account, no fuss, 2GB free.
When2meetThe dead-simple way to find a time that works for a whole group.
Wolfram TonesGenerate endless original music from mathematical rules. A strange toy.
WoodshedSlow a song to half speed without it turning into a chipmunk, loop the four bars you cannot play, and shift the key to suit your instrument. The paid apps that do this have charged fifty dollars for twenty years.
WormholeSend files that encrypt in your browser and self-destruct after. Clean.
ZoteroFree research reference manager. Collects and cites sources automatically.