Nay's Fave Online Tools

Or tools that have been recommended to me and I need to put them somewhere 1) so I don't forget 2) to explore/play with them.

  1. Surf the Internet

  2. Public Domain

  3. Programming

  4. Writing and Editing

  5. Privacy Online

  6. 'Dark' Libraries

  7. 3D Design

  8. Creative FOSS

  9. Bookbinding

  10. Languages

  11. Web Dev

Public Domain

CC Search Portal
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Icons by Font Awesome.
https://search.creativecommons.org/
Category:Public domain
This category has the following 172 subcategories, out of 172 total.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Public_domain
NASA Images
NASA has always told its story through its images, a few of which have become icons of human history.
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
Use Canva to design digital and physical products for sale - Canva Help Center
What you need to know when using Canva to create digital and physical products for sale.
https://www.canva.com/help/licenses-copyright-legal-commercial-use/
The Public Domain Review
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
https://publicdomainreview.org/
The Commons
Since launching in 2008 with the Library of Congress, the Flickr Commons has been sharing hidden treasures from the world’s photography archives, with over 100 members.
https://www.flickr.com/commons
Public domain vectors | Download free vector clip art and images free for commercial use. | Public domain vectors
Download vector files and SVG graphics free of copyright. Use our images for unlimited commercial purpose without asking permission.
https://publicdomainvectors.org/
GitHub - apancik/public-domain-icons: Icons and pictograms that are 100% free and in public domain
Icons and pictograms that are 100% free and in public domain - apancik/public-domain-icons
https://github.com/apancik/public-domain-icons
List of digital library projects
This is a list of digital library projects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_library_projects
Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Images & Copyright Free Pictures · Pexels
Free stock photos & videos you can use everywhere. Browse millions of high-quality royalty free stock images & copyright free pictures. No attribution required.
https://www.pexels.com/
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.
https://www.canva.com/
mobygratis - Free music for independent filmmakers by Moby
This site is a resource for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for soundtrack their independent, non-profit film, video, or short. Moby has made over 200 tracks, some unreleased, some from my back catalogue and new releases, available to licence for free.
https://mobygratis.com/

Programming

r/dataisbeautiful
DataIsBeautiful is for visualizations that effectively convey information. Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the sole aim of this subreddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful
Your connected workspace for wiki, docs & projects | Notion
A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.
http://notion.so
Free Google Slides themes and Powerpoint templates | Slidesgo
Discover the best Google Slides themes and PowerPoint templates you can use in your presentations - 100% Free for any use.
https://slidesgo.com/

https://www.flaticon.com/
PowerPoint PPT to HTML Converter
Convert PowerPoint PPT to HTML free and online.
https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion/ppt-to-html

Open Peeps, Hand-Drawn Illustration Library
Open Peeps is a hand-drawn illustration library to create scenes of people. You can use them in product illustration, marketing, comics, product states, user flows, personas, storyboarding, quinceañera invitations, or whatever you want! ⠀
https://www.openpeeps.com/
Freepik | Create great designs, faster
Millions of free graphic resources. ✓ Photos ✓ AI images ✓ Vectors ✓ Icons ✓ Templates ✓ Videos. Find out about our real-time AI art generator. #freepik
https://www.freepik.com/
Slido - Audience Interaction Made Easy
Slido is the ultimate Q&A and polling platform for live and virtual meetings and events. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.
https://www.slido.com/
Noun Project: Free Icons & Stock Photos for Everything
Noun Project has the most diverse collection of free icons and stock photos. Download SVG and PNG. Over 5 million art-quality icons and free photos.
https://thenounproject.com/

Pricing - Lordicon
Lordicon is a powerful library of carefully crafted animated icons, ready to use in digital products, presentations, or videos!
https://lordicon.com/pricing

Lordicon for animated icons? idk. Free version only has about 1000 available but hey still cool

'Dark' Libraries

calibre - E-book management
calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
Library Extension (for web browsers)
Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library
https://www.libraryextension.com/
AlternativeTo - Crowdsourced software recommendations
AlternativeTo lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tablets and more by recommending alternatives to apps you already know.
https://alternativeto.net/
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 624 billion archived web pages.
https://archive.org/
From the LibbyLibby community on Reddit: How the Share Group Works and How to Submit Cards
Explore this post and more from the LibbyLibby community
https://www.reddit.com/r/LibbyLibby/comments/16nj4n8/how_the_share_group_works_and_how_to_submit_cards/
List of public libraries with non-resident borrowing privileges
You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ.
https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_public_libraries_with_non-resident_borrowing_privileges
Welcome
The largest collection of free stuff on the internet!
https://fmhy.net/
https://fmovies.to/
Free Download Books
Search Books / Authors New Releases Genres Listopia Authors Languages Search by Language & Genre Recently Added
https://oceanofpdf.com/
Watch Movies and Tv Shows Online For Free on Gomovies
Best Free movies streaming website with biggest library of movies and shows in all categories in HD Quality.
https://gomovies.sx/
Standard Ebooks
Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Download free ebooks with professional-quality formatting and typography, in formats compatible with your ereader.
https://standardebooks.org/
PDF Drive - Search and download PDF files for free.
PDF Drive is your search engine for PDF files. As of today we have 74,923,536 eBooks for you to download for free. No annoying ads, no download limits, enjoy it and don't forget to bookmark and share the love!
https://www.pdfdrive.com/
Z-Library Project - ebooks library. Download books free
Z-Library. The world's largest ebook library | Ebooks library. Find books Download Free Online books store on Z-Library.
https://z-lib.io/
https://annas-archive.org/
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks
LibriVox audiobooks are read by volunteers from all over the world. Perhaps you would like to join us?
https://librivox.org/
The StoryGraph
We'll help you track your reading and choose your next book.
https://www.thestorygraph.com/
Hardcover
We're a social network for book lovers to find life changing books, track what you read & want to read, and connect with passionate readers.
https://hardcover.app
Whumpy Book Recommendations
Whumpy Books: Note: the Whump tropes listed below are only the most prominent tropes within each book. They do not only appear in a single scene; they are thematic and ongoing. In other words, plenty of Whump! Also, for my fellow queer/genderqueer audience—for whom I know representation can...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-i7HDKupxzOSxmtCxAg8g5RsfiqBAr6hJGBtRB0XsG8/
Looking for a book to read?
Find new books to read without judging the cover. Read first pages of novels without bias, and reveal the author and title if you're hooked.
https://recommendmeabook.com/
a portrait of Tenochtitlan
a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire
https://tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/
Here's THE masterpost of free and full adaptations, by which I mean that it's a post made by the master. Anthony and Cleopatra:... – @william-shakespeare-official on Tumblr
I might kiss you my friend for that work. I awoke from my slumber to find that the post had become popular again and there was way too much notes attached to it for me to read them all.
https://www.tumblr.com/william-shakespeare-official/722207896898764800/i-might-kiss-you-my-friend-for-that-work-i-awoke
Radiooooo
Radiooooo - The Musical Time Machine
https://radiooooo.com/
Human Anatomy for Artist - Site - Ultra-high resolution female photo references – Human-Anatomy-for-Artist.com
Human Anatomy for Artist.com is the biggest online source of Hi-Res human photo references for artists. You will find here more than 303,000 photos of poses for your artworks.
https://www.human-anatomy-for-artist.com/
RefSeek - Academic Search Engine
Academic search engine for students and researchers. Locates relevant academic search results from web pages, books, encyclopedias, and journals.
https://www.refseek.com/
WorldCat.org
WorldCat.org is a global catalog of library materials. You can search for books, music, video, articles and much more at libraries near you.
https://search.worldcat.org/
https://link.springer.com/
http://bioline.org.br/
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
RePEc is a central index of economics research, including working papers, articles and software code
http://repec.org/
Science.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to government science information provided by U.S. Government science agencies, including research and development results.
https://www.science.gov/
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine): Basic Search
More than 340 mio. scientific documents from more than 11.000 content providers. BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines for academic web resources.
https://www.base-search.net/
https://sci-hub.se/
Smithsonian Open Access
Learn more about Smithsonian Open Access
https://www.si.edu/OpenAccess
Cite This For Me: Harvard, APA, MLA Reference Generator
Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.
https://www.citethisforme.com/
OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch
OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!
https://openstax.org/
TinEye Reverse Image Search
https://tineye.com/
ResearchRabbit
The most powerful discovery app ever built for researchers 🔥
https://www.researchrabbit.ai/

3D Design Resources + Tools

Tinkercad - From mind to design in minutes
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
https://www.tinkercad.com/
SculptFab - SculptGL + Sketchfab
Sculptfab is a very simple tool letting you sculpt 3D models in the browser, and publish them in 1 click to sketchfab.com
https://labs.sketchfab.com/sculptfab/
3D Design Software | 3D Modeling & Drawing | SketchUp
SketchUp is a premier 3D design software that makes 3D modeling & drawing accessible and empowers you with a robust toolset where you can create whatever you can imagine.
https://www.sketchup.com/en
Nomad Sculpt
https://nomadsculpt.com/
Onshape
Sign in to Onshape, the #1 fastest growing CAD system in the world with over 4 million users.
https://cad.onshape.com/
Compare Autodesk Fusion vs Autodesk Fusion for Personal Use | Autodesk
Compare features and functionality between Autodesk Fusion for personal use and Autodesk Fusion, formerly known as Fusion 360, and learn which CAD, CAM, CAE and PCB software is the right solution for you.
https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal
STLFinder - 3d models Search Engine
STLFinder is a 3d model search engine able to quickly find the 3d models you are looking for either your 3d printings, games or graphical apps.
https://www.stlfinder.com/
Free online stl repair tool
You can use this free online tool without hassle to fix your stl files quickly. Files are deleted after download or otherwise at midnight to keep the system clean. The fixer accepts binary and ascii .stl files.
https://www.formware.co/onlinestlrepair
Plushify
https://plushify.net/
Monster Mash: New Sketch-Based Modeling and Animation Tool
Monster Mash is a new sketch-based modeling and animation tool that allows you to quickly sketch a character, inflate it into 3D, and promptly animate it. You can perform all interactions in the sketching plane. No 3D manipulation is required.
https://monstermash.zone/
SolveSpace - parametric 3d CAD
SOLVESPACE is a free (GPLv3) parametric 3d CAD tool. Applications include:
https://solvespace.com/index.pl
https://makeprintable.com/
www.yeggi.com
https://www.yeggi.com/
Models | 3D Resources
3D Resources web application
https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable
DMG Lib: DMG-Lib Home + News
Digital Mechanism and Gear Library (DMG-Lib)
https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/main/portal.jsp
https://3d.nih.gov/
Category:3D models
This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:3D_models

Creative FOSS

Glaze - Protecting Artists from Generative AI
Copyright ©document.write(new Date().getFullYear());. All Rights Reserved. — Designed with love by Untree.co Distributed by ThemeWagon
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/
Nightshade: Protecting Copyright
Since their arrival, generative AI models and their trainers have demonstrated their ability to download any online content for model training. For content owners and creators, few tools can prevent their content from being fed into a generative AI model against their will. Opt-out lists have been disregarded by model trainers in the past, and can be easily ignored with zero consequences. They are unverifiable and unenforceable, and those who violate opt-out lists and do-not-scrape directives can not be identified with high confidence.
https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html
Photopea | Online Photo Editor
Photopea Online Photo Editor lets you edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, crop or resize pictures. Do Online Photo Editing in your browser for free!
https://www.photopea.com/
Convertio — File Converter
Convertio - Easy tool to convert files online. More than 309 different document, image, spreadsheet, ebook, archive, presentation, audio and video formats supported.
https://convertio.co/
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.
https://www.canva.com/
All effects - PhotoFunia
PhotoFunia is a leading free photo editing site packed with a huge library of picture editor effects & photo filters. Edit pictures with online pic editor.
https://photofunia.com/
JSKIDPIX v1.0.2021
JS KidPix for the web ✨
https://kidpix.app/
Pixel It - Create pixel art from an image
Pixel It allows you to take an image and convert into pixel art. You can define the "pixel" size, create a pixel image using a color palette and also convert to a pixel grayscale image.
https://giventofly.github.io/pixelit/
Glitterboo
Add sparkle to your photos and graphics. Create animations and videos with unique realistic glitter and other effects.
https://glitterboo.com/
Historic Tale Construction Kit - Bayeux
https://htck.github.io/bayeux/#!/
AudioMass - Audio Editor
AudioMass is a free full-featured web-based audio & waveform editing tool
https://audiomass.co/
Vocal & Instrumental Isolation
MVSEP performs separation of audio into vocal and instrumental parts, extracts text from audio and it is free. Uses Artificial Intelligence.
https://www.mvsep.com/
DaVinci Resolve 19 | Blackmagic Design
Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
OpenShot Video Editor | Free, Open, and Award-Winning Video Editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows!
OpenShot is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows. Create videos with exciting video effects, titles, audio tracks, and animations.
https://www.openshot.org/

WebDev

Core Help/Self-Learning
W3 Schools
Visual Studio Code (with the adorable help of this pets extension)
Stack Overflow
CodePen.io
CodeBeautify
JSFiddle
FreeFrontEnd.com

Haven't Gotten to These Yet:
phpBB | Free and Open Source Forum Software
Demon-Sushi.com/ring webring code and tutorial
Bennettfeely.com's clippy tool for complex CSS shapes

Sillier stuff:
EmojiGuide for emoji HTMLs 😊
Cursors!!! custom cursors love to see it. Also tinkerbell and other animated cursor effects
Hexagon sidebar... or maybe do it with this reddit tutorial post? idk...
Bulk Rename Utility for renaming giant img galleries
This color gradient generator
Isotope.Metafizzy.co cool site layouts