No moat. Still in business.
Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- MLJAR Studio
Desktop data analysis app where you ask about your data in plain English and get Python code, charts and notebooks run on your computer.
Since 2017
Data and spreadsheets
- Bookmark It.
A web bookmark manager with a browser extension that saves, sorts and shares the sites you want to keep.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · 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
- Expense Sorted Local
Sorts bank CSV transactions into categories on your own computer and lets your AI assistant answer spending questions.
Since 2023
One-off payment · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- VoiceInk
Mac dictation app that transcribes speech on your machine and types tidy text into any app, bought once.
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Collate
A Mac app that reads your PDFs with an on-device AI model, so you can ask questions, get summaries and jump to cited pages.
Since 2024
Free · Documents and e-signature
- Frigate
Open source video recorder for home security cameras that spots people and cars on your own hardware without cloud uploads.
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Tasker
Free desktop app that repeats web tasks for you, either by recording your clicks or from a plain text description.
Since 2026
Free · Automation and integrations
- 5Y Habit Tracker
A habit tracking app for iPhone and Android where each day of progress uncovers part of a painting, with a private on-device AI journal.
Since 2026
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Dayflow
Mac app that records your screen locally and builds a readable timeline of how you spent the workday.
Since 2025
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- PRSS Site Creator
A desktop app for writing blogs and small websites offline, with optional local AI help and one-click publishing to static hosts.
Since 2025
Free · Website builders · Individuals and families
- MindCraft Studio
Mac app that makes and edits AI images on your own Apple Silicon machine using open models like Flux, with optional cloud models.
Since 2026
Design and images · Creators and writers
- Hookmark
A Mac app that copies clean links to files, emails, tasks and pages so you can jump back to them without searching.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- ArchiveBox
Self-hosted archive that saves web pages, bookmarks, feeds and media as lasting files you can search later.
Free · Notes and knowledge · 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
- 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
- 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
- Tabme
A Chrome extension that saves tab sessions into folders and searches open, saved and closed tabs, with paid sync across devices.
Since 2024
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Meetily
Records, transcribes and summarises your meetings on your own computer, so audio and notes never go to the cloud.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- Typerelay
Text expander for Mac, Windows and Linux that turns short codes into saved replies, with optional on-device AI and team snippet libraries.
Focus and productivity
- Brace.to
Save links from any device into lists to open later, free with a low-cost yearly upgrade for tags and locks.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- thèque
Save books, films and places from any page and it builds cards sorted onto shelves in your private library.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Betula
Single-user bookmark manager you host yourself to save, tag, archive and share links, with followers on the fediverse.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Pano
Save links from your browser or phone into searchable shelves you can keep private or share.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Readit
Save articles, videos and PDFs to read later in a clean view, listen with text to speech, and keep a reading streak.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Rungeist
Mac menu bar app that lists local dev servers, ports and Docker containers so developers can open, restart or stop them.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- TypeSeer
Suggests the rest of your sentence in most Mac and Windows apps, with the AI running on your own computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SnapName
A Mac app that watches your screenshot folder and gives new images descriptive file names using a local AI model.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Muesli
Mac app that turns speech into text on your own machine and writes up meeting transcripts automatically.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · 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
- Tritium
Desktop app for lawyers to edit Word files and PDFs, compare versions and use AI review on their own machine.
Since 2025
Documents and e-signature · Law firms
- Databasus
Self-hosted tool that runs scheduled PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB backups to cloud storage and alerts your team.
Since 2025
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- BackupDrill
Backs up Supabase databases and storage files to your own bucket on a schedule, then runs restore drills to prove they work.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Deepmark
Collects saves from X, YouTube, Instagram and your browser into a private library that AI describes so you can search in plain language.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Threshyr
A desktop app that logs your work time automatically on your own machine and builds billing summaries per client.
Since 2026
Free · Time tracking · Freelancers
- Overcast
Pools GPUs and CPUs from many cloud providers and your own servers so developers can run large data jobs in one place.
Since 2026
Developer tools · Developers
- Instant
A Mac app that finds your files, photos and scans when you describe what is in them, working fully offline.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Collections
A browser side panel for gathering links, quotes and images while researching, then asking AI about what you kept.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Unfoldly
A Mac app that indexes the folders you pick on your own machine so you can find photos, video clips and answers by describing them.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Local Transcriber
Free Mac menu bar tool that transcribes meetings, calls and dictation on the device and can turn them into minutes.
Free · Notes and knowledge
- PDF Pals
A Mac app that lets you ask questions about PDFs and get summaries with page citations, keeping files local.
One-off payment · Documents and e-signature · Individuals and families
- Prismical
Records meeting audio and voice memos without a bot joining, then turns them into transcripts, summaries and action items.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- 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
- Summit AI Notes
Mac app that records client calls and makes transcripts, summaries and action items on the device, with no cloud upload.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Law firms
- CentProof
Mac app that reads your bank PDF statements, checks they balance to the cent and answers money questions with local AI.
Since 2026
Free plan · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families
- Mindweave
An open source home for your notes, links and files that tags them for you and finds them by what they mean, for idea collectors.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families