No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- RDLTR
Save links to read later from any browser, then browse the pile with keyboard shortcuts, summaries and audio.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Lisorto
A Mac app that reads your files, gives them clear names, moves them into folders you approve, and finds them by their contents.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- RevPDF
A PDF editor that runs on your own device, so you can edit, sign, redact, compare and convert files without uploading them.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- EZFurigana
Shows hiragana readings over kanji in Japanese text, PDFs, ebooks, subtitles and photos so learners can read it.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Interfaze
A model API for consistent OCR, audio understanding and structured data extraction, usable from common AI SDKs.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- SaneClip
A Mac clipboard history app with a Touch ID lock, encrypted history, text grabbing from images and reusable snippets.
One-off payment · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Appenate
Build mobile forms and simple apps without code so field staff can record inspections, jobs and data on their phones.
Free trial · Forms and surveys · Trades and home services
- CurateKit
Save links, quotes and articles, then publish them as a public site or an email digest for subscribers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Newsletters · Individuals and families
- Shotnix
Mac app for screen captures and recordings that automatically adds zoom on clicks, captions and your webcam to videos.
Free · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- ExpenseSpy
Phone app for iOS and Android that scans receipt photos, pulls out totals and line items, and saves them as spreadsheets or PDFs.
Since 2026
Free plan · Bookkeeping and accounting · Individuals and families
- Vehla
A Mac app that combines a keyboard launcher, clipboard history, window snapping and on-device dictation and AI.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Readit
Save articles, videos and PDFs to read later in a clean view, listen with text to speech, and keep a reading streak.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Readox
Chrome extension that speaks articles, PDFs and chosen passages, marking each word as it reads, using voices processed locally.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Extend
An API that parses, splits and pulls structured data out of messy documents for software teams and AI agents.
Since 2026
Documents and e-signature · Developers
- Collections
A browser side panel for gathering links, quotes and images while researching, then asking AI about what you kept.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OCR Buddy
Free Chrome extension that pulls text, code, math and tables from part of a page offline and saves pages as Markdown for LLMs.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- CrabPDF Editor
Edit, annotate, redact, OCR and reorder PDF pages in your browser, with files kept on your own computer.
Since 2026
Documents and e-signature
- PDFMergely
Merge, split, compress, sign and convert PDFs inside your browser, with files kept on your own device.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- VLM Run
An API that reads documents and videos and returns structured JSON that developers and AI agents can act on.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Health and clinics
- Sygal
Mac and Windows app that turns PDFs, Office files, scans and web pages into tidy Markdown or JSON without sending them anywhere.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- ScreenTranslate
A free Mac app that translates text you select or capture on screen, running on the device so it works offline.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Quincy
A Mac PDF reader for studying hard documents: ask questions about the page, get summaries and quizzes, and have passages read aloud.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- dashi
A Chrome new tab page with widgets for notes, to-dos, weather, habits and bookmarks, kept on your own device.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Betula
Single-user bookmark manager you host yourself to save, tag, archive and share links, with followers on the fediverse.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Veil
Reads PDFs in dark mode without inverting photos or charts, and runs OCR on figures, all in the browser.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Bookmarker
Mac app that stores your links, images and PDFs locally, with on-device AI tags, summaries and offline search.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Linkly AI
Indexes the documents, images and web clips on your computer so you and your AI assistants can search and read them.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- thèque
Save books, films and places from any page and it builds cards sorted onto shelves in your private library.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Mindweave
An open source home for your notes, links and files that tags them for you and finds them by what they mean, for idea collectors.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- pdfcdf
Merge, split, edit, compress, sign and OCR PDF files in your browser without uploading them anywhere.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- Deepmark
Collects saves from X, YouTube, Instagram and your browser into a private library that AI describes so you can search in plain language.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Tidy
Mac menu bar utility that reads text in images and scanned PDFs offline and renames each file to match what it contains.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Ultrathink
Fast capture for screenshots, links, files and voice memos that AI sorts and labels for later, designed for people with ADHD.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Pano
Save links from your browser or phone into searchable shelves you can keep private or share.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- OpenParser
An API that turns PDFs and images into text and JSON fields and links each value back to its place on the source page.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- DollarDeploy
Deploys apps from a GitHub repo onto a server in your own cloud account, with HTTPS and redeploys on each push.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- PDF to Markdown
Turns PDFs, including scans, into Markdown in the browser and shows the original next to the output to check it.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- CopyLasso
Draw a box around any text on your Mac screen and get it on the clipboard, read on the device with no account.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- Free PDF Editor
Edit, sign, merge, split and convert PDF files in the browser without signing up, with files kept on your device.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Headstart
A new tab extension for developers with shortcuts, bookmarks, a command palette and GitHub pull request status.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- pdf2epub
Turns PDF files into EPUB ebooks with proper chapters, joined paragraphs and OCR for scans, for people reading on e-readers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families