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Gamma
Turn a prompt or document into a presentation, doc or one-page site in minutes.
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LibreChat
Open-source, self-hosted chat interface that talks to almost any AI model.
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Triple Whale
Ecommerce analytics and attribution with AI agents that answer questions about your store.
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Chatbox AI
One desktop and mobile app for chatting with multiple AI models, with image generation and document chat.
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Meshy
Generate textured 3D models from text or a single image.
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Mobile-first funnel builder for lead generation, applications and sales pages.
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plausible/analytics
Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud.
Marketing · Email & newslettersknadh/listmonk
High performance, self-hosted, newsletter and mailing list manager with a modern dashboard. Single binary app.
Marketing · Marketing systemscoreyhaines31/marketingskills
Marketing skills for Claude Code and AI agents. CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering.
Developer · Testing & qualitymicrosoft/playwright
Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
Developer · API & integrationusebruno/bruno
Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)
Developer · Data & databasesprisma/prisma
Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB
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