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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- micasa
Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- Mathesar
Lets non-technical staff view, edit and query Postgres tables in a spreadsheet-style screen, using the database's own permissions.
Free · Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Xata
Hosted Postgres that clones databases in seconds so each developer, CI run or agent gets its own copy, and idles at zero.
Since 2022
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- DuckResume
Free phone app for job seekers to make resumes and cover letters, with every template unlocked, offline use and clean PDFs.
Free · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 24 Block
iPhone planner that lays out your day as coloured time blocks, works offline and needs no account.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · 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
- 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
- Darkwrite
Free offline notebook app that keeps notes on your device with themes, PDF export and one-click backups, no account required.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- BreadCrumb
iPhone app that keeps one next step pinned on each of your projects so you can pick up work where you stopped.
Projects and tasks · 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
- SPQRK Today
An offline Android app where you jot items through the day, then give them a date and duration so your day stays realistic.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Typed
Mac app that turns your speech into text wherever the cursor is, processed on the device with no account.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Currency Converter Plus
iPhone currency converter covering world currencies, metals and crypto, with custom rates and offline use.
Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- Photo Organizer
A Mac and Windows app that sorts photos and videos into folders by date and camera and finds duplicates offline.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Scissor
Free browser editor for vector and pixel artwork, with no account; files stay on your device.
Since 2026
Free · Design and images · Individuals and families
- Light Cloud
Hosting that deploys a frontend, backend and Postgres database from a repo, a folder or an AI coding assistant.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- DictatorFlow
Speech to text dictation for Windows, Mac and Linux that runs offline for free, with paid cloud accuracy and an API.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- Retrodex
Phone app for retro game collectors to catalogue cartridges, scan barcodes and check what each game sells for.
Something else · Individuals and families
- PrivaPDF
Converts PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint or text inside your browser, without uploading the file anywhere.
Since 2026
Free · Documents and e-signature