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SuperCookCheck off the ingredients you already have, and get recipes you can cook right now — each result links out to the source site. Free and registration-free reverse recipe search.
Have I Been PwnedA data breach lookup service by security researcher Troy Hunt. Enter an email address to see whether it appears in known breaches, check passwords against leaked corpora, and get breach alerts. Core searches are free and need no account.
PairDropOpen-source, browser-based file transfer: devices on the same network discover each other automatically and send files peer-to-peer over WebRTC; pairing and temporary rooms extend transfers across networks. No signup, no installation.
iFixitA free repair knowledge base and community: hundreds of thousands of step-by-step teardown repair guides, a Q&A forum and repairability scores, plus a tools and parts store and Right to Repair advocacy.
Open Food FactsA crowdsourced food database where a barcode scan returns ingredient lists, nutrition tables and Nutri-Score style ratings; everything is published under the ODbL license by a French nonprofit.
DeepLA language AI platform run by DeepL SE in Germany, best known for its neural machine translator, alongside the DeepL Write assistant, DeepL Voice speech translation, and a developer API, with free and Pro tiers.
Terms of Service; Didn't Read (ToS;DR)A nonprofit community project, online since 2012, that breaks major sites' terms of service and privacy policies into plain-language "points" and grades each service A–E, published as open data with a browser extension and public API.
Xiachufang (下厨房)A Chinese recipe-sharing community launched in 2011, where home cooks publish step-by-step photo recipes and post their results. Its counter shows 3.58 million recipes; free to browse without an account, plus membership and courses.
ChatGPTOpenAI's conversational AI assistant, launched in November 2022, with web search, file and image handling, voice, memory and custom GPTs. Basic chatting is free with no sign-up; paid plans run $8–$100+/month.
timeanddate.comA free online time-and-date toolkit run by Norway's Time and Date AS since 1998: world clocks, time zone conversion, calendars and holidays, sun and moon astronomy, eclipses and weather. No sign-up; optional ad-free subscription.
NotionAn all-in-one workspace from Notion Labs that unifies docs, wikis, databases, and project management in one block-based editor; free for individuals, with the fullest AI features reserved for the Business plan and above.
KagiPaid, ad-free search engine from US-based Kagi Inc.: subscription-funded, no user tracking, results blending its own indexes with external sources, with domain personalization, Lenses, Bangs, an AI assistant, and the Orion browser.
ObsidianLocal-first Markdown notes and knowledge base from Canada's Dynalist Inc. Notes stay on your device as plain text, linked into a graph, extensible via 7,500+ community plugins. Free even for commercial use; Sync and Publish cost extra.
LinearA cloud product development and issue-tracking system from San Francisco's Linear Orbit: speed- and keyboard-first, built on Issues, Cycles, Triage and Projects, with AI agents as workspace members. Free plan; paid tiers per user.
DiaAI-native Chromium browser from The Browser Company (now part of Atlassian): the address bar doubles as an AI prompt with context from your tabs and work tools. Free tier has no AI; plans from $20/month; Apple Silicon Mac only.
CapacitiesObject-based notes and personal knowledge management from an independent German team: everything is a typed, linked object instead of a file in folders. Free plan promised forever; Pro adds AI, calendar, and tasks. EU-hosted under GDPR.
ClaudeAnthropic's AI assistant and agent platform: chat, writing, coding, web search, Artifacts, and file creation on web, desktop, and mobile; paid plans add the Claude Code and Cowork agents. Launched March 2023; free plan, Pro from $20/month.
KimiMoonshot AI's assistant: chat, deep research, slides/docs/website generation and coding from one prompt box, on web, apps, desktop and API. Open-weight K models; K3 (July 2026) is the largest open-weight model at 2.8T parameters.
DoubaoByteDance's AI assistant for China: chat, search, writing, PPT and image/video generation, voice calls, and an office agent on web, desktop, and mobile. Launched August 2023; ~172M MAU (QuestMobile). Free tier; Pro plans RMB 68–500/month.
GensparkAll-in-one AI agent workspace by Palo Alto's MainFunc: 70+ orchestrated AI models turn one prompt into finished slides, sheets, docs, apps, videos — even phone calls. Launched as AI search in June 2024; Super Agent pivot in April 2025.
GranolaLondon-based Granola's AI meeting notepad: no bot joins the call — desktop and mobile apps capture device audio, transcribe it, and expand your jotted notes into structured summaries. Launched May 2024; free tier, Business $14/user/month.
Wispr FlowAI voice dictation from San Francisco startup Wispr: hold a key, talk, and polished text lands in whatever app your cursor is in — on Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android. Launched October 2024; 100+ languages; free tier, Pro from $15/month.
HeptabaseA visual note-taking and PKM app by Taiwan-based Hepta Platforms: cards on whiteboards, PDF annotation, web clipping, Readwise sync, and AI Q&A. Paid-only, from $8.99/month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial.
Zen BrowserA free, open-source Firefox-based desktop browser (MPL-2.0) maintained by a volunteer community. Built around vertical tabs, with Workspaces, Compact Mode, Split View and Glance; no telemetry; funded by donations. Still officially beta.
SuperlistTo-do list and notes app from the Wunderlist team: lists are rich documents mixing tasks, text, and images, with sharing, Gmail/Slack/GitHub integrations, AI voice and meeting notes. Free tier; paid plans from $59/yr per person.
Readwise ReaderReadwise's all-in-one reader brings articles, RSS, PDFs, EPUBs, YouTube transcripts and newsletters together with first-class highlighting and note-app export. 30-day trial, then $9.99/month (annual).
FeltFelt is a cloud-native GIS — drop any spatial file into the browser to get a shareable map, edit together in real time, and connect live warehouse data. Free for personal use.
flomoflomo is a Chinese card-note service for frictionless, chat-like capture — jot via WeChat or full-platform apps, then resurface notes with tags and daily review. Free tier; PRO/MAX plans.