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
- Appwrite
Open-source backend for app builders with auth, databases, storage, functions and hosting, run in the cloud or on your own servers.
Since 2021
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- CurateKit
Save links, quotes and articles, then publish them as a public site or an email digest for subscribers.
Since 2026
Free plan · Newsletters · 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
- 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
- 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
- Back4app
Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- Engula
Drop-in Redis replacement that aims to halve memory use, with a trial mode to test savings on your own data.
Free trial · 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
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pulse Local
A Mac budgeting app that keeps your ledger on disk and answers money questions with an AI model running locally.
Since 2026
Free plan · Money and budgeting · 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
- 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
- dashi
A Chrome new tab page with widgets for notes, to-dos, weather, habits and bookmarks, kept on your own device.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · 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
- Maali
A personal finance app for Mac and Windows that sorts bank transactions and tracks spending, with all data kept on your computer.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Money and budgeting · 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
- Readeck
Save articles, pictures and videos to read later, with highlights, labels, search and ebook export.
Free · Notes and knowledge · 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
- AIR Blackbox
Records every AI agent decision in a signed, tamper-evident log so teams can show regulators what their AI did under the EU AI Act.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Bookmarker
Mac app that stores your links, images and PDFs locally, with on-device AI tags, summaries and offline search.
Since 2026
One-off payment · 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
- 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
- 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
- VelocityNote
A light Markdown notebook that keeps notes on your device, with optional sync and AI models that run locally.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · 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
- 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
- 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
- Hob
Desktop app that sets up and runs open AI models on your own computer for private, offline chat and work on files.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- SurfSense
A private research notebook on your own computer that answers questions about your files and turns them into reports.
Notes and knowledge
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ultrathink
Fast capture for screenshots, links, files and voice memos that AI sorts and labels for later, designed for people with ADHD.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · 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
- 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