256 Tools — All tools

What it does

256-tools.com is a free collection of browser-based tools for conversion, calculation, and text processing. What sets it apart: full support for 8 languages (English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, French, and German), and all processing happens locally in your browser — no file uploads, no servers. The goal: cover everyday "I wish there was a tool for this" moments, in the language you actually use.

Free handy online tools.

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  Free Tool Now2025 · freetoolnow.com · ▲17

  100+ free online tools for instant solutions

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  Free Web Tools2025 · free-webtools.com · ▲8

  List of 150+ essential tools for daily tasks

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  Utilify WebJul 2026 · utilifyweb.com · ▲4

  free web tools

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  ToolSeekr2025 · toolseekr.com · ▲12

  Highly searchable bilingual business tools directory

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  Free Text Tools2025 · wordcountertools.online · ▲6

  “One site. 22 tools. Zero clutter.”

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  Easy Text ToolsNov 2025 · easytexttool.com · ▲14

  Hi! I built Easy Text Tools (https://easytexttool.com) because I was tired of pasting sensitive text into random websites just to encode base64 or remove duplicates. All 130+ tools run entirely client-side in JavaScript. No servers, Works offline once loaded. Categories include: Generate, Convert, Extract, Clean, Analyze, Compare, Sort, Security, and Utilities. Has the usual stuff (JSON formatter, regex tester, password generator, word counter) plus niche tools like Morse code converter, NATO alphabet, and various text transformations. Free forever. Would love feedback or…

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  Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi▲319

  Endless lofi beats composed live in your browser, over pixel-art nights in Paris, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, San Francisco and more. Free, no sign-up.

  Work · 25d ago · loficities.com

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  Smooth Recorder▲257

  Mac screen recordings that look edited when you hit stop

  Work · 19d ago · smoothrecorder.com

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  Figma Specs▲223

  A container for your context that lives on the Figma canvas

  Work · 3d ago · figma.com

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  The rarest tech books and docs you've probably never read▲190

  Work · 13d ago · readrare.com

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  Fundraisly▲1,537

  AI fundraising agent that finds investors and books meetings

  AI · Jun 2026 · fundraisly.com

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  Homebrew 6.0.0▲1,481

  Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0. The most significant changes since 5.1.0 are a new tap trust security mechanism, the new faster, smaller, default internal Homebrew JSON API, sandboxing on Linux, better defaults informed by our user survey, many brew bundle improvements, improved performance and initial support for macOS 27 (Golden Gate). Happy to discuss any questions here!

  Dev tools · Jun 2026 · brew.sh

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  Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes▲1,181

  Hi HN! I was super frustrated at apps like tiktok and wechat preventing me from saving or downloading the animated gifs, so I made a little tool to turn a screen recording into a slack-sized emoji. Hope you get some value from this!

  Life & fun · Jun 2026 · vorpus.github.io

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  Upstream▲976

  The inbox designed for humans and agents

  AI · Jun 2026 · upstream.do

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  Goldfish▲958

  Press Option. It knows your work and replies like you

  AI · Jun 2026 · goldfish.sh

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  I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of comments▲822

  Search 18 years of Hacker News and chart how any topic, tool, or person trended. Overlay terms to compare their rise and fall across 45M posts and comments.

  Life & fun · Jun 2026 · hackernewstrends.com