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SlipNote

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A free, open-source, self-hostable link where a class shares notes, slides and past papers with no accounts, built for students tired of digging through group chats before exams.

FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted
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How it works
Gives a class one shared link where notes, slides, and past papers live; anyone can add or grab files with no account needed. PDFs preview in the browser, a whole section can be downloaded as a zip before exams, and the link can be shared via QR code in a lecture hall.
What's different
Self-hostable and open source, and requires no accounts for anyone using it.
Pricing
Free.
Best for
Students who want a single shared place for class materials instead of digging through group chats before exams.

Watched for 14 days · last checked 8d ago

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ACTRA

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An open-source platform for building custom study exercises (image hotspots, drawing, text checks) with spaced repetition — a study tool for students and self-learners, not a developer tool.

Open source
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An open-source platform for creating custom study tasks — image hotspots, drawing, text checks — bundling them into complexes, practicing with spaced repetition, and tracking retention progress.
Best for
Students and self-learners who want to build custom active-recall exercises.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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InteractivePrimer.com

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A free, open-source site of interactive step-by-step lessons in math, computer science and physics, with animations and quizzes. Built for self-directed students, not developers, despite the compsci content.

FreeNo sign-upOpen sourceNo ads
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How it works
Free, open-source interactive lessons in math, computer science, and physics, structured as one knowledge tree you progress through at your own pace, with animations, randomized quizzes, and progress tracking.
What's different
No sign-up and no ads required to use it.
Pricing
Free and open-source.
Best for
Self-directed students learning math, computer science, or physics on their own.

Watched for 17 days · last checked 8d ago

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Dim0

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An open-source infinite canvas that combines notes, diagrams and an AI agent that writes results directly onto the board — built to replace juggling Notion, Excalidraw and a chat window.

Open sourceSelf-hosted
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An open-source, real-time collaborative canvas. Notes, hand-drawn diagrams and interactive mini-apps live as nodes on one board; an AI agent reads the board, searches the web, and writes results back as new nodes instead of a chat reply.
What's different
Replaces switching between Notion for notes, Excalidraw for diagrams and a separate AI chat window — everything, including the agent's output, lands on the same canvas.
Best for
Teams and individuals who think visually and want an AI agent's output to live alongside their own notes and diagrams, not in a separate chat log.

Watched for 20 days · last checked today

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MemPlato

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Turns your Android phone into a self-hosted MCP server so AI assistants like Claude, Cursor or Perplexity can pull your personal memory without sending data to the cloud. Aimed at developers already using MCP-compatible tools.

Works offlineData stays with youOpen sourceNo subscription
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How it works
Turns an Android phone into a self-hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server by installing a Python MCP server inside Termux, with a secure tunnel giving the phone a stable public HTTPS URL that AI clients like Claude, Cursor or Perplexity can connect to for persistent memory.
What's different
Data is stored locally on the user's own phone instead of a vendor's cloud, with no subscription or vendor lock-in.
Pricing
No subscription.
Best for
Developers already using MCP-compatible AI tools who want to own their memory data instead of storing it in the cloud.
Watch out
Relies on a relay tunnel (relay.memplato.com) and requires Termux running on the phone, with a watchdog to restart the server if the phone reboots or Termux closes.

Watched for 10 days · last checked 4d ago

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WebVox

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Reads web articles, blogs and pages aloud in a clean, ad-free listening mode using Android's built-in text-to-speech. A general read-it-later/listen tool for anyone, not developer-specific despite the tag.

No sign-upOpen source
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How it works
Converts web articles, blogs and pages into a clean reader-mode layout and reads them aloud using Android's built-in text-to-speech engine, stripping ads, popups and banners; users paste a URL or share directly from the browser to start.
Best for
Anyone on Android who wants to listen to web articles instead of reading them, not developers specifically despite the extraction-tool angle.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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ICTSchool

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School administration software for enrollment, fees and exam scheduling, bundled with communication tools — for school admin staff, not a developer tool.

Open source
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Manages school administrative tasks like student enrollment, fee management and exam scheduling, combined with real-time communication channels for teachers, students and parents, built on an open-source FreeSwitch-based framework.
Best for
Schools, colleges and universities needing administrative management bundled with communication tools.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 11d ago

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EduScreen

Free & open-source screening for ADHD, Dyslexia & more.

FreeOpen source

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