No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Serveo
Gives a public web address to a server running on your own machine over SSH, for developers testing webhooks and demos.
Since 2017
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Xnapper
Mac screenshot tool that adds backgrounds, hides private details and pulls out text, for people sharing screenshots online.
Since 2024
Free · Design and images · Creators and writers
- Reducto
An API that reads PDFs and scanned documents, including tables and complex layouts, and turns them into structured data for AI apps.
Since 2024
Pay as you go · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- pbar.io
Lets developers share live progress of scripts and jobs through a link, via an API or a tqdm replacement.
Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- redirs
Point any domain at any URL with automatic HTTPS, path rules and hit analytics, no server to run.
Free plan · Website builders
- 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
- byosynch
Keeps a folder synced across Mac and Linux machines using SSH storage you control, so your files never pass through its servers.
Since 2026
Subscription · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Ui.Vision
A browser extension and desktop app that records or builds reusable macros to automate web and desktop tasks.
Since 2016
Free plan · Automation and integrations
- Nyckel
An API that lets developers train custom classifiers and detectors for images and text from a few labelled examples.
Since 2022
Developer tools · Developers
- CTFreak
Self-hosted scheduler that runs, chains and logs scripts, SQL and Ansible jobs across many servers for sysadmins and MSPs.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- XPipe
Desktop app that keeps all your SSH, container and VM connections in one place, with file browsing and terminal launch.
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- Shottr
A small Mac app for taking, marking up and measuring screenshots, with text recognition, built for designers and developers.
Free plan · Design and images · 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
- SnapOtter
Self-hosted tools to convert, compress, OCR and transcribe images, video, audio and PDFs on servers you own.
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- DBLift
Runs versioned SQL and Python database migrations with dry runs, history checks and rollbacks, for Python teams.
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
- Codync
A free app for messaging Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents on your own computer from your phone or desktop.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Overcast
Pools GPUs and CPUs from many cloud providers and your own servers so developers can run large data jobs in one place.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- DashVox
A phone, watch and CarPlay app for controlling Claude Code and Codex sessions on your machine by voice.
Since 2026
Developer tools · 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
- 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
- AnydocAI
Converts PDFs, office files and scans into clean Markdown, JSON or chunks ready for AI and search pipelines.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Markdown Converters
Turns PDFs, Office files, scans and web pages into clean Markdown for use with AI chat tools, via web, API or MCP.
Since 2025
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- AIR Blackbox
Records every AI agent decision in a signed, tamper-evident log so teams can show regulators what their AI did under the EU AI Act.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- DocsRouter
One API for pulling text and fields from documents, routed to the vision model that fits your cost or quality needs.
Since 2025
Pay as you go · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- Struxs
Lets you design a custom OCR or image extraction API from sample documents and deploy it as a hosted endpoint, paying per use.
Since 2025
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- ServerBuddy
Mac app for checking and managing Linux servers: stats, services, Docker, files and cron jobs through a visual interface.
Since 2025
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- 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
- Haven
A Mac terminal that runs many Claude Code sessions on local and remote machines and flags which ones need a reply.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Runcell
An AI agent inside Jupyter that writes and runs Python cells, reads the results and fixes errors during data analysis.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Appliku
Sets up and manages your own cloud server to deploy Django apps, with a dashboard, CLI and API.
Since 2021
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Anvil
An API that fills PDFs, runs web forms and handles e-signatures, so software teams can build document steps into their apps.
Since 2019
Documents and e-signature · Developers
- Shellbox
Spin up, copy and park Linux virtual machines from your terminal over SSH, for developers and AI agents, paid by the minute.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- sigabrt
Emails you when a scheduled script or cron job fails to ping its URL on time, with status viewable over SSH.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- FastAPI Cloud
Hosting for Python FastAPI apps that deploys with one command and handles scaling and HTTPS for developers.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- OCR.space
Pull text out of images and scanned PDFs online or through an API, and turn scans into searchable PDF files.
Free · Documents and e-signature