No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Checkly
Runs browser and API checks against your app from many regions and alerts you when they fail, set up as code.
Since 2021
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Ploi
Sets up and manages your web servers and handles site deployments, with extra help for Laravel apps.
Subscription · Developer tools · Agencies
- Fitlock
Keeps chosen iPhone apps locked until you reach a daily step, push-up or workout goal.
Since 2024
Free plan · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Atten
Blocks distracting apps and sites on iPhone, iPad and Mac with schedules, daily limits and synced rules.
Since 2024
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Serendipity
A self-hosted PHP blog engine for writers who want to run their own blog, extended with plugins and themes.
Free · Website builders · Individuals and families
- ActivityWatch
Records which apps and websites you use on your computer or phone so you can see where your time goes, stored locally.
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- myTinyTodo
A simple to-do list app you host yourself, with several lists, tags, due dates and priorities.
Free · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- Canopy Kids
A kid-friendly front end for your own Plex library, with PIN-locked settings, rating filters and screen time limits for parents.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Family and parenting · 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
- Thelia
French open source e-commerce platform for building custom online stores, with click and collect and ERP or CRM connections.
Free · Online shops · Shops and retail
- SeedDMS
Open source document management system you host yourself to store files and run review workflows.
Free · Documents and e-signature
- ilert
Sends alerts to on-call staff, handles their rotas and runs status pages so tech teams can respond to outages quickly.
Since 2020
Free trial · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- VirtualEyes
Monitors websites, servers, cron jobs, DNS records and SSL certificates, with alerts and public status pages.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- PingPong
Hosted status pages with built-in uptime checks, so you can keep customers informed during outages and cut support tickets.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- Indigo
Mac app that runs Nginx, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis locally for web developers without Docker or VMs.
Since 2022
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Pingmeter
Monitors website uptime from several countries, tries automatic recovery, and calls or texts you if the problem stays.
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring
- StatusGator
Gathers status updates from thousands of cloud services you depend on, warns you about outages and shows them on one page.
Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- one sec
Puts a short pause in front of social media apps and sites so people open them less and cut their screen time.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- lockmeout.online
Locks your phone, apps or accounts until a set time, then sends the unlock code so you cannot give in early.
Since 2024
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Focus Firewall
A Mac app that blocks social and video sites during the work hours you set, across every browser.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- UptimeObserver
Checks your websites, SSL certificates, DNS and domains every 30 seconds and alerts you when something breaks or expires.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- October CMS
A self-hosted content management system built on Laravel that developers and studios use to build client websites.
Subscription · Website builders · Agencies
- FlatPress
Lightweight blog software in plain PHP that stores posts as files, with themes, plugins and comment spam protection.
Free · Website builders · Individuals and families
- Cachet
A free status page you host yourself to tell customers about outages, incidents and planned maintenance.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Software companies
- Chyrp Lite
A small PHP blog engine you install on ordinary web hosting, with themes and an easy admin panel.
Free · Website builders · Individuals and families
- WatchCron
Alerts you when a cron job misses its ping or a site, certificate or domain has a problem, with status pages included.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- Opal
Blocks chosen apps on a schedule or timer and scores daily phone habits to help people cut screen time.
Subscription · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- StatusSight
Watches the status pages of thousands of outside services and alerts you when the ones you depend on go down.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Pulsetic
Checks your websites, SSL, ports and cron jobs, confirms outages from other regions and runs status pages on your domain.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Online sellers
- OnlineOrNot
Checks websites, APIs and cron jobs every 30 seconds and confirms an outage before alerting your team.
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- UptimeToolbox
Monitors websites and Linux servers, sends alerts by email, SMS or call, and hosts branded status pages on your domain.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- ScreenZen
Adds pauses, daily limits and schedules to distracting apps and websites so people scroll less, paid for by donations.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Cronitor
Tells developers when scheduled jobs, agents, websites or APIs fail or run late, and hosts status pages for customers.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- AppBlock
Stops you opening distracting apps, sites and keywords on phone and browser, with profiles set by time, place or Wi-Fi.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Nagomi
iPhone app that locks the apps you pick during hours you set ahead, allowing a few planned short opens.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Pumpkin
Chore app for children 4 to 12 where jobs and routines earn points, screen time or cash, no bank account or card required.
Subscription · Family and parenting · 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
- Odozi
A private mood journal for iPhone and Mac that logs gratitude, sleep and screen time in a couple of minutes a day.
Since 2026
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- SpeedBump
A phone app that sets time limits on social apps and gets in your way once your time runs out, to curb doomscrolling.
Since 2025
Free · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Pingzo
Checks your websites, APIs and ports and messages you on WhatsApp after repeated failures, with status pages and SSL checks.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Runframe
Runs incidents from alert to postmortem for engineering teams, with on-call rotas, escalations and status pages included.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Blank Spaces
iPhone launcher that trims your home screen to the apps you need and puts small tasks in front of the addictive ones.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ScrollGuard
Phone app that hides Reels, Shorts and TikTok-style feeds while leaving your DMs, stories and friends' posts alone.
Since 2025
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- OpenUptime
Open source uptime checks, alerts and public status pages that you or an AI agent can manage, with no charge per monitor.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Peekaping
Uptime checks for sites, APIs, databases and queues you run on your own server, with alerts and public status pages.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- BePresent
Screen time app that rewards time away from your phone with points, streaks and challenges against friends and family.
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Monochromate
Chrome and Firefox extension that turns pages grey on a schedule, with site exceptions, to curb doomscrolling.
Since 2025
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- WaitToUnlock
Helps you set an iPhone Screen Time passcode you will not remember, held behind a wait timer to curb phone use.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families