Free AI Tools guides

olmOCR 2: turn scanned PDFs into text your AI can read

How to pick a small scan to try, check numbers and equations, and see whether your GPU fits before you download it.

SynthID Bio: see where the protein watermark goes and how it is detected

Where the mark goes, how they detect it, and what the marked proteins could still do.

LFM2.5-VL DSpark: measure the real speedup on your own request

How to see where the time goes, match the two models, and compare the same request on both.

Kumo Tabular: test NVIDIA's table model fairly on your own data

How to prepare your table, keep the test answers hidden, and check what it gets right next to a basic model.

AstaBrief: check a cited AI science report before you trust it

How to get your sources together, check the citations, and compare what the reports actually say.

RankMeFast: try the demo, connect one real source, read what it measured

How to try the demo, connect one real data source, and tell what it actually measured.

AGIBOT Theme 3: read robot labels, find human takeovers, check the license

How to read the trajectory labels, find the human takeovers, and check what the dataset license allows.

WeatherNext 3: find the right layer and compare forecasts fairly

How to find the weather layer you need, check its grid size, and compare two forecasts for the same place and time.

AlphaGenome Atlas: look up a DNA variant and read its impact score

How to look up a variant, read its impact score, and tell a prediction from a lab result.

Nemotron 3 Diarization: find who spoke when and every interruption

How to see when the speaker changes, find the interruptions, and line the words up with that timeline.

Holo 4: pick the checkpoint, set the limits and check the run

How to pick the right checkpoint, decide what it can touch, and check the result.

AnythingLLM: check your spreadsheet dates and where your providers run

How to inspect the collected date, compare it with the cell, and check where both model providers run.

Ruflo: check that a denied command really stops

How to find your version, understand the fix, and check that a denied command really stops.

FLUX 3 Action: run a first robot prediction and read the license

How to run a first prediction with no robot, check the robot's controls, and read the weight license.

ACE-Step 1.5 XL: repaint one section of your song

How to find Repaint mode, plan one section edit, and check both transition edges.

Dify: limit an API key to one knowledge base

How to make the narrow key, a request that works and two that shouldn't, and what to check about old keys before the upgrade.

MinerU 4: give your AI PDF answers a page and block you can check

How to follow the page and block, check a quote against the original, and choose your parser with the license in mind.

Chatterbox Nano: load it, add a laugh tag, check the watermark

How to load the Nano model, write a line with a laugh tag, and check the speech and its watermark.

Map spreadsheet cells to an auditable dashboard

How to map the cells, plan a linked view, and check the feature scope.

Check the NPU variant and plan a screenshot test

How to check hardware support, identify the right model variant, and plan a screenshot test.

Define the state, supply choices and inspect the ranking

How to define a state, write useful candidate actions, and inspect the ranking.

Choose Whether AI Should Edit Your Footage or Generate a New Shot

How to choose the route, write preservation requirements, and check the finished shot.

Pick the Shot Before You Pay for the Final Render

How to write three shot briefs, score the drafts, and inspect the final enhancement.

Inspect the reward before trusting an AI training score

How to inspect a task, identify its verifier, and compare two reward systems.

Firefly's unified workspace: organise references, generate and inspect the edit

How to organize your project references, plan consistent scene inputs and check your assembled timeline.

HeyGen Edit Look: control appearance across future avatar takes

How to identify the right look tool, plan a safe appearance adjustment and compare future takes with the original.

Google CC for groups: a household planning and privacy worksheet

How to check CC's availability, choose what each member shares and plan a household schedule without exposing private messages.

Gemini connected apps: from a creative brief to a verifiable handoff

How to check the apps on your account, review the actions they support and trace the finished asset back to its source.

Turn a Spoken Brief into a Docs Live Draft Without Inventing Decisions

How to prepare a spoken brief, mark facts the draft must keep and catch details the AI fills in.

Use a ChatGPT Plan in a Participating App and Control Its Allowance

How to check an app's eligibility, review its permission requests and control its usage before starting work.

Inventory a Custom GPT Migration and Rebuild the Missing Connections

How to inventory your GPT, separate what transfers and plan replacements for its custom actions.

Revise One Paragraph in Word and Preserve the Fixed Facts

How to set up the add-in, revise one selected passage and check the facts the edit must preserve.

Build Useful ChatGPT Flashcards and Check the Answers

How to turn your notes into cards, check the answers against your source and build a useful practice routine.

Scan Several Pages in ChatGPT and Check the Important Detail

How to find the Scan option, organize your pages and check handwritten dates before trusting a summary.

Quote a generation request before creating the asset

How to choose a model, build the exact request, and check its quoted cost.

Pirate Face: download AI models by torrent, safely

How to download a model by torrent safely, verify it, and which models to grab first.

Heretic: install it, run your first model, and the Heretic models worth downloading

How to install Heretic, run it on your first model, and which Heretic models to download.

Airsup Lab: inspect a machine and trace one flow

How to inspect a machine, use its cutaway and exploded views, and follow its flows while changing a control.

Mac Duo: check your lid sensor and preview six effects

How to check your MacBook sensor, preview the effects, and configure the lid animation.

Compare a smaller conversation cache fairly

How to check backend support, separate model weights from the conversation cache and plan a fair comparison.

Project Suncatcher: track the orbital test and understand the cooling problem

How to track what Google has actually confirmed, why cooling chips in space is hard and what is still unproven.

AI and robots: read task exposure without turning it into a jobs forecast

How to read the study's task categories, separate exposure from replacement and check the cost assumptions behind the headline.

Check AI chart reading with one misleading axis

How to build the exact chart, copy the two prompts and check Claude's answers against the real numbers.

light-ocr: extract text locally and check what it missed

How to set up light-ocr, extract your first document and check the mistakes.

Three.js Particle Fluids: explore and compare WebGPU scenes

How to check WebGPU support, compare the fluid and cloth presets and tune one parameter at a time.

Dim0: make an editable mini-app on a shared canvas

How to set up your board, turn selected notes into an editable mini app and present the result.

Box3D for Godot: try a physics scene and inspect its replay

How to try the physics playground, record and inspect a replay and open the native Godot demos.

Fable Worlds: walk a Kyoto street built entirely from code

How to run the supplied world, learn its walking controls and inspect the code behind an object.

Window Sweaters: give your Mac windows knitted borders

How to install Window Sweaters, dress individual apps and tune the borders for your screen.

Explore OpenAI's 722 math papers without a math degree

The results worth knowing, how to check a Lean proof yourself, and a prompt that explains any paper in plain English.

Keep your AI chats private

The privacy settings to change in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, what gets flagged for human review, and how to run AI on your own computer.

Run uncensored AI privately on your own PC

Which uncensored models fit your graphics card and how to set up Locally Uncensored step by step.

PS5 Relapse: firmware, capabilities and risks

Which PS5 firmware Relapse supports, what the exploit can really do, and the risks to know before you touch it.

Skate through Modern Warfare 2 and Minecraft with Chasm's Game Mashup

The download, exactly which game files you need, and the controls to skate Terminal and the Minecraft world yourself.

Play real Minecraft inside Skyrim with SkyCraft

Which game versions you need, how to install and connect Minecraft and Skyrim, and the controls for your first build.

BetterShot: record, edit and export a short Mac tutorial

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

ReelMimic: build an original animation from a reference

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

Dextop: turn your Android phone into a windowed desktop

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

Strata: run a 125B AI model on your gaming PC

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

driftwm: try the infinite-canvas desktop without losing your old one

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

Koharu: translate a manga page on your own computer

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

burn-baby-burn: what the token-burning joke actually costs

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

Memex: set up a private AI journal on your phone

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

ESPectre: detect motion with Wi-Fi and an ESP32

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

PureMac: free Mac cleanup without deleting the wrong thing

A step-by-step setup guide with requirements, checks and common problems.

Choose your first game remix

Compare public game-remix repos, check the games and files each needs, and follow starter instructions for your first setup.

Set up your Mac utilities with Vorssaint

Install Vorssaint, choose the first features to enable, and understand the permissions each one needs.

Combine your Google Drive accounts with 9Drive

Install 9Drive, connect your Google accounts, and configure storage and permissions.

Turn one text box into nineteen useful tools

Run Shapeshift offline, try every card type, and understand saved cards and optional AI.

Play Windows PC games on your iPhone

Install Madeira, sideload it with a free Apple ID, and see which games run and what to expect.

Explore the AERIS-10 open source radar before you build it

The two versions, what the build involves, and how to run the radar dashboard in demo mode with no hardware.

Set up your first OpenAI Dot safely

Who can get a Dot, the full desktop setup, the permission settings I'd start with, and five read-only first jobs with copy-paste prompts.

Run your own free AI world server with Laya

Install Laya step by step and get your own free Jev-style world server running.

Opus 5.5: what the benchmarks really show

Anthropic's launch chart read honestly: where Opus 5.5 is better, and where it isn't.

Stack every free AI tier behind one API

Get your free keys, install the FreeLLMAPI router, connect your app, and add a paid fallback.

Run a 744B-parameter AI model with no GPU

What Colibri really needs (about 25GB of RAM), how to set it up, and the catches.

Who backed the AI safety researcher who quit

The resignation, who stood behind it within hours, and what each lab has committed to.

Fable 5.1's 'same price' fine print

What's really cheaper with Fable 5.1, and what isn't.

Turn your code into architecture diagrams with Archify

The one-line install, copy-paste prompts for all five diagram types, and the flag that makes it read your real code.

Run GLM-5.3 uncensored: the honest guide

Every working uncensored GLM-5.3 build, with download sizes, hardware needs and setup.

Run big AI models in tiny RAM

Which model fits your Mac, Windows GPU or no-GPU machine, the real measured speeds, and how to spot a fake claim.