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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- FlashTabs
Make your own flashcard decks and review them on a spaced repetition schedule in the browser.
Since 2015
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- QueryStorm
Excel add-in for querying tables with SQL, scripting workbooks in C# and building custom Excel functions.
Since 2016
Free plan · Data and spreadsheets · 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
- Folderly
Helps students sort courses, tasks, class schedules, flashcards and files into colour-coded folders.
Free · 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
- 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
- molab
A cloud workspace for creating, running and sharing marimo Python and SQL notebooks for data work
Since 2024
Developer tools · Developers
- 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
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- 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
- Nihongo Lessons
An iPhone app that takes Japanese learners from beginner to fluent with one new sentence per flashcard and spaced review.
Since 2015
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Burning Vocabulary
A browser extension that saves and highlights words you look up on web pages, then drills them with flashcards.
Since 2020
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- 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
- RemNote
Note app for students that builds flashcards, quizzes and summaries from notes and PDFs with spaced repetition.
Since 2021
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- PDF To Quiz
Students turn class notes or a PDF into a practice test that marks itself and explains each question they got wrong.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Revu
A study app for students with spaced repetition flashcards, made from notes and PDFs, and scheduled around your calendar.
Free plan · Courses and learning · 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
- Memozora
Flashcard maker that schedules reviews by spaced repetition, with dictionaries and text to speech for language learners.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Feyn
Flashcard app for iPad and iPhone where students draw, type or add images to cards and review them with spaced repetition.
Since 2024
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Anki
Flashcard app that uses spaced repetition so learners review hard cards more often, with sync between devices.
Courses and learning · 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
- Unihongo
An app for learning Japanese with an AI tutor, speaking roleplays, kanji, quizzes and a personal study plan.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- WordWise
A language app that translates words offline, saves them to your own tagged word list and helps you review them with flashcards.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- 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
- Card Snap
Turns notes, PDFs or images into flashcards you can study online, share by link or print.
Since 2025
Free · Courses and learning · 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
- Janus
Turns PDFs and notes into flashcards you can review and edit, then export to Anki, Mochi or SuperMemo.
Since 2026
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Zhenzhu
Hover over Chinese text in any Mac app to see pinyin, meanings and sentence breakdowns, and save words as flashcards.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · 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
- Lector
A reading app for language learners that imports books, articles and videos, translates words and sends vocabulary to Anki.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- MarginNote 5
A reading and study app that lets you clip from books and papers, link the clips in mind maps and review them as cards.
Courses and learning · 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
- YouTube2Anki
Paste a YouTube link or upload a transcript and get an Anki flashcard deck made by AI, ready to import.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- 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
- 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
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
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
- 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
- Hanabira
Learn Japanese or Korean by tapping words in YouTube videos, manga and books, with flashcards that track what you know.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · 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
- Cuiz AI
Students upload slides or notes and get practice quizzes and spaced-repetition flashcards made from them.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families