Tools we actually use
A running dump of every useful tool shared in the group, cleaned up and sorted so you can actually find things.
AI Tools
Audio & media
- notebooklm.google — turn any PDF into a podcast-style conversation
- illuminate.google.com — research papers and books into audio (better than NotebookLM for academic content)
- app.getrecall.ai — YouTube video summary
- hailuoai.video — image to video
Diagrams & websites
- app.vzy.co — AI website builder
- presentations.ai — AI-generated slides (paid, but good)
Image & Media
- imagecompressor.11zon.com — image compressor
- iloveimg.com/crop-image — crop and resize images
- pixelied.com — PNG to SVG — good quality conversion
- airbrush.com — AI image enhancer / text enhancer
- pica-ai.com/photo-enhancer — photo upscaling and enhancement
- image.pi7.org/passport-size-photo — generate passport photos with a printable PDF layout
- ezgif.com — crop, convert, and edit GIFs
- online-convert.com — WebM to MP4 and other format conversions
- redketchup.io/favicon-generator — favicon generator
- Inkscape — free desktop app for vector images (SVG). Available at inkscape.en.softonic.com
- Mopria Scan (Android) — scan documents via a printer at high resolution: play.google.com
- kdenlive — video editor for Ubuntu/Linux. Install from Ubuntu Software.
Audio
- app.cleanvoice.ai — remove filler words and clean up voice recordings (30 min free)
- narakeet.com — free text-to-voiceover creator
- otter.io — joins your meetings and takes notes automatically
Productivity & Misc
- signwell.com — online signatures
- typegrow.com/tools/linkedin-text-formatter — LinkedIn text formatter (bold, italic in posts)
- trevorfox.com — LinkedIn post date extractor
- blankspacecopyandpaste.com — invisible space characters for bios, names, etc.
- qc-coder.github.io/qrcode — free permanent QR code generator
- web.archive.org/save — save any webpage to the Internet Archive permanently
- slidesdownloader.com — download Google Slides / presentations
- tineye.com — reverse image search, good for checking logo originality
- XAMPP (apachefriends.org) — local web server for development and testing
This list is updated as people share things. If you’ve actually used something and it’s useful, add it.