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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Beatz
A Windows and Mac app that creates full original music tracks on your own computer for videos, podcasts and ads.
Since 2019
Subscription · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- LegacyApp
Phone app for storing accounts, policies and document photos that hands them to someone you pick if something happens to you.
Since 2024
Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- OpenNotas
Lightweight note app for phone and desktop that syncs through your own storage backend and encrypts notes end to end.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Daily Report
Phone app for site supervisors that turns a short spoken recap of the day into a signed daily report PDF, offline.
Free · Documents and e-signature · Construction
- Compresto
A Mac app that shrinks videos, images, GIFs and PDFs in batches offline, for creators short on disk space.
Since 2024
Design and images · Individuals and families
- micasa
Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Kanri
A free desktop Kanban board that keeps your tasks offline on your own computer, for people organising personal work.
Since 2023
Free · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- TimeRetain
Time tracker that runs in the browser and keeps entries on your device, with optional encrypted sync, for freelancers and staff.
Since 2023
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- LocalSend
An app that sends files between nearby phones and computers over your WiFi, with no account or internet needed.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Currency Converter Plus
iPhone currency converter covering world currencies, metals and crypto, with custom rates and offline use.
Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- CastLoom Pro
Desktop app that plays and batch downloads podcasts, then transcribes and translates them offline into your notes.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Podcasting · Individuals and families
- Mudo
iPhone app for quick mood and anxiety check-ins that shows patterns you can take to therapy.
Since 2026
Free plan · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- DiffusionBee
Free Mac app that runs Stable Diffusion offline to create and edit AI images on your own computer.
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- MarkViewer
Free offline Mac app to open, read and edit Markdown files, with a table of contents and AI review notes.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- KeePassXC
A desktop password manager that keeps your logins in an encrypted offline file and fills them into apps for you.
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- AuditBricks
A mobile app for recording site defects with photos offline and producing PDF or Excel snag and punch list reports for clients.
One-off payment · Projects and tasks · Trades and home services
- DuckResume
Free phone app for job seekers to make resumes and cover letters, with every template unlocked, offline use and clean PDFs.
Free · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Memory Notch
Records meetings and lectures from the Mac notch and transcribes them on your device, saving plain files you keep.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- LocalPDF
Edit, merge, split, compress and OCR PDF files inside your browser, with documents kept on your own device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- Darkwrite
Free offline notebook app that keeps notes on your device with themes, PDF export and one-click backups, no account required.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Vocal Slice
Desktop app that transcribes voice recordings offline so podcasters and editors can cut clips by highlighting words.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- BlurData
A Mac app that finds personal data in PDFs, scans and screenshots and removes it or swaps it for labels, offline.
Since 2026
Subscription · Documents and e-signature
- Photo Organizer
A Mac and Windows app that sorts photos and videos into folders by date and camera and finds duplicates offline.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Scissor
Free browser editor for vector and pixel artwork, with no account; files stay on your device.
Since 2026
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- HushBook
Phone app that transcribes your audiobooks on the device so you can read the text word by word as you listen.
Since 2026
Something else · Individuals and families
- Retrodex
Phone app for retro game collectors to catalogue cartridges, scan barcodes and check what each game sells for.
Something else · Individuals and families
- PrivaPDF
Converts PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or text inside your browser, without uploading the file anywhere.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Moony
Free desktop app that keeps your bank accounts, investments, property and loans in one overview, stored only on your computer.
Free · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- BreezePDF
Edit, sign, merge and split PDFs in the browser, with files processed on your own device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- AnnexEdit
A native Mac Markdown editor with themes, templates and PDF or DOCX export, bought once with no subscription.
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Threshyr
A desktop app that logs your work time automatically on your own machine and builds billing summaries per client.
Since 2026
Free · Time tracking · Freelancers
- 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
- OffPDF
A set of PDF tools that edit, merge, compress and convert files on your own device without uploading them.
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Speaklone
Mac and iPhone app that clones voices from short samples and reads text aloud offline, including whole audiobooks.
Since 2026
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- SayIt
A Mac menu bar app that reads any selected text aloud with offline speech models, including local voice cloning.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- Countstead
An iPhone and iPad app for small shops to count stock offline, scan barcodes, log stock movements and export to CSV.
Inventory and stock · Shops and retail
- ArcSite
Contractors draw site plans on a tablet, even offline, and turn them into material takeoffs, estimates and proposals.
Free trial · Jobs and field service · Trades and home services
- AudioDrop
Splits songs into vocal, drum and bass stems, changes speed or key and converts formats, all inside your browser.
Since 2026
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- KeeWebX
Open and edit KeePass password files in any browser or from a local HTML file, with passkey unlock and no server.
Since 2026
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- StopIt
A phone app that shows a short visual exercise to help people ride out smoking or vaping cravings.
Since 2025
Health and habits · 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
- BAZA
iPhone CRM for estate agents to keep clients and listings, send buyers shortlists and see which homes they like.
Free plan · CRM and sales · Property and estate agents
- 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
- Edka
Builds a managed Kubernetes setup inside a cloud account you own, where dev teams run apps, databases, monitoring and agents.
Since 2025
Developer tools · Developers
- Maali
A personal finance app for Mac and Windows that sorts bank transactions and tracks spending, with all data kept on your computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- alwaysdata
Managed European hosting with unlimited sites, databases and mailboxes at fixed prices, for agencies, startups and SaaS.
Free plan · Website builders · Agencies
- Live Transcribe
iPhone app that turns nearby speech into on-screen text for deaf and hard of hearing people, even in loud rooms.
Something else · Individuals and families