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AI and indie maker tools
881 tools for people who ship. Every entry is a factual listing drawn from the product’s own site. 15 of them have been hands on tested and scored by a named editor.
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Agile AI Development Lifecycle
A framework and methodology for transforming pre-AI software development lifecycle into AI-native development at scale.
Local
Local is a macOS app that runs AI on your own machine. It tunes itself to your chip with BaseRT, so chat, coding and meeting notes run faster on the same hardware, without...
PidgeIoT
Open-source IoT device management: config push, OTA updates, telemetry graphs, GPS tracks, and email alerts for ESP32 and nRF91 fleets. Free while in beta.
Wasmer SDK
Today we're releasing a new SDK that finally fulfills the mission of Wasmer: run anything, anywhere.
VelocityNote
A cross-platform, local-first Markdown notebook with optional sync and AI that runs on your own machine.
Context
A directory of Context Plugins, one per API. Each one grounds your coding agent in the API’s real specification, so what it writes is ready for production.
Armature
Armature helps your product get picked by coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Then it shows you what users do with your product through AI, and runs evals...
TokenPath
One API to ground every generated token in its source, for output from any model. TokenPath measures attention directly, not the LLM's self-report, to return...
EbookAloud
Privacy-first ebook to audiobook conversion. Upload your DRM-free ebook, choose a voice, and download your M4B audiobook.
AgentPulse, drift investigation for multi
Open-source drift investigation for multi-agent systems: which agent drifted, where it originated, and what to check next.
CrewScore
Find written guardrails missing from AI assistant instructions with 23 public, browser-local controls.
Ilya Sutskever's 30 Papers
Explore the deep learning reading list Ilya Sutskever gave John Carmack, with free audio explainers for AlexNet, ResNet, Transformers, scaling laws, and more.
Forte
Deploy from GitHub and get authentication, payments, security, autoscaling, monitoring, and per-request debugging built in, from first launch through scale.
GeneratePPT
The fast AI presentation tool for busy professionals. GeneratePPT is 100% free: bring your own OpenAI or Gemini API key for content and images.
Artie
Stream data changes to your warehouse with sub-minute latency and exactly-once delivery. No Kafka build, no DMS compromises.
The Ruby AI Newsletter
SerpApi is the world's leading provider of search data, pioneering APIs that turn search engine results into structured, developer-ready information.
Cronloop
Cronloop lets you automate your recurring work with unattended AI agents that run on a schedule. Just describe the job and connect the tools it needs. Every agent keeps a...
Epho
epho runs claude code, codex, or opencode in the cloud. POST a message, stream back the work. no sdk, no daemon, no infra on your side.
PullCard
Your GitHub, as a customizable trading card. Pick your theme and glow, then add it to your README with one line of markdown.
Jørnal
Yesterday's entry is on the page above, read it whenever; it can't be rewritten.
ResumeSkip
Import a PDF, DOCX, or LinkedIn profile. Get ATS-readable resumes and cover letters tailored to each posting without inventing experience. Free to start.
BlitzGraph
Model reality as it is, in graphs. Your agents compose typed JSON queries programmatically. No SQL, no joins, no ORMs.
Blocks.ai
Connect your agent to the world. Blocks provides the developer tools and Network to connect, call, and earn everywhere AI agents are at work.
Tmppr
Local GitHub-style pull requests where your agents can open work, run CI, review each other, trigger follow-up agents, and merge through enforced gates.
Bacon
Bacon is an ad network for AI coding tools. Install the plugin, see occasional clearly-labeled ads in your terminal, and earn a share of the revenue your attention makes....
Restk
RESTK is a complete, native API client for macOS & Windows, REST & GraphQL, 12 auth methods, scripting, environments, and one-click import. Plus the only embedded AI/MCP...
Black
A black-box evaluation of how AI-generated tests find functional bugs in live APIs.
Project Huginn
Train and fine-tune AI models at 50% lower cost. Distributed GPU sharing platform with free base models (LLaMA 3.1, Mistral 7B, Phi-3, CodeLlama, Gemma, Qwen). LoRA, QLoRA...
Squid Pay
Squid is the financial infrastructure for the agent economy. The first time in history when you blame your agent for payments. Just joking, you will not.
WhisperBar
A Mac menu bar app for writing and skimming. Dictate into any app and get business-casual text, or hear a short summary of anything you copy.
Tool for creating step
Turn a screen recording into an interactive product guide users can click through at their own pace. Embed it on your website or share it with a link.
Unitpost/email
Email component library that works in Outlook, Gmail, and Apple Mail. MIT. Install with npm or a Skill. No account.
WebAIM
The classic AIM experience, right in your browser. Buddy lists, away messages, chat rooms, and more.
NeoBox
A native macOS Neo Geo emulator with built-in Geolith, CRT shaders, save states, gamepad hot-swap, and per-game memory cards. No setup. Just play.
Memoars
Memoars is a user-owned, encrypted memory layer that carries approved context across AI assistants while keeping you in control of what is learned, changed, and forgotten.
Trace
A macOS menu-bar app that turns any conversation into a clean markdown transcript, with an optional on-device summary. Runs a local speech model entirely on your Mac, in...
Turnitin Report
Free Turnitin AI detector and Turnitin AI checker for essays, papers, assignments, and academic drafts. Get an AI score, paragraph report, and review suggestions before...
Prelo
Modern stacks made websites fast to build and impossible to hand over, Prelo ends with a WordPress-style studio your client already knows. MIT licensed, self-hosted, no...
OpenCorp
Drop a product link. OpenCorp finds alternatives and the Reddit and Hacker News threads where your future users already talk.
DeepCortex
Start building AI workflows on nuFlow with $30 in free credits. Visual canvas, AI chat builder, instant deploy. No credit card required.
Collaborative context
The context platform for reliable, human-like agents. Every fact keeps its source, old versions close instead of piling up, and you control who sees what.
ONE HOUR
One hour on the clock, make as much real money as you can. Live runs, the ranking, every death published. 90% pledged to open source.
Adaptive Recall
Adaptive Recall is a patent-pending adaptive memory system for AI applications. Multi-strategy retrieval, cognitive scoring, and self-improving learning that gets better...
30secondsofknowledge
Don't let your engineering brain rot in the age of AI. 30 Seconds of Knowledge delivers one real code snippet on every new tab - read it, get it, stay sharp in 30 seconds.
NoMac
The publishing pipeline built for AI agents: build signed iOS releases, push to TestFlight, and submit to the App Store, no Mac, no Xcode.
Sovereign AI Registry
Compare AI vendors on data residency, training defaults, retention, subprocessors, certifications and EU AI Act role. One row per vendor × product × deployment, every...
Willow Voice
Fast, accurate voice dictation for emails, documents, Cursor, note-taking, and messaging. Turn speech to text seamlessly, edit automatically, and stay secure with privacy....
Fenzo
Ask a question or upload your notes. Fenzo builds an interactive course instantly.
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