Tools without a subscription — Open source

Rekody

LiveWatched 9d

Free on-device macOS dictation app that types text at the cursor via a hold-to-talk hotkey.

Watch out · On-device by default, no account or subscription; the CLI is open source (MIT).

FreeNo sign-upWorks offline

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How it works: Hold Option + Space and speak, and text lands at your cursor in any app, with a personal dictionary that learns your words.
Pricing: Free.
Watch out: On-device by default, no account or subscription; the CLI is open source (MIT).

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OpenSlides

LiveWatched 7d

Lets developers build animated code presentations offline instead of using codeslides.app.

FreeWorks offlineOpen source

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Pricing: free and open source

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NodeDR POS

LiveWatched 7d

Lets retail shops run a point of sale offline on their own machine instead of paying for a subscription POS.

FreeOpen sourceNo subscription

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How it works: runs locally, no internet required, data never leaves the store
Pricing: free, no subscription

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GemType

LiveWatched 19d

Checks grammar and rewrites text right inside Gmail, LinkedIn, X and Reddit, using a Gemini API key you provide yourself, free and open source, no subscription.

FreeNo sign-upOpen source

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How it works: Checks grammar and rewrites text inline on any website — Gmail, LinkedIn, X, Reddit — using your own free Google Gemini API key.
What's different: Free and open source, and runs on a Gemini key you supply yourself instead of a paid subscription.
Pricing: Free, no account or subscription.
Best for: People who want a Grammarly-style writing checker without paying for a subscription or handing over data to a third-party service.

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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.

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.

Works offlineData stays with youOpen source

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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.

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