No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- FileFlows
Self-hosted app for building visual pipelines that transcode video and process audio, images and ebooks automatically.
Since 2021
Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Mimestream
A Mac email app built on the Gmail API, with full support for labels, filters, categories and several accounts.
Since 2020
Free trial · Focus and productivity
- Keeper.sh
Copies events between your work, personal and school calendars so you show as busy everywhere, keeping details private.
Free plan · Scheduling and booking · Individuals and families
- Zoraxy
Reverse proxy and network gateway with a web dashboard, for people running self-hosted services at home.
Free · Developer tools · 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
- openHAB
Home automation hub you run yourself that links devices from many brands and runs rules, with web and phone apps.
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Clara
Say or type what you want done and Clara builds a scheduled automation that uses your Gmail, Drive and other apps.
Since 2026Updated 33 days ago
Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Revu
A study app for students with spaced repetition flashcards, made from notes and PDFs, and scheduled around your calendar.
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- GameVault
Host your own library of DRM-free games on a home server and install them from desktop apps or a browser.
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- Timing
Mac app that logs which apps, sites and documents you use, then helps you turn that into billable time entries.
Free trial · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- Market Data
Real-time US stock, ETF and options data through an API or Google Sheets formulas, for traders and developers.
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets · Individuals and families
- Dexter
A day planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac and web that combines weekly plans, task priorities, calendars, journal and habits.
Since 2025
Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- Shortwave
An email app with an AI assistant that sorts your inbox, drafts replies in your style and finds answers in old mail.
Since 2022
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Helium
Free planner for students that tracks classes, homework and grades and works out what score you need.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- NotesHub
Markdown note app for every device that stores plain files and syncs through Git, GitHub, iCloud or your own server.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Nginx Proxy Manager
A Docker app with a web interface for setting up Nginx reverse proxies and auto-renewing SSL certificates.
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Atua
Mac app that runs your own AI prompts on selected text, screenshots or voice from any app by keyboard shortcut.
Since 2023
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Arcadeia
An open-source photo and video library you run on your own server, with animated previews, search and browser playback.
Since 2024
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Paste
Clipboard history for Apple devices that keeps everything you copy searchable, syncs it through iCloud and feeds it to AI coding tools.
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- time.fyi
A calendar on top of Google Calendar that keeps tasks next to your week, shares booking links and shows time zones.
Since 2024
Subscription · Scheduling and booking · Individuals and families
- Runtipi
Tool for running a home server that installs and updates hundreds of self-hosted apps from a dashboard.
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Voicely
Offline voice typing, call recording with speaker labels and audio file transcription on a Mac, ready to paste into AI coding tools.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- hora Calendar
A native calendar app for Mac, iPhone and iPad for people whose schedule lives in Google Calendar.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Scheduling and booking · Individuals and families
- Glyph
A Mac app for writing and linking plain Markdown notes in your own folders, with boards, tables and optional AI help.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Timelinize
Pulls your photos, messages, locations and social posts into one private timeline stored on your own computer.
Since 2025
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Macky
iPhone app for controlling your Mac's desktop and terminal remotely over an encrypted direct connection, no SSH needed.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Individuals and families
- FreeMilk
An iPhone app with a coding agent that builds websites, scripts and Swift apps using free ad-funded AI models.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- WriteNative
A Mac app that fixes English grammar and tone as you type in any app and explains each fix in your own language.
Since 2026
Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families
- Chime
Mac app that blocks your screen with a reminder before each meeting and lets you join in one click.
Since 2025
Free trial · Scheduling and booking
- The Vibe Hosting
Lets your coding agent spin up a sandboxed Linux box with a public HTTPS address and ship your app there, no account needed.
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Opposable
Lets Claude, Codex or other AI agents tap, type and read the screen on your iPhone or Android phone, or on a rented cloud phone.
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Tesserae
Design dashboards for e-ink screens around your home and keep them updated, run on your own server or Home Assistant.
Since 2026
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Vitals
Mac activity monitor that shows resource use per app rather than per process, keeps twelve months of data and alerts on problem apps.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Desktop Commander
Lets ChatGPT, Claude and other AI chat apps read files and run commands on your own machine or server.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Notchly
Turns the MacBook notch into a space for music controls and alerts from Codex, Cursor and Claude Code.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Harbofly
A free Mac app for programmers that finds space used by build caches, node_modules and Docker and moves it to the Trash.
Since 2026
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Minutes
Transcribes meetings, calls and voice memos on your own machine into markdown files that your AI assistant can search.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- ForcePush
A Mac menu bar timer that prompts push-up breaks during the day and compares your sets with your GitHub commits.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- birthdays.app
Sends you a WhatsApp message when a friend or relative has a birthday, with no app to install and optional mailed cards.
Since 2025
Subscription · Family and parenting · Individuals and families
- Pinto Notes
A free Mac notes app that Claude and other AI assistants can read and change with your approval.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- CalendarPipe
Copies events between Google, Outlook and Apple calendars using rules you set, so work and family plans never clash.
Since 2026
Free plan · Scheduling and booking
- Notanic
A note app on an endless canvas with nested pages, Markdown, sketching and live collaboration, for people who think visually.
Since 2025
Subscription · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Supershift
Calendar app for shift workers that adds rotating patterns, sets alarms per shift and totals hours, pay and overtime.
Scheduling and booking · Individuals and families
- OnTimer
An iPhone app that turns calendar events into alarms that stay on screen, with leave-time and flight timing.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SYNCDATE
Syncs Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars so clients see you as busy while you keep the meeting details.
Free plan · Scheduling and booking · Individuals and families
- Cronus
Logs what you work on in your Mac in the background and shows how many hours went to focus or distraction.
Since 2025
Subscription · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- Petrel
Send it your booking emails, PDFs or screenshots and it builds a day by day trip plan with live flight updates.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Travel · Individuals and families
- Aqua Voice
Speech to text that types what you say wherever your cursor is, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity