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Analyst Research Tools is a collection of OSINT search links organized by category, including people, PII sites, social media, email, phone number, vehicle and username searches. It provides input forms for names, usernames, emails, phone numbers and other identifiers, alongside search builders, a bulk URL opener and the ability to select or deselect sites.
A directory of Immich apps, integrations, tools, distributions and guides. It groups entries into filters covering client apps, command-line tools, integrations, tools, distributions and guides, with links to websites or source code.
A curated collection of links for Typst users, organized into sections covering official project links, community resources, integrations and tools, and templates and libraries. The repository lists items such as browser extensions, chatbots, CI/CD tools, CLI utilities, editors and editor integrations. It is published under a CC0-1.0 license and accepts contributions.
Blockbench is a low-poly 3D model editor with texturing tools, an animation editor with rigging and keyframes, a built-in plugin store, and automatic UV map and template creation. It is free to use for any project and open source under the GPL license.
Celtx is screenwriting and pre-production software for film, TV, ads, video, documentaries, and games. It offers multi-format script editors that automatically format scripts to industry standards, plus story development tools such as storyboards and Beat Sheets, and pre-production tools for shot lists, script breakdowns, location scouting, scheduling, and catalogs.
Chocolatey is software management automation for Windows that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. It integrates with SCCM, Puppet, Chef, and similar tools. It offers packaging, internalizing, auditing and synchronizing tools, plus central management in its business edition. Pricing lists Open Source as free, Pro at $96/year, and Business from $18.00/license per year.
Clipnote Studio is a basic animation tool for Windows, described as a spiritual successor to Nintendo's defunct Flipnote Studio. It offers square and circle brushes, line and shape tools, a text tool, six colors, three drawing layers, automatic note importing and user profiles. Mac and Linux ports are in the works; Wine is suggested for now. A $5 license provides custom themes and a supporter badge.
ConvertCSV.com is a collection of online tools for converting CSV and Excel data to and from formats such as JSON, XML, SQL, YAML, KML, GeoJSON, HTML, Markdown and PDF. It also provides a CSV viewer and editor, a CSV validator, SQL querying and data extraction tools. The tools run on the client side, so data never leaves the computer.
Cubical is a free browser-based editor, creator and viewer for Minecraft-compatible projects and builds. It offers building tools, generators, a player view, customization and loading and saving of schematic and other formats.
A guide by cweeper for importing custom 3D models into Minecraft and creating renders in Blender. It lists required tools including Minecraft Java Edition, ObjToSchematic.com, Jmc2Obj, Blender, and the MCprep Blender addon, and covers converting models to Minecraft formats, exporting worlds, and setting up Blender. It notes that a high-end graphics card affects render quality and duration.
dCode is a collection of over 900 online tools for solving games, riddles, ciphers, mathematics and puzzles. It offers word game solvers, a cipher identifier recognizing more than 200 ciphers, and tools for codes, alphabets, calculators and algorithms. The site states that it is free.
The Digital Methods Initiative Tool Archive is a list and archive of tools developed by the DMI and affiliates. It notes that some tools are actively maintained and others are not. Featured tools include 4CAT, Issuecrawler, YouTube Data Tools and Zeeschuimer.
DNSai is a collection of DNS and email security tools on one page. It covers DNS record lookups, WHOIS, blacklist checks, SPF, DKIM and DMARC builders and validators, email header analysis and bulk domain scanning. The tools return plain-English AI summaries, and each is available through an API and MCP connectors.
Dota2ProTracker is a website that collects Dota 2 data from 7000+ MMR and professional matches to create Dota 2 meta insights and the best builds for each hero in every position. It offers meta analytics, pro player stats, hero encyclopedias, drafting tools and item builds.
DriftGuard is a browser-based dashboard for testing and tuning gamepads. It offers drift checks, stick visualization and calibration tools, along with stick, trigger and range calibration, live input display, rumble settings and audio tests. Supported options include selecting target sticks or triggers and saving or restoring calibration.
Fabric is a modular, lightweight mod loader for Minecraft. It provides mod development tools including the Fabric Loader, Yarn mappings, Fabric Loom and Fabric Language Kotlin. Documentation is available for developers and players, and Fabric API can be combined with the loader to provide extra APIs used by mods.
FM Scout is a Football Manager fan community site offering scouting resources, tactics, guides, graphics and downloadable tools such as Genie Scout and FMSE. It publishes tutorials, news on Football Manager releases, wonderkid lists and data update packs.
Game8 is a Japanese gaming site offering news, walkthroughs and other tools, with pages for popular apps and new games regularly updated. It covers walkthroughs for new and upcoming releases, popular guides, live service and mobile games, and console and PC games.
GraphicsGale is an animation graphic editor developed by HUMANBALANCE Ltd. It supports spriting and pixel art, with real-time animation preview, multiple layers and onion skinning. It can export frames to a sprite sheet, separate image files or a single GIF, and includes TWAIN imaging support for scanners and cameras. Tools include palette control, selective color erasing and quick color replacement.
A blog post offering an overview of tools and strategies for annotating content, including highlighting and note-taking as the author reads. It reviews annotation tools for the web, PDFs, e-ink devices, paper books, plaintext and videos, and discusses how annotation data can be used.
Incendar is a video game site offering codes, guides, tools, tables, sheets, lists, release dates and times, and cheat sheets. It also lists major gaming releases for 2026, including titles with countdown timers to their release.
IndexKings is a free rapid URL indexing service that submits user-provided URLs to over 15,000 statistic sites to generate one-way backlinks and speed up indexing by search engines including Google. It also offers additional tools including a ping service and link checker, and had indexed over 2,147,483,647 URLs as of the snapshot. The site also lists a paid Quora profile submission service priced at $2.
LazPaint is an image editor with a hybrid single-window or multi-window interface and a main drawing canvas. It offers drawing tools such as brush/pen, eraser and fill, plus selection tools, layers, transformations, color adjustments, filters and effects. Builds are listed for Windows, Linux, Linux ARM, UNIX, macOS and a Qt5 variant; panels can be floated, and a dark theme is available.