No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- ObjectiveFS
A shared POSIX file system for Linux and Mac servers that stores its data in S3 or other object storage, with no storage cluster to run.
Since 2015
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Crow Backup
Free desktop app that backs up your encrypted files onto friends' computers while you store theirs in return.
Since 2021
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Spinach AI
Records and transcribes team meetings, writes summaries and sends action items to your tickets, email and CRM.
Since 2019
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- SpeechText.AI
Transcribes uploaded audio and video files to editable text, with industry-tuned models and speaker detection.
Since 2020
Subscription · Video and audio
- Grain
Records and transcribes your calls, writes summaries and sends meeting notes on to AI tools, for sales and customer teams.
Since 2020
Free plan · CRM and sales
- MLJAR Studio
Desktop data analysis app where you ask about your data in plain English and get Python code, charts and notebooks run on your computer.
Since 2017
Data and spreadsheets
- Capitally
Tracks stocks, crypto, property and private investments across brokers, with returns analysis and data encrypted on your device.
Since 2024
Free plan · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- VideoToPage
Converts an uploaded video, a recording or a YouTube link into text you can publish as an article, blog entry or social post.
Since 2024
Marketing and social · Agencies
- PodText
Turns podcast episodes, YouTube captions or uploaded audio into timestamped text with summaries and subtitle exports.
Since 2023
Free plan · Podcasting · Individuals and families
- Hirosend
Send large files and secrets through encrypted links that expire, carry passwords and show when the recipient downloads them.
Since 2025
Subscription · Documents and e-signature
- Lecture to Book
Converts a recorded lecture into a chaptered book with the class figures, readable online or as PDF or ePub, for students.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- RcloneView
A desktop app on top of rclone to browse, sync, mount, encrypt and back up files across 70 plus cloud storage services.
Since 2025
Free plan · Something else
- Email Me
An Apple app that sends a typed note or transcribed voice memo to your own inbox in a few taps.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- VideofaST
Adds styled automatic subtitles to short-form videos in many languages for creators and brands.
Since 2024
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- Cipherwill
Stores encrypted passwords, crypto keys and instructions and releases them to your chosen people if you stop checking in.
Since 2024
Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- VoiceTaking
Transcribes Meet, Zoom and Teams calls from your browser without a bot, then writes a summary and action items from a template.
Since 2024
Notes and knowledge
- Scan Video
Upload a video to get a transcript, chapters, summary, action items and short clips you can search and reuse.
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- Transcript LOL
Turns audio and video recordings into editable transcripts with speaker labels and summaries, for researchers and creators.
Free plan · Video and audio · Creators and writers
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- Arq
Backs up files on Windows PCs and Macs as encrypted, versioned copies to a cloud account or disk that you own.
Free trial · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Meetily
Records, transcribes and summarises your meetings on your own computer, so audio and notes never go to the cloud.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- NeatScribe
Turns uploaded or linked audio and video into editable transcripts with speaker labels and subtitle exports.
Since 2026
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Kekoso
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine: dictation in any app, file and call transcripts, paid once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- UniScribe
Upload audio or video, or paste a YouTube link, to get a transcript, summary and mind map you can export.
Since 2025
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Show Notes Generator
Upload a podcast or video episode and get a transcript, description, timestamped chapters and links mentioned.
Since 2026
Free · Podcasting · Creators and writers
- threadfork
Records and transcribes your meetings on your Mac without a bot, then turns them into tasks and notes you can search.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- Anarlog
Mac app that records meetings without a bot and writes editable AI summaries, keeping notes and data on your own machine.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- 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
- VoxAI
Mac app that records and transcribes meetings on your machine, labels speakers and passes the live text to your AI for notes.
Since 2026
Free trial · Notes and knowledge
- 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
- Jotty
Self-hosted notes and checklists app that keeps everything as Markdown files on your server, with kanban boards.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- QuickClip
Copy text, links or files on one device and paste them on another, with end to end encryption.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- MimicScribe
A Mac app that records meetings without a bot, transcribes them on your device and tells speakers apart.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- StenifyAI
Records or takes uploaded audio and gives a transcript with speakers, a summary and action items for meetings.
Since 2025
Pay as you go · Notes and knowledge
- 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
- 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
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Transcribe
Upload audio or video, or record live, and get an editable text transcript in over 120 languages.
Free trial · Video and audio
- NoteCat
Discord bot that captures voice chats and writes them up as live text, AI summaries and transcripts you can share.
Since 2026
Free plan · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Blip
Send files and folders of any size straight to your own devices or to other people, with transfers that resume after drops.
Free · Something else · Individuals and families
- Speechmark
A Mac menu bar app that records meetings, transcribes them by speaker and writes notes, all kept on your computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge
- 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
- 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
- Stash
An iPhone, iPad and Mac app that sends files of any size as end-to-end encrypted links that recipients open in a browser.
Since 2026
Something else · Individuals and families
- Silkwave Voice
A Mac app that records meetings, transcribes them on device with speaker labels, and lets you summarise and query them.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge
- VideoToBe
Records Zoom and Google Meet calls as video and turns uploaded audio or video into transcripts with speaker labels and summaries.
Since 2025
Free plan · Video and audio
- 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
- EnvMaster
Keeps environment variables and secrets for all your projects encrypted in one place and loads them from the terminal.
Since 2026
Subscription · Security and passwords · Developers