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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.

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  • Nihongo Lessons

    An iPhone app that takes Japanese learners from beginner to fluent with one new sentence per flashcard and spaced review.

    Since 2015

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • 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

  • hdoc

    Generates searchable API docs from C++ code and Markdown pages, with optional hosting, for C++ teams.

    Since 2021

    Developer tools · Developers

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • micasa

    Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.

    Free · Home and car · 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • inlaut

    A free Mac and Windows dictation app: hold a key, speak, and the text is typed where your cursor sits, all offline.

    Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

  • Burning Vocabulary

    A browser extension that saves and highlights words you look up on web pages, then drills them with flashcards.

    Since 2020

    Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Appwrite

    Open-source backend for app builders with auth, databases, storage, functions and hosting, run in the cloud or on your own servers.

    Since 2021

    Developer tools · Developers

  • Wokabulary

    Flash card app for learners to keep their own word lists and practise them with spaced repetition on Apple devices.

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • FluentPal

    Mobile app where learners practise speaking a new language with AI characters and get pronunciation scores.

    Since 2024

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Back4app

    Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.

    Developer tools · Developers

  • authentik

    Self-hosted identity provider that gives an organisation single sign-on and login flows across its apps, with APIs and templates.

    Security and passwords

  • Voiczy

    Ad-free app that teaches children aged 3 to 14 one of 19 languages through listening, speaking and reading along.

    Since 2024

    Free plan · Courses and learning · 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

  • Nuenki

    Browser extension that swaps sentences on the pages you read into the language you are learning, scaled to your level.

    Since 2024

    Subscription · Courses and learning · 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

  • Nile

    Serverless Postgres that keeps each customer's data and vector embeddings in its own virtual database, for teams building B2B SaaS.

    Developer tools · Developers

  • Faable

    Hosts apps from Git on European servers and adds user login through a hosted OAuth and OpenID Connect server.

    Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers

  • LyricFluent

    Teaches English, Spanish, French and other languages through song lyrics, with spaced repetition for new words.

    Since 2024

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Lingolette

    Helps intermediate language learners reach fluency through spoken chats with an AI tutor, corrections and daily articles.

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Memozora

    Flashcard maker that schedules reviews by spaced repetition, with dictionaries and text to speech for language learners.

    Since 2024

    Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Foreign Numbers

    Listening drills that help language learners catch spoken numbers, phone numbers and clock times in over two dozen languages.

    Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • 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

  • Para Cloud

    Managed hosting of the open-source Para backend with a JSON API, login, search and backups, priced per app.

    Free plan · Developer tools · Developers

  • Authgear

    Login, passkeys, SMS and WhatsApp codes, SSO and user management for apps, run in their cloud or on your servers.

    Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers

  • 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

  • Unihongo

    An app for learning Japanese with an AI tutor, speaking roleplays, kanji, quizzes and a personal study plan.

    Since 2026

    Free plan · Courses and learning · 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

  • 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

  • Hanko

    Open-source login service with passkeys, 2FA and SSO for app makers, run in Hanko's cloud or on your own servers.

    Since 2025

    Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers

  • Chippy Tools

    An offline calculator app for carpenters covering stairs, concrete, roof pitch, decking and baluster spacing.

    Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families

  • JEXXA

    Hold one key and speak to type into any Mac app, with speech turned into text offline on your own machine.

    Since 2026

    One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

  • WordWise

    A language app that translates words offline, saves them to your own tagged word list and helps you review them with flashcards.

    Since 2025

    Courses and learning · 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

  • 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

  • BetterWispr

    Hold a shortcut and talk, and a Mac app types tidy text into any program using speech models that run locally.

    Since 2026

    Free · Focus and productivity · 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

  • SSL Insecure Content Fixer

    Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.

    Website builders

  • Hanasu

    Practise a new language by chatting with AI, tapping words to save them and reviewing them later with spaced repetition.

    Since 2025

    Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families

  • Sayso

    Press a hotkey and talk, and your words are typed into whatever app you are in, transcribed on your own computer.

    Since 2026

    Free · Focus and productivity · 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

  • 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