No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- ShortcutFoo
Drills you on keyboard shortcuts for editors and work apps with spaced repetition until they become habit.
Since 2012
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- QueryStorm
Excel add-in for querying tables with SQL, scripting workbooks in C# and building custom Excel functions.
Since 2016
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets · Developers
- hdoc
Generates searchable API docs from C++ code and Markdown pages, with optional hosting, for C++ teams.
Since 2021
Developer tools · Developers
- Handy
A free desktop app where you hold a shortcut, speak, and your words are typed into whatever text field you are in.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Alfred
Keyboard launcher for Mac to find apps and files, expand text snippets, keep clipboard history and run custom workflows.
Free plan · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Will Be Done
A task manager that lays out your whole week on a timeline, works offline, and can be self-hosted.
Free · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- RDLTR
Save links to read later from any browser, then browse the pile with keyboard shortcuts, summaries and audio.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · 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
- Featherview
A keyboard-driven Mac photo viewer for flicking through folders, binning rejects and converting the ones you keep in bulk.
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Auto-Install Free SSL
Gets and renews free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on cPanel shared hosting without command line work.
Free plan · Security and passwords
- Orange Juice
Browser extension for Hacker News readers that adds replying in place, unread comment tracking, keyboard shortcuts and other tweaks.
Free · Something else · 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
- Swift Shift
Mac background app that lets you move or resize any window by holding a key and dragging anywhere on it.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ClipBook
Keeps a searchable history of everything you copy on a Mac, so you can sort past clips and paste them again with shortcuts.
Since 2024
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictámelo
Hold a shortcut and speak, and your words are typed into any app on Mac or Windows, using offline models or a cloud option.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Magnet
Mac app that tiles windows into halves, thirds and quarters by dragging to screen edges or using shortcuts.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Superwhisper
Dictation app that turns what you say into clean text inside any program, working offline or in the cloud.
Since 2023
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Macaify
A Mac app that runs AI actions like translate or rewrite on text you select in any app, via a shortcut.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Lasso
Mac window manager where you drag on a grid to place windows, save layouts and give each one a shortcut.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Hyperkey
A free Mac app that turns caps lock or another key into a combined modifier for your own shortcuts.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Tapflow
Use an iPad or phone browser as a custom button panel for your Mac, so shortcuts, window moves and app switching are one tap.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- PR Cockpit
A keyboard-driven Mac and Linux app for reviewing GitHub pull requests, with diffs, checks and threads loaded from a local cache.
Developer tools · Developers
- molab
A cloud workspace for creating, running and sharing marimo Python and SQL notebooks for data work
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- Amical
A dictation app that turns your speech into formatted text in any app on your computer or phone.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Rectangle
Snap and resize Mac windows with keyboard shortcuts or by dragging to screen edges, with a paid Pro upgrade.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- 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
- Vehla
A Mac app that combines a keyboard launcher, clipboard history, window snapping and on-device dictation and AI.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · 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
- Voxxy
A Mac menu bar app where you hold a key, speak, and the transcribed text is pasted into whatever field you are typing in.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- KeyGhost
Mac menu-bar app that makes Caps Lock or another key a launcher: hold it, see your apps on a keyboard overlay, tap a letter to open one.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Yakki
A Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into tidy text in any app and transcribes meetings, all processed on your device.
Since 2026
Subscription · Notes and knowledge
- QuietSpeech
Mac menu bar app that turns your speech into clean text in any app, using on-device Apple Intelligence.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- WindowHop
A free Mac utility that makes Command Tab move between single windows, including ones on other Spaces and displays.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Window Hints
A macOS utility that labels every open window with a letter so you can switch to one by typing it.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- HyperPaste
A Mac menu bar app that keeps your clipboard history searchable by keyboard, with pinning and everything stored locally.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Debut
A Mac window switcher that keeps Command-Tab limited to the current Space and lets you move and jump between Spaces.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Hammerdeck
A Mac window manager that puts window grids and moves between screens on hotkeys and rebuilds layouts when monitors change.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Dictly
Turns your speech into formatted text on Mac, iPhone and iPad, processing everything offline on the device.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- BumbleTap
A Chrome extension that lets you assign keys to buttons on any website and replay repeated clicks without code.
Since 2026
Free · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- Cloudless Voice
Voice dictation that runs on your own device on Mac, Windows and iPhone and tidies filler words and formatting.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Nudge
Free Mac app that snaps windows into halves, thirds or quarters with shortcuts or by dragging to an edge.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- NovelOS
A local writing studio for novelists with plotting boards, character profiles, world notes and a manuscript editor, bought once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Dictivo
Desktop app that turns your speech into text in any app, processing audio locally on Mac or Windows, paid for once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity
- ExtraBar
Mac utility to fill the menu bar with your own links into apps, quick actions and shortcuts, all triggered from the keyboard.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Heynds
Mac and Windows app that turns speech into text and rewrites selected text with on-device AI, triggered by a shortcut.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Better Window Switcher
A Mac app that shows open windows and browser tabs as 3D cards and lets you jump to one by typing a few letters.
Since 2026
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families