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
- devpush
Deploys Docker Compose apps from GitHub to your own Linux servers on each push, with domains, logs and backups.
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
- 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
- Craft CMS
Flexible CMS for custom websites, with Twig templates or a GraphQL API, plus a plugin store and optional commerce.
Website builders · Agencies
- 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
- Modular DS
Dashboard for agencies and freelancers to update, back up, monitor and report on many WordPress client sites at once.
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- 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
- KubeDB
Runs and manages databases on Kubernetes, covering provisioning, scaling, backups and upgrades for platform teams.
Developer tools · Developers
- Aegis Authenticator
An Android app that keeps your two-step login codes in an encrypted vault, with backups and import from other apps.
Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families
- Pterodactyl
A self-hosted panel for running game servers in Docker containers, for friends' groups or hosting companies.
Free · Developer tools · Software companies
- ServerAvatar
Connect your cloud servers and deploy, back up and manage WordPress, PHP and Node.js sites from a single dashboard.
Free plan · Developer tools · Agencies
- Stellate
Caches GraphQL queries at the edge and adds usage metrics and abuse protection for teams running GraphQL APIs.
Since 2023
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Canopy API
An API that returns live Amazon product details, prices, reviews and sales estimates for developers building shopping or seller tools.
Free plan · Developer tools · Online sellers
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- Yaak
A desktop app for sending and testing REST, GraphQL, gRPC and WebSocket requests, stored locally and synced through Git.
Since 2025
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Prime Mover
Back up a WordPress site or move it between hosts, including multisite and localhost setups.
Free plan · Website builders · Agencies
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- 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
- QuickStack
Self-hosted platform that deploys apps and databases from Git onto your own servers, with HTTPS, logs, backups and monitoring.
Since 2025
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- PocketBase Cloud
Hosts PocketBase backends with deploy on push, backups and custom domains at a flat price, for indie developers and freelancers.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Agencies
- WP Htaccess Editor
Edit your WordPress site's .htaccess file from the admin area, with backups, a test step and ready-made snippets.
Free plan · Developer tools · Agencies
- Directus
Connects to any SQL database and gives you APIs plus a no-code admin app, used as a headless CMS or backend.
Website builders · Agencies
- 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
- 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
- Watchful
Dashboard for agencies to update, back up, scan and monitor many WordPress and Joomla client sites from one place.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Agencies
- 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
- SimpleBackups
Schedules and monitors backups of your servers, databases, cloud storage and SaaS tools into storage you choose.
Developer tools · Agencies
- 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
- Gonewatch
Alerts you by email, Slack or a ticket when a cron job, backup or pipeline misses its expected check-in.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- shpyrd
Puts apps built with AI coding agents online with a sign-in, database and backups, so teams can share and use them.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- BlogVault
Backs up WordPress sites off server as changes happen, with one click restores, staging copies and host migrations.
Subscription · Website builders