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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Chatway
Website live chat with an AI agent and one shared inbox for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and email messages.
Since 2023Updated 14 days ago
Free plan · Customer support
- Mailparser
Pulls data out of recurring emails and attachments using your rules, then sends it to spreadsheets, CRMs or webhooks.
Since 2013
Free trial · Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- Cronhooks
Fires webhooks once or on a cron schedule in your timezone and alerts you when a call fails.
Since 2019
Free plan · 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
- PDF-API.io
Build PDF templates in a visual or HTML editor, then fill them with data by API or Zapier to make invoices and other files.
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- 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
- Statused
Posts a Slack alert when Apple or Google approves or rejects your app, or a TestFlight build is ready.
Since 2023
Subscription · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- 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
- Formspark
Send your own HTML form to a hosted endpoint that stores entries, holds back spam and forwards them to email or other tools.
Forms and surveys · Agencies
- 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
- 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
- Surfly
Lets support and sales staff browse any website together with a customer in real time, without installing code.
Since 2013
Customer 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
- Hook Relay
A hosted service that sends your app's webhooks with retries, logs and debugging so developers need not build it.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Sunnybox
Connect email accounts and get messages sent to your webhooks, with an API for replies and content analysis.
Since 2023
Free trial · Developer tools · Developers
- Back4app
Hosted app backend with database, user login and generated REST and GraphQL APIs, so developers skip running servers.
Developer tools · Developers
- Hook0
Sends webhooks from your app to customers with retries, signatures and logs, hosted in the EU or run on your own servers.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- 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
- Pocket Alert
Sends messages from your scripts, servers or webhooks straight to the Pocket Alert app on your iPhone or Android phone.
Since 2024
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- 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
- October CMS
A self-hosted content management system built on Laravel that developers and studios use to build client websites.
Subscription · Website builders · Agencies
- Batsign
A free personal URL that emails you when a script, cron job or build calls it, for developers who want simple alerts.
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- 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
- Gogs
A light self-hosted Git server with a web interface that runs as one binary or Docker container on small machines.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- micasa
Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.
Free · Home and car · Individuals and families
- Joystick
Lets app and game developers change settings and run A/B tests remotely, without shipping a new build or waiting for store review.
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- Syncd
Hosted service that receives, logs and retries webhooks, with a CLI for local testing and a typed SDK.
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- Conduit
Receives incoming email and passes each message to your app as a signed HTTP POST, so there's no need to run a mail server.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- Defer
Jot tasks down quickly on iPhone or Mac and sort them into your other tools later.
Since 2024
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- WaiverCat
Turns PDF liability waivers into online forms that customers sign, for businesses that still collect paper waivers.
Free plan · Documents and e-signature
- 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
- KwesForms
A form backend for developers that adds front-end validation, autoresponders and spam blocking, with a HIPAA option.
Free trial · Forms and surveys · Health and clinics
- Marble
A small headless CMS for writing and publishing blog posts and media, pulled into your site by API.
Free plan · Website builders · Creators and writers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- BootForm
Gives static website forms a hosted endpoint that stores submissions, filters spam and sends alerts to email, Slack or Discord.
Forms and surveys · Developers
- 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
- Codehooks
Hosted backend that takes in webhooks from Stripe, Shopify and others, stores them and runs your code with queues, cron and retries.
Since 2024
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Quadratic
Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.
Since 2023
Data and spreadsheets
- 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
- 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
- Doczilla
An API that renders HTML and saved templates into PDFs and screenshots, for developers who need documents from their apps.
Pay as you go · Documents and e-signature · Developers
- 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