Look at stringify.cc

> Vanilla JavaScript (ES6+) CSS3 with CSS Grid Minimal external libraries: marked.js, exifr, highlight.js, sql-formatter (all from CDN) No frameworks, no bundlers, no npm Hosted on Github Pages

One problem. - "Hosted on Github Pages"

I don't think either using GitHub or hosting it on Github Pages respects the user's "privacy".

A better way is to self-host on your own server + domain instead.

- That kills like half the traffic for you guys.

- For example look at this dude https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/ This is easily one of the most comprehensive tools I have ever seen anyone build

- I literally bookmarked that site under a tools tag and that is how I am able to find them. I can't ever seem to remember their name when I need these quickly

- Perhaps get a good DOT COM domain name and host your site there. It would make a huge difference in usage.

- Discoverability is the problem. Since these tools I believe are not there to sell subscriptions, that means they don't make much in revenue. Organic marketing is the best way for such tools and an easy to remember name makes a huge difference.

A testament to the power of the web, and the power of a motivated individual giving a damn and making something cool for everyone.

To combat that I've been self-hosting https://github.com/CorentinTh/it-tools which has a lot of overlap with these tools and might provide some ideas.

https://github.com/ksdme/ut is a rust CLI with a similar purpose.

Current layout only accepts 3 lines which is not sufficient when formatting SQL or JSON.

Here's another with a more local / backend / IT flavor: https://it-tools.tech

I have a couple more local apps with similar functions. Here's one that's cross platform[0]. This one appears to be Mac only[1].

Someone else mentioned not being able to remember these sites when needed. I recently started manually keeping track of web tools in html files inspired by a random repo[2] that fit well into a mode of category-abstraction that suited me. I don't recall how I landed there, but I liked the minimalism and adapted it to be a jumping-off point to a personal kbase that I made with another tool[3] some years ago. I have no design skills, so this (start-page) was just the right combo of minimalism and tasteful CSS for what I wanted. Works with markdown, which I also recently started using a lot more.

I ended up writing a lot more than I originally intended because I kept thinking of more links. They may be out of order because of non-linear editing and my having to rearrange them, so heads up. Also, it's early and I might just have made dumb mistakes.

0. https://devtoys.app 1. https://devutils.com 2. https://github.com/oinam/start 3. https://github.com/alanagoyal/docbase

Edit: Oh, looks like the it-tools link came from cruising the repo of start-page or vice-versa. Ha!

    > Free
    > Privacy-focused


    > GitHub (Microsoft)
    > Cloudflare

https://mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tools.html

https://httptoolkit.com/blog/public-cdn-risks/

Also not to be confused with PRISM Break <https://prism-break.org/>, an aggregated list of privacy-focused tools.

Wanted to share this since we are talking about tools, I really like the mesh gradients

The ones on mine are more visual focused since cli tools are better at conversion, formatting and such.

Thank you for building and sharing this.

going to a random stranger's website (with a 2 day old account, and new no-history GitHub account) to generate one's privacy-critical passwords or hashes is particularly insecure and insane. glaring antipattern. trusting that "it always only runs in your browser" is foolish. This is how malware gets injected when the rug gets pulled out

there are safer, less brittle and more modular and scalable ways of doing all the above. avoid it, kids

shame on everyone involved

I'm sure lots of the tools are already available but a visual panel would help to remember them.