Useful tools and websites

A web archiving service that takes a snapshot of a page you submit and stores both a text copy and an image copy. Each snapshot gets a short link that stays online.

archive.ph

An online tool that captures a screenshot of any public web page as a high-resolution PNG. It handles long pages that extend below the fold, and it also works for tweets.

screenshot.guru

A tool that takes a recipe page and shows only the ingredients and instructions. It removes the life story, popups and other clutter that surround recipes on many sites.

justtherecipe.com

A site where you write a letter, pick a delivery date and have it emailed to you later. It also offers public letters to read and prompts if you need ideas.

futureme.org

Temp Mail is a service that gives you a disposable email address, so you can receive messages without using your own address.

temp-mail.org

AlternativeTo is a site for finding alternatives to apps and software you already know.

alternativeto.net

A lookup tool that shows what technologies a website is built with. It is also a data provider, with trend reports, lead lists and an API listed on the site.

builtwith.com

A web app for removing unwanted objects, people, text and defects from a picture. You drag an image in and retouch it there. The site describes it as free to start.

cleanup.pictures

An online tool that removes the background from an image automatically, leaving a transparent background or letting you swap in a new one. The site says it needs no signup.

remove.photos

An AI image and video service for enhancing, upscaling and sharpening pictures, with tools for generating and editing images too. It runs online and offers an API, and the site says it is free to start.

letsenhance.io

A photo editor that runs in the browser, supporting editing, effects, filters, text, cropping and resizing. The site says it is free and that files are processed on your own device.

photopea.com

A collection of online tools for AI writing, PDF work, images and other tasks. The site presents them as free.

tinywow.com

PDF24 is a set of PDF tools that run online, plus a downloadable desktop program called PDF24 Creator. It covers merging, splitting, compressing, editing, signing, converting, protecting and unlocking PDF files.

pdf24.org

Excalidraw is a virtual whiteboard that runs in the browser. It lets you sketch diagrams that look hand-drawn, and it supports collaborating on the same board.

excalidraw.com

tldraw is an online whiteboard for drawing and collaborating in real time. Its site says it works on phones, tablets and desktops and needs no signup.

tldraw.com

Dictation is an online speech-to-text page for Google Chrome. It turns your spoken words into text in real time and understands voice commands for paragraphs, punctuation and smileys.

dictation.io

Otter is an AI meeting assistant that transcribes conversations in real time and produces summaries, insights and action items. It also offers live chat during meetings.

otter.ai

Descript is a video and audio editor built around text. You record, transcribe, edit and publish in one tool, and edit media much like a document. It also has a screen recorder and podcast features.

descript.com

Loom is a screen recorder for Mac and PC that lets you record video messages and share them with teammates or customers. It also has video editing and storage, and AI features such as turning a walkthrough into a Jira item.

loom.com

Zapier is a no-code automation platform that connects more than 9,000 apps. You build workflows, called Zaps, that move data between apps, and it also offers AI workflows, agents and data tables.

zapier.com

n8n is a workflow automation platform that combines AI features with business process automation. It offers integrations, more than 10,000 templates and MCP support for building workflows.

n8n.io

Pixabay is a library of stock images, videos, music and sound effects shared by its community. It also holds illustrations, vectors, 3D models and GIFs, plus curated collections and contests.

pixabay.com

Mixkit is a download site for stock video footage, stock music and Premiere Pro templates aimed at video projects. It is run by Envato.

mixkit.co

Untools is a curated collection of thinking tools and frameworks for solving problems, making decisions and understanding systems. Entries are grouped into categories such as systems thinking, decision making, problem solving and communication.

untools.co

A site of community-made roadmaps that lay out what to learn for developer roles and topics such as Frontend, Backend, DevOps and AI Engineer, alongside guides, project ideas and lesson packs.

roadmap.sh

A community-written collection of short tours of programming languages and tools. Each page is one annotated code file that walks through the syntax, and many pages have translations into other languages.

learnxinyminutes.com

A documentation browser that gathers the docs of many languages and frameworks, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python and Go, into one searchable web app. The site says it works offline.

devdocs.io

An online editor that turns JSON into an interactive graph of connected nodes. It also handles CSV, YAML and XML, and can format, edit, query and validate the data. There are VS Code and Chrome versions.

jsoncrack.com

A simple editor for cron schedule expressions. You type an expression and it explains in plain words when the job would run. It is made by Cronitor, which also offers cron job monitoring.

crontab.guru

A small web app for finding special characters and copying them with one click or tap. Categories include punctuation, math, currency, arrows and emoji, and each entry shows its Unicode code and HTML entity.

copychar.cc

An online editor where you paste or type text to see its word and character counts, check keyword density and find writing mistakes. Signing in adds auto save and writing goals, according to the site.

wordcounter.net

A web app that shows a rotating globe. You move around it to find live radio stations in different places and listen to them directly in the browser.

radio.garden

A site that tracks Amazon prices and shows how the price of a product has changed over time.

camelcamelcamel.com

An online library of product manuals. You search by product or brand, read the manual in the browser and download it as a PDF. The homepage lists millions of manuals from well over a hundred thousand brands.

manualslib.com