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
- 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
- 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
- Tidy
Mac menu bar utility that reads text in images and scanned PDFs offline and renames each file to match what it contains.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Capd
A Mac app that saves links, text, images and notes from any app and finds them again with fast full-text search.
Notes and knowledge · 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
- 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
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- Piqt
An iPhone app that scores your photos on the device, picks the best ones, groups near duplicates and builds trip albums.
Since 2026
Free plan · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Fumble
A Mac menu bar app that watches your everyday typing and drills the keys that slow you down most.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- LLM Status
Scans your code for the AI models it calls and warns before any are deprecated or retired, with suggested replacements.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- BaitBlock
An iPhone text filter that spots unwanted business loan pitches from unknown senders and moves them out of your inbox.
Since 2020
Free · Security and passwords
- 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
- R2Drop
Mac menu bar app that uploads files to Cloudflare R2 by drag and drop or right-click and copies the public link.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Subtle
An iPhone app that keeps a list of your subscriptions, shows renewals on a calendar and explains how to cancel each one.
Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- SnapEnv
Stores a team's environment variables encrypted in one place and pulls them into servers or CI with one command, with an audit log.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- CopyLasso
Draw a box around any text on your Mac screen and get it on the clipboard, read on the device with no account.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- Begone
iPhone call blocker that stops spam using wildcard number ranges, with all filtering done privately on the phone.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- 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
- Private PDF Signer
Sign PDFs, add text and dates, and merge files on your iPhone or iPad without making an account.
Documents and e-signature · 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
- 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
- EdgeWhisper
Dictate into any Mac app and get clean, punctuated text, with speech processed entirely on your own computer.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- GitCafe
Git hosting and code review with stacked pull requests, usable alone or kept in sync with GitHub.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- Simple PDF Scanner
An iPhone app that scans paper documents into PDFs on the device, with a one-time Pro upgrade for OCR and passwords.
Since 2025
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Anonymize my ID
Phone app that makes a redacted, watermarked copy of your passport or ID card to send to landlords, hosts or buyers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Freebuff
A coding agent that writes and fixes code in the terminal, browser or desktop, paid for by ads, not a subscription.
Since 2026
Free · 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
- Bullet
A coding agent for your desktop or terminal that sends simple tasks to fast models and runs tool calls in parallel.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Compute
Run GPU jobs from a CLI or an AI agent on several cloud providers, paying provider cost plus a small fee.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- OpenVoiceFlow
Push to talk dictation for Mac that transcribes speech on your computer and types the text into any app.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Webklip
Shared online clipboard that syncs text and files between your devices through a private link that expires, no account required.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · 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
- Orate
A Mac menu bar app that turns any highlighted text into on-device speech and keeps it in a queue you can listen to later.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- 1time
Sends passwords, keys or files through encrypted links that delete themselves after being opened or after a set time.
Free · Security and passwords
- SKI
Desktop app that lets developers speak to coding agents and hear spoken replies, with speech processed on their own machine.
Since 2026
Free · 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
- Hey Mac
Unlocks your Mac with your face and can lock chosen apps behind a face check, with all data kept on the Mac.
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families