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A shared POSIX file system for Linux and Mac servers that stores its data in S3 or other object storage, with no storage cluster to run.

Since 2015

Subscription · Developer tools · Developers

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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

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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

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Free desktop app that backs up your encrypted files onto friends' computers while you store theirs in return.

Since 2021

Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families

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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

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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

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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

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Terminal app for homeowners to log maintenance schedules, projects, quotes and contractors in one local file.

Free · Home and car · Individuals and families

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Tracks stocks, crypto, property and private investments across brokers, with returns analysis and data encrypted on your device.

Since 2024

Free plan · Money and budgeting · Individuals and families

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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

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Write product documentation and user manuals in Markdown and publish them as a website, PDF or eBook.

Free plan · Website builders · Software companies

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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

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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

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A simple self-hosted wiki that stores markdown pages in git, with file attachments and full page history.

Free · Notes and knowledge

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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

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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

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Backs up files on Windows PCs and Macs as encrypted, versioned copies to a cloud account or disk that you own.

Free trial · Security and passwords · Individuals and families

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Free self-hosted wiki that lets a team organise its documentation into shelves, books and pages.

Since 2022

Free · Notes and knowledge

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Stores encrypted passwords, crypto keys and instructions and releases them to your chosen people if you stop checking in.

Since 2024

Free plan · Security and passwords · Individuals and families

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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

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Open-source shared editor and headless CMS for writing technical docs, dev blogs and knowledge bases, with Git sync.

Notes and knowledge · Developers

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Spreadsheet that links to databases and files and lets AI write the formulas, Python and charts for you.

Since 2023

Data and spreadsheets

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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

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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

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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

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Self-hosted notes and checklists app that keeps everything as Markdown files on your server, with kanban boards.

Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families

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Open and edit KeePass password files in any browser or from a local HTML file, with passkey unlock and no server.

Since 2026

Free · Security and passwords · Individuals and families

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A PDF editor that runs on your own device, so you can edit, sign, redact, compare and convert files without uploading them.

Since 2026

Free · Documents and e-signature

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An offline calculator app for carpenters covering stairs, concrete, roof pitch, decking and baluster spacing.

Free plan · Something else · Individuals and families

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Hold one key and speak to type into any Mac app, with speech turned into text offline on your own machine.

Since 2026

One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Scans a company's code repositories and builds architecture docs you can drill into, from whole systems down to services.

Since 2026

Developer tools · Software companies

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Phone app for retro game collectors to catalogue cartridges, scan barcodes and check what each game sells for.

Something else · Individuals and families

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A Mac menu bar app that reads any selected text aloud with offline speech models, including local voice cloning.

Since 2026

Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families

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Hold a shortcut and talk, and a Mac app types tidy text into any program using speech models that run locally.

Since 2026

Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Edit, merge, split, compress and OCR PDF files inside your browser, with documents kept on your own device.

Since 2025

Free plan · Documents and e-signature

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Press a hotkey and talk, and your words are typed into whatever app you are in, transcribed on your own computer.

Since 2026

Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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A Mac clipboard history app with a Touch ID lock, encrypted history, text grabbing from images and reusable snippets.

One-off payment · Security and passwords · Individuals and families

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iPhone CRM for estate agents to keep clients and listings, send buyers shortlists and see which homes they like.

Free plan · CRM and sales · Property and estate agents

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A Mac app that finds personal data in PDFs, scans and screenshots and removes it or swaps it for labels, offline.

Since 2026

Subscription · Documents and e-signature

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Keeps environment variables and secrets for all your projects encrypted in one place and loads them from the terminal.

Since 2026

Subscription · Security and passwords · Developers

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A Mac app that shrinks images, videos, PDFs and audio on your own machine with drag and drop, no uploads.

Since 2025

One-off payment · Design and images · Individuals and families

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Copy text, links or files on one device and paste them on another, with end to end encryption.

Since 2025

Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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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

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Merge, split, compress, sign and convert PDFs inside your browser, with files kept on your own device.

Since 2026

Free · Documents and e-signature

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An offline iPhone todo list built around a daily plan, with do dates, recurrences, reminders and subtasks.

Since 2025

Focus and productivity · Individuals and families

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Contractors draw site plans on a tablet, even offline, and turn them into material takeoffs, estimates and proposals.

Free trial · Jobs and field service · Trades and home services

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Open-source wiki software you host yourself so a team can write and share its internal documentation.

Free · Notes and knowledge

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iPhone currency converter covering world currencies, metals and crypto, with custom rates and offline use.

Money and budgeting · Individuals and families