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I'm always on the lookout for new apps and websites that can help me learn and work more effectively. Here's a list of tools that I've found really useful so far.
Recently added
Pixcelcut
Free tool for removing backgrounds. Produces high-quality results.
Draw Things
Craft a prompt to generate the image of your dreams in minutes.
GLM-4.6 (Coding)
An alternative to Claude Code but much cheaper.
Salad
Affordable, Secure, Community Cloud for AI/ML Inference
Vast.ai
Rent high-performance cloud GPUs at low cost.
CloudFlare
A global network boosting website and app security, performance, and a better internet.
Favorites
Balance
Step-by-step meditation practice tool.
Bitwarden
Effortlessly manage passwords across platforms.
BoldVoice
An US accent training app.
Claude & Claude Code
A next generation AI assistant built by Anthropic.
Cursor AI
The AI Code Editor.
DeepL
Superior translation tool for languages.
Fonos
Audio books & PodCourse
GoldenDict
Feature-rich dictionary lookup program.
Google Keep
A free note-taking service by Google.
Journey
Cross platform Journal and Diary app.
Keepa
Price History Charts.
Money Lover
Simple personal finance management tool.
Notein
Note taking app with pen.
Notion
All-in-one app for note taking.
Qbserve
Automatic activity tracking for macOS.
Raindrop
AlO bookmark manager.
Skitch
Beautiful screen capture with annotations.
AI tools
ChatGPT
AI system for engaging conversations.
Claude & Claude Code
A next generation AI assistant built by Anthropic.
Codex
OpenAI’s coding agent
Continue
AI code agent. Allow using your local LLM models.
Cursor AI
The AI Code Editor.
Draw Things
Craft a prompt to generate the image of your dreams in minutes.
Facefusion
Industry leading face manipulation platform.
Gemini
Get help with writing, planning, learning, and more from Google AI.
Github Copilot
AI-powered coding assistant for developers.
Github Copilot (Chat Interface)
A Chat UI of Github Copilot.
GLM-4.6 (Coding)
An alternative to Claude Code but much cheaper.
Google AI Studio
Quickly build with Gemini's Gen AI latest models.
Grok
A GenAI chatbot developed by xAI.
LM Studio
Local AI, on your computer
Monica
An AIO personal AI assistant.
Ollama
Chat & build with open models
Perplexity AI
Conversational search engine with cited answers.
serena
A powerful coding agent toolkit providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities
sniffly
Claude Code dashboard with usage stats, error analysis, and sharable feature.
Browser extensions
AutoTube
Keeps YouTube running without interruptions!
AVIM
Type Vietnamese easily in browsers.
Block Yourself from Analytics
Ideal for offline development browsing.
Chrome extension source viewer
A tool to view extension source code.
ColorZilla
Pick colors directly from webpages.
Copy Title and Url as Markdown Style
Copy the title and url of the page as Markdown style.
Disable Extensions Temporarily
Restore browser to initial state.
Google Dictionary
Instant word definitions and pronunciation.
Google Translate
Quickly translate selected text online.
Hush
Private website bookmarking made easy.
Keepa
Price History Charts.
Lock Tab
Prevents a tab from being closed accidentally.
Metastream
A tool for streaming media together.
Picture-in-Picture
Open videos in Picture-in-Picture mode.
Substital
Add subtitles to videos and movies.
Tabox
Save and share tab groups.
Wappalyzer
Identify website technologies effortlessly.
Design
Affinity Designer
Vector graphics editor.
Capcut
AIO video editor & graphic design tool.
Excalidraw
Online whiteboard helps you to get your idea out there, co-create solutions and show it to others.
Fontello
Icon font generator for custom designs.
Leonardo
Drawing and painting app for Windows.
Picsart
Powerful mobile photo editing app.
Skitch
Beautiful screen capture with annotations.
Tile Photos FX
Slice images into creative grids.
Dev
Code::Stats
Track your coding tasks efficiently.
GitKraken
User-friendly GUI for Git management.
OrbStack
Fast and lightweight Docker alternative.
Proxyman
Fast app for HTTP/HTTPS requests.
R Studio
Integrated IDE for R and Python.
Tailwind Play
An advanced online playground for Tailwind CSS.
Termius
Modern SSH Client
Visual Studio Code
My main IDE for developing.
Education
Apple Books
Read PDFs and manage annotations, synced across Apple devices.
Calibre
Ebook management and formatting tool.
Detexify
Find LaTeX characters by drawing.
Fonos
Audio books & PodCourse
Kindle
Reading books on macOS easily.
MATLAB
Powerful tool for matrix manipulations.
Mendeley
A reference management software.
Raindrop
AlO bookmark manager.
Texifier
A TeX editor.
Finance
Money Lover
Simple personal finance management tool.
Tricount
Smartly split expenses with friends.
France
Bonjour RATP
Easy navigation for Paris travelers!
Citymapper
Making cities usable.
IDF Mobilites
Travel assistance in Île-de-France.
Health
Back pain exercises at home
Exercises for back pain relief.
Balance
Step-by-step meditation practice tool.
Lose Belly Fat
Abs Workout.
PushFit
Automatically counts your push-ups.
StandUp
Regular standing and stretching reminder.
WorkOutDoors
Advanced workout app for Apple Watch.
Language Learning
BoldVoice
An US accent training app.
DeepL
Superior translation tool for languages.
Dict Box
A mobile-friendly universal dictionary tool.
Duolingo
Learn any foreign language in a fun way.
ELSA Speak
Personal AI coach for English speaking.
GoldenDict
Feature-rich dictionary lookup program.
lingoclip
Interactive music-based language learning tool.
Linguistica
Practice listening with slow news.
TV5MONDE
Learn French easily with TV5MONDE.
macOS
Amphetamine
Keep your Mac awake effortlessly.
AppCleaner
Easily uninstall apps with drag-and-drop.
BetterDisplay
Versatile tool for display management.
BuhoCleaner
A MacOS cleaning app.
Coin Tick
Menu Bar Crypto.
Hidden Bar
Hide menu bar icons on macOS.
Horo
Simple timer for your menu bar.
HyperSwitch
Alt-tab like window swicher for macOS.
IINA
The modern media player for macOS.
Itsycal
Calendar in menu bar for macOS.
Karabiner-Elements
Map keyboards easily on macOS.
Magnet
Windows manager for Mac
Menu World Time
Global city times right on menu bar.
Mojibar
Menu bar emoji searcher for macOS.
MonitorControl
Control display brightness and volume.
Monolingual
Remove unnecessary language resources from macOS.
Mounty for NTFS
Re-mount NTFS volumes on macOS.
Paintbrush
A macOS alternative to Windows Paint.
Parallels
Let us run Windows OS on macOS.
PDF Expert
PDF Editor and Reader.
Postgres.app
Full-featured PostgreSQL for Mac.
Qbserve
Automatic activity tracking for macOS.
QuickTime Player
Video player and simple video editor.
SelfControl
A Mac app for focused productivity.
Stats
macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
VIETTIEN Dictionary
An AIO dictionary that is integrated with default dictionary in macOS.
Xcode
Develop, test, and distribute apps.
Online Tools
Icônes
Collection of free icons.
iLoveIMG
All-in-one online photo tool.
Is it down?
Check website status for everyone.
Mathcha
Online Math editor.
PDF24 Tools
All-in-one free PDF tools.
Pixcelcut
Free tool for removing backgrounds. Produces high-quality results.
remove.bg
Easily remove image backgrounds online.
Tables Generator
Generate tables in various formats.
TinyWow
A collection of useful online tools.
Wayback Machine
Check past versions of websites.
Playground
PlayCode
JavaScript playground for coding enthusiasts.
Postman
Quickly test APIs with Postman.
RunJS
Quickly test JS/TS codes easily.
RunKit
NodeJS playground for JavaScript developers.
Relax
Audacity
Powerful audio editing for everyone.
Lutris
A platform to play games on Linux.
MusicBrainz Picard
A tool to change music information.
Thunderspace
Rain sleep sound.
Security
Authy
Better alternative to Google Authenticator.
Bitwarden
Effortlessly manage passwords across platforms.
LockHunter
Easily delete locked files and folders on Windows.
WARP 1.1.1.1
A free VPN.
Services
Bitly
Shorten links and create QR codes.
CloudFlare
A global network boosting website and app security, performance, and a better internet.
Local
Local Wordpress development.
Netlify
A web hosting service.
ngrok
Make local servers accessible online.
OneSignal
Push notification service.
Salad
Affordable, Secure, Community Cloud for AI/ML Inference
Vast.ai
Rent high-performance cloud GPUs at low cost.
Vercel
A web hosting service.
Social
Google Meet
Real-time meetings by Google.
Mobile VOIP
Affordable mobile VOIP calling solution.
Slack
A fast, organized team communication tool.
Taking Notes
Goodnotes
Powerful note-taking app for tablets.
Google Keep
A free note-taking service by Google.
Journey
Cross platform Journal and Diary app.
Notein
Note taking app with pen.
Notion
All-in-one app for note taking.
Obsidian
Taking note with knowledge graph style.
Samsung Notes
Note taking app with S-Pen.
Sticky Notes
Free app with big fonts and reminders.
Typora
A WYSWYG markdown editor.
Terminal
Cmder
A Windows dropdown terminal.
Guake
A Linux dropdown terminal.
Hyper
A terminal built on web technologies.
iTerm2
A macOS dropdown terminal.
Utilities
Android File Transfer
Effortlessly transfer files between devices.
Brave
Faster browsing with BAT token rewards.
DeskIn
Alternative to TeamViewer for remote access.
DisplayLink Manager
Essential for multi-display support.
Etcher
Flash OS images to drives easily.
FastStone Capture
Best screen recording tool for Windows.
Foxit PDF Reader
Tabbed interface for easy navigation.
Google Maps
Discover the world with Google Maps.
IObit Uninstaller
Uninstaller for Windows.
LocalSend
Quickly send files between devices in the same local network.
Microsoft Lens
Mobile PDF scanning made easy.
Neat Download Manager
IDM alternative for macOS and Windows.
NoMachine
Free Remote Desktop.
Opera Browser
Free VPN for mobile and computer
PDFgear
PDF tasks made easy.
Send to Kindle
Effortlessly send ebooks to Kindle.
Sigil
EPUB Editor.
Troywell VPN
A free VPN with custom country selection.
VSCode Extensions
Angular Language Service
Essential tool for Angular developers.
Auto Close Tag
Automatically closes HTML tags efficiently.
Auto Import
Automatically manages code imports efficiently.
Auto Rename Tag
Quickly renames tags with ease.
Bookmarks
Bookmark your codes in VSCode.
Claude Code for VSCode
Claude Code integrated in your IDE.
CSS Navigation
A tool for efficient CSS navigation.
Database Client
DB manager VSCode extension.
Gemini CLI Companion
Enable Gemini CLI with direct access to your IDE workspace.
Git Blame
See who commits this line.
Headwind
Opinionated Tailwind CSS class sorter.
Hide Node Modules
Easily toggle visibility of node_modules.
Highlight Matching Tag
Special tool for long code blocks.
Jupyter Notebook Renderers
Renderers for Jupyter Notebooks in Visual Studio Code.
LaTeX Workshop
Excellent VSCode extension for LaTeX.
Live Server
Quickly create a live local server.
Live Share
Real-time collaborative development from the comfort of your favorite tools. (Only for VSCode)
Markdown All In One
Essential Markdown features in one tool.
Markdown Image
Easy to insert a image to markdown.
Markdown Preview Enhanced
Powerful Markdown Preview.
Markdown Shortcuts
Handy shortcuts for editing Markdown files.
Postman
Official VSCode extension for Postman.
Prettier
Code formatter.
Pretty TypeScript Errors
Enhances TypeScript errors' readability in VSCode.
Quit Control for VSCode
Prevent accidental closure of VSCode.
Rainbow CSV
Highlight CSV and TSV files, Run SQL-like queries.
Remote
SSH to a remove server right on VSCode.
Restore Editors
Quickly manage and restore layouts.
Ruff
An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
Swift
Swift Language Support for Visual Studio Code.
Thunder Client
API client integrated with VSCode.
