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Office & Productivity Build a slide deck in 10 minutes Gamma · Beautiful.ai · Napkin AI Video & Audio Generate AI short videos from text or images Kling AI · Hailuo AI (MiniMax) · CapCut Marketing & Social Write captions for Xiaohongshu, IG and FB, then design and schedule them DeepSeek · Canva · Buffer Vibe Coding Turn an idea into a working web app, with zero coding experience Lovable · Bolt.new · v0
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Vibe Coding
Ship products without coding, or code faster if you already do
Vibe Coding
Turn an idea into a working web app, with zero coding experience
You getA web app prototype with a shareable link
LovableBolt.newv0
Vibe Coding Build a personal portfolio / product landing page in an hour
You getA live single-page portfolio or product landing page
v0ClaudeBolt.new
Vibe Coding You already have a code project and want AI to help you code faster
You getFaster autocomplete, bug fixes and new features in your existing project
CursorGitHub CopilotWindsurf
Vibe Coding Let an AI Agent complete coding tasks on its own in the terminal
You getCoding tasks handed to a terminal Agent, with you only reviewing
Claude CodeOpenAI CodexAider
AI Agents
Automation, support bots and agents that browse the web for you
AI Agents
Hand repetitive daily work to automation + AI
You getAn automatic “trigger → AI step → notification” workflow
ZapierMaken8n
AI Agents Build a support / knowledge-base bot that knows your product
You getA support bot that answers common questions 24 hours a day
DifyCoze (international)Botpress
AI Agents Let an AI Agent research the web and write up a report for you
You getA research report or comparison table with source links
ManusChatGPTBrowser Use
Writing & Content
English polishing, long Chinese articles, fiction and creative writing
Writing & Content
Make English emails and reports sound natural and professional
You getA grammatically correct draft in the right tone
GrammarlyQuillBotDeepSeek
Writing & Content Write long Chinese articles, WeChat posts and reports
You getA well-structured Chinese long-form piece ready to edit and publish
DeepSeekKimiQwen (Tongyi Qianwen)
Writing & Content Write novels, stories and scripts
You getA novel project with an outline, character sheets and first chapters drafted
SudowriteClaudeChatGPT
Design & Images
Background removal and retouching, logos, social posters and covers
Design & Images
Remove backgrounds and retouch product photos in one click
You getA clean transparent-background or white-background image
remove.bgPhotoroomClipdrop
Design & Images Make a logo for a small shop or project
You getSeveral logo options plus downloadable files
LookaIdeogramRecraft
Design & Images Design social posters, covers and promo images
You getA set of correctly sized social images ready to post
CanvaAdobe ExpressDreamina (Jimeng, international)
Video & Audio
AI short videos, clipping long videos, avatar explainers and audio clean-up
Video & Audio
Generate AI short videos from text or images
You getA ready-to-post AI short video with captions and music
Kling AIHailuo AI (MiniMax)CapCut
Video & Audio Cut long videos and livestreams into short clips
You getSeveral captioned vertical highlight clips
OpusClipCapCutDescript
Video & Audio Make explainer videos without showing your face (AI avatar + voice-over)
You getA video presented and voiced by an AI avatar
HeyGenSynthesiaElevenLabs
Video & Audio Clean up recordings: podcasts, online lessons and voice-overs
You getA clean, clear audio file ready to publish
Adobe PodcastDescriptElevenLabs
Office & Productivity
Slide decks, meeting notes and Excel data analysis
Office & Productivity
Build a slide deck in 10 minutes
You getA complete, well-designed deck you can keep editing
GammaBeautiful.aiNapkin AI
Office & Productivity Take meeting notes automatically
You getMeeting minutes with key points, decisions and action items
Otter.aiFireflies.aiGranola
Office & Productivity Analyse Excel spreadsheets without formulas
You getA data analysis with charts and conclusions
Julius AIChatGPTMicrosoft Copilot
Study & Research
Reading papers, cited research, translation and exam revision
Study & Research
Understand English papers and organise the literature fast
You getNotes on papers you actually understood, plus a comparison table
SciSpaceElicitGemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Study & Research Research a question with reliable citations
You getResearch notes with source links you can check
PerplexityConsensusSemantic Scholar
Study & Research Understand foreign web pages, documents and videos (Chinese, English, Malay)
You getBilingual side-by-side web pages, documents or subtitles
Immersive TranslateDeepLKimi
Study & Research Revise for exams with AI: turn textbooks and notes into Q&A and quizzes
You getRevision Q&A, quizzes and worked problems based on your own material
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)Wolfram|AlphaGoogle Gemini
Marketing & Social
Xiaohongshu / IG captions, social scheduling, ad creatives, SEO and AI search
Marketing & Social
Write captions for Xiaohongshu, IG and FB, then design and schedule them
You getA week of captions, images and a posting schedule
DeepSeekCanvaBuffer
Marketing & Social Schedule a month of social posts in one go
You getA scheduled content calendar and a weekly performance report
BufferMetricoolLater
Marketing & Social Batch-produce Facebook / IG / TikTok ad creatives
You getA batch of ad creatives in different sizes and copy, ready to upload
AdCreative.aiPredis.aiCanva
Marketing & Social Get Google and AI search to recommend your brand (SEO / GEO)
You getAn AI search visibility report and a batch of optimised content
Positive Surfer (formerly Surfer SEO)WritesonicJasper
Game Creation
Art, 3D, voice and music, and no-code game making
Game Creation
Making an indie game solo: how to handle the art
You getA set of 2D game assets in one consistent style
ScenarioLeonardo.AiComfyUI
Game Creation Quickly generate 3D props and models for your game
You get3D prop models ready to import into Unity / Godot
MeshyTripo AITencent Hunyuan3D
Game Creation Voice-over, music and sound effects for your game
You getCharacter voices, background music and UI sound effects
ElevenLabsSunoStable Audio
Game Creation Make a playable little game without writing code
You getA small web game you can share by link
Rosebud AIBolt.newLeonardo.Ai
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Latest releases
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Hob
An open-source AI assistant that runs locally on your device, positioned by its author as an alternative to Claude Cowork / ChatGPT.
Corgi
A terminal multiplexer for coding Agents that manages several Agent sessions at once.
whatsmyagentdoing
A small tool that shows in real time what each Claude Code / Codex Agent on your machine is doing.