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Public APIs
A huge, community-curated list of free APIs (about 2,000 in 51 categories), each marked with whether it needs a key, works over HTTPS and can be used straight from a web page.
486.8k~5 minFree - Creator
lazygit
A simple terminal app for Git: see what changed, save, undo and branch with single keys instead of memorising commands.
83k~10 minFree - Creator
OBS Studio
The free screen recorder and streaming app: record your screen, one window, your webcam and your logo into clean MP4 files, landscape or vertical.
77.2k~15 minFree - Creator
FFmpeg
The free video engine inside most editing apps. Shrink, trim, convert and reformat any video from one command.
64.8k~5 minFree - Creator
Remotion
Write a video as React code, preview it in a browser, then render it to a real MP4, so one template can turn a list of titles into a batch of finished clips.
62.6k~10 minFree + paid - Creator
HyperFrames
Write a video as an ordinary HTML page (or get an AI chatbot to write it), preview it in your browser, then render it to a real MP4 on your own laptop.
59.3k~10 minFree - Creator
Upscayl
Free desktop app that makes images up to 4x bigger and sharper with AI, running on your own graphics chip.
50.2k~10 minFree - Creator
Streamlit
A free Python library that turns a short script into a web app with sliders, dropdowns, file uploads, charts and download buttons, with no HTML or JavaScript.
45.9k~5 minFree - Creator
Manim Community
A free Python library for making precise, 3Blue1Brown-style maths and data animations, rendered straight to MP4 on your own computer.
41.4k~10 minFree - Creator
AI Website Cloner
Rebuild the design of any website with one command, using AI coding agents.
36.1k~15 minFree + paid - Creator
OCRmyPDF + RapidOCR
Turn scanned PDFs into searchable, copyable PDFs, and pull the text out of screenshots and photos. Free, offline, nothing uploaded.
35k~20 minFree - Creator
rembg
Cut the background out of any photo with one command, or in a simple local web page. Free, offline, nothing uploaded.
25k~10 minFree - Creator
HandBrake
A free video shrinker and converter with ready-made presets: pick one, press Start, and get a smaller file that still plays everywhere.
24.6k~5 minFree - Creator
Oh My Posh
Turns your terminal's plain prompt into a colourful status bar showing your folder, Git branch and changes, how long the last command took and whether it failed.
23.6k~15 minFree - Creator
VHS
Write a short script of what to type, and VHS films it in a hidden terminal and saves a GIF, MP4 or WebM, so demos are re-rendered instead of re-recorded.
21.1k~8 minFree - Creator
VTracer
A tiny free program that turns pictures like logos and icons into SVG vector files that stay sharp at any size.
7.2k~2 minFree - Creator
auto-editor
Cuts the silent pauses out of any talking video or podcast in one command, or hands the cuts to Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut or Shotcut as a ready-made timeline.
5.5k~5 minFree + paid - Creator
Demucs
Splits any song into vocals, drums, bass and everything else, offline on an ordinary laptop. The AI behind many paid stem-splitter apps.
3.3k~10 minFree - Creator
Kokoro TTS
Free, open-source text-to-speech that turns any script into natural British or American narration on an ordinary laptop, offline.
2.8k~20 minFree - Creator
GitReverse
Reverse engineer any public GitHub repo into a plain-English prompt you can give Claude or Cursor to build something similar.
2k~2 minFree - Creator
Whisper (offline subtitles)
Turns any video or audio file into subtitles and a transcript with OpenAI's Whisper, offline on an ordinary laptop.
1.4k~15 minFree - Creator
Riso Window Seat
Short risograph-style films generated entirely by code, each in a single HTML file. Remix the colours and timing and export them as Reels.
278~20 minFree