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72 tools matched

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ChatGPT

chatgpt.com

AI AssistantsFeatured

All-purpose daily AI copilot

General-purpose AI assistant for writing, analysis, brainstorming, and daily work.
#Featured#Beginner#Writing
chatgpt.comOpen site
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Claude

claude.ai

AI AssistantsFeatured

Excellent for long-context reasoning

Strong at long-context reasoning, structured writing, and careful analysis.
#Featured#Analysis#Writing
claude.aiOpen site
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Gemini

gemini.google.com

AI Assistants

Strong search and multimodal support

Google's multimodal assistant for everyday search, reasoning, and media tasks.
#Popular#Multimodal
gemini.google.comOpen site
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DeepSeek

chat.deepseek.com

AI AssistantsFeatured

Reasoning-first assistant for Chinese users

Reasoning-focused assistant that is especially practical for Chinese-speaking users.
#Featured#Popular#Reasoning
chat.deepseek.comOpen site
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Perplexity

perplexity.ai

Research & LearningFeatured

Citation-backed research engine

Answer engine with citations, useful for quick research and source discovery.
#Featured#Search#Research
perplexity.aiOpen site
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Cursor

cursor.com

CodingFeatured

One of the most-used AI code editors

AI-first code editor for shipping software faster with an integrated assistant.
#Featured#Developer#Coding
cursor.comOpen site
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Windsurf

windsurf.com

Coding

Agent-style coding workflow

Agent-style coding environment focused on flow, context, and code generation.
#Developer#Coding
windsurf.comOpen site
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v0

v0.dev

Coding

Fast for frontend prototyping

Fast UI generation tool for React interfaces and frontend prototyping.
#Developer#Frontend#Rapid Build
v0.devOpen site
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Bolt

bolt.new

Coding

Prompt-to-app in the browser

Prompt-to-app environment for quickly bootstrapping product ideas in the browser.
#Developer#Rapid Build#Frontend
bolt.newOpen site
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Replit

replit.com

Coding

Cloud IDE for demos and collaboration

Cloud IDE with AI support, convenient for quick demos and collaborative coding.
#Beginner#Developer#Cloud
replit.comOpen site
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Midjourney

midjourney.com

Image & DesignFeatured

Premium image generation for concepts

High-end image generation for concept art, visual moodboards, and campaigns.
#Featured#Design#Image
midjourney.comOpen site
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Ideogram

ideogram.ai

Image & Design

Great for posters and text visuals

Great for graphic-style images, posters, and text-heavy visual assets.
#Design#Image#Branding
ideogram.aiOpen site
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Leonardo AI

leonardo.ai

Image & Design

Useful for assets and stylized visuals

Useful for generating game assets, product visuals, and stylized illustrations.
#Design#Image#Assets
leonardo.aiOpen site
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Runway

runwayml.com

Video & AudioFeatured

Strong creative video workflow

Creative video generation and editing platform for ads, shorts, and experiments.
#Featured#Video#Editing
runwayml.comOpen site
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Kling

klingai.com

Video & Audio

High-interest video model in CN AI circles

Text-to-video and image-to-video tool that is widely discussed in Chinese AI circles.
#Popular#Video#Generation
klingai.comOpen site
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HeyGen

heygen.com

Video & Audio

Avatar video for explainers and marketing

Avatar video creation for explainers, onboarding, and marketing content.
#Video#Avatar#Marketing
heygen.comOpen site
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CapCut

capcut.com

Video & Audio

Easy editing suite for short videos

Friendly editing suite for short-form creators with practical AI editing features.
#Beginner#Video#Editing
capcut.comOpen site
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n8n

n8n.io

AutomationFeatured

Flexible open workflow automation

Open workflow automation platform for connecting apps, data, and AI actions.
#Featured#Workflow#Open Source
n8n.ioOpen site
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Dify

dify.ai

AutomationFeatured

Great for LLM tools and flows

LLM application platform for building internal tools, assistants, and flows.
#Featured#Workflow#LLM App
dify.aiOpen site
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Make

make.com

Automation

Visual SaaS workflow builder

Visual automation builder for stitching together SaaS workflows quickly.
#Workflow#No-code
make.comOpen site
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Zapier

zapier.com

Automation

Beginner-friendly with huge integrations

Beginner-friendly automation tool with a huge integration ecosystem.
#Workflow#Beginner#No-code
zapier.comOpen site
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Hugging Face

huggingface.co

Research & Learning

Hub for models, demos, and OSS

Model hub and community for exploring open-source AI tools and demos.
#Open Source#Models#Research
huggingface.coOpen site
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Papers with Code

paperswithcode.com

Research & Learning

Papers tied to code and benchmarks

Track research papers alongside implementations and benchmark results.
#Research#Learning
paperswithcode.comOpen site
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LangChain

langchain.com

Research & Learning

Framework ecosystem for LLM apps

Framework ecosystem for building LLM-powered applications and agents.
#Developer#Framework#LLM App
langchain.comOpen site
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Kimi

kimi.moonshot.cn

AI Assistants

Long-context Chinese assistant

Moonshot AI's long-context assistant, strong at document analysis and Chinese writing.
#Popular#Writing#Research
kimi.moonshot.cnOpen site
豆包

doubao.com

AI Assistants

ByteDance's everyday AI companion

ByteDance's AI assistant for everyday conversation, writing, and content creation.
#Popular#Beginner#Writing
doubao.comOpen site
腾讯元宝

yuanbao.tencent.com

AI Assistants

Tencent's search-powered AI assistant

Tencent's AI assistant with deep search and content creation capabilities.
#Popular#Search#Writing
yuanbao.tencent.comOpen site
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Microsoft Copilot

copilot.microsoft.com

AI Assistants

Microsoft's AI companion with search

Microsoft's AI companion integrated with Bing search and Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
#Popular#Search#Multimodal
copilot.microsoft.comOpen site
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Grok

grok.com

AI Assistants

xAI's real-time multimodal assistant

xAI's multimodal assistant with real-time information and image understanding.
#Popular#Multimodal
grok.comOpen site
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Meta AI

meta.ai

AI Assistants

Meta's free Llama-powered assistant

Meta's free AI assistant powered by Llama models with image generation capability.
#Popular#Multimodal
meta.aiOpen site
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Poe

poe.com

AI Assistants

Multi-model AI platform

Multi-model platform by Quora — access GPT, Claude, Gemini and more in one place.
#Popular#Multimodal
poe.comOpen site
扣子 Coze

coze.com

Automation

No-code AI bot and workflow builder

ByteDance's no-code bot builder for creating AI agents and automated workflows.
#Popular#Workflow#Beginner
coze.comOpen site
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Pi

pi.ai

AI Assistants

Friendly conversational AI companion

Inflection AI's friendly personal assistant designed for natural conversation.
#Beginner#Writing
pi.aiOpen site
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You.com

you.com

AI Assistants

AI search with multi-model support

AI-powered search engine with multiple model options and research modes.
#Search#Research
you.comOpen site
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ChatGLM

chatglm.cn

AI Assistants

Zhipu's strong Chinese-language model

Zhipu AI's bilingual assistant, strong at Chinese-language tasks and reasoning.
#Popular#Writing#Reasoning
chatglm.cnOpen site
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DreamStudio

dreamstudio.ai

Image & Design

Official Stable Diffusion platform

Stability AI's official interface for Stable Diffusion image generation.
#Design#Image#Open Source
dreamstudio.aiOpen site
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Playground

playground.com

Image & Design

Easy AI image creation platform

Easy-to-use image creation and editing platform with mixed media canvas.
#Design#Image#Beginner
playground.comOpen site
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Flux

flux1.ai

Image & Design

Fast photorealistic image generation

Black Forest Labs' high-quality image generation model, fast and photorealistic.
#Popular#Image#Design
flux1.aiOpen site
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Play.ht

play.ht

Video & Audio

Realistic AI voice generation

AI voice generator for creating realistic text-to-speech audio content.
#Popular#Voice#Marketing
play.htOpen site
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ElevenLabs

elevenlabs.io

Video & Audio

Leading AI voice synthesis and cloning

Industry-leading AI voice synthesis with voice cloning and multilingual support.
#Featured#Voice#Marketing
elevenlabs.ioOpen site
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Suno

suno.com

Video & Audio

Generate full songs from text

AI music creation platform — generate full songs from text prompts.
#Popular#Music#Creation
suno.comOpen site
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Tome

tome.app

Automation

AI-powered presentation creation

AI-powered presentation and storytelling tool for creating polished decks fast.
#Writing#Marketing#Beginner
tome.appOpen site
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Gamma

gamma.app

Automation

AI presentations and documents

Create presentations, documents, and webpages with AI in minutes.
#Writing#Marketing#Beginner
gamma.appOpen site
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Descript

descript.com

Video & Audio

Edit video by editing text

Edit video and audio by editing text — AI-powered transcription and editing suite.
#Editing#Voice#Video
descript.comOpen site
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OpenRouter

openrouter.ai

Coding

Unified API for 100+ AI models

Unified API gateway to access 100+ AI models from multiple providers.
#Developer#Models#Cloud
openrouter.aiOpen site
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Groq

groq.com

Coding

Ultra-fast LLM inference platform

Ultra-fast LLM inference platform with custom LPU hardware for real-time AI.
#Developer#Cloud#Popular
groq.comOpen site
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Replicate

replicate.com

Coding

Run open-source models via API

Run open-source ML models in the cloud with a simple API.
#Developer#Models#Cloud
replicate.comOpen site
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Mistral AI

mistral.ai

AI Assistants

European open-weight model leader

European AI lab offering efficient open-weight models and an AI assistant (Le Chat).
#Developer#Models#Open Source
mistral.aiOpen site
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Cohere

cohere.com

Coding

Enterprise AI with RAG focus

Enterprise AI platform for search, generation, and classification with RAG focus.
#Developer#Models#Enterprise
cohere.comOpen site
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Fireworks AI

fireworks.ai

Coding

Fast, cost-effective AI inference

Fast and cost-effective AI inference platform for production deployments.
#Developer#Cloud#Models
fireworks.aiOpen site
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SiliconFlow

siliconflow.cn

Coding

Chinese AI inference platform

Chinese AI model serving platform with competitive pricing and fast inference.
#Developer#Cloud#Popular
siliconflow.cnOpen site
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ModelScope

modelscope.cn

Research & Learning

Alibaba's open model hub

Alibaba's open model hub — Chinese alternative to Hugging Face with rich model library.
#Open Source#Models#Research
modelscope.cnOpen site
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arXiv

arxiv.org

Research & Learning

Primary source for AI research papers

Open access repository for scientific papers — the primary source for AI research.
#Research#Learning
arxiv.orgOpen site
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Kaggle

kaggle.com

Research & Learning

Data science competitions and learning

Data science competition platform with free datasets, notebooks, and GPU resources.
#Learning#Developer#Beginner
kaggle.comOpen site
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Semantic Scholar

semanticscholar.org

Research & Learning

AI-powered academic search engine

AI-powered academic search engine for finding and understanding research papers.
#Research#Search
semanticscholar.orgOpen site
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fast.ai

fast.ai

Research & Learning

Best free practical deep learning courses

Free practical deep learning courses and a high-level PyTorch library.
#Learning#Beginner#Open Source
fast.aiOpen site
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Weights & Biases

wandb.ai

Coding

ML experiment tracking platform

ML experiment tracking, model monitoring, and dataset versioning platform.
#Developer#Models#Research
wandb.aiOpen site
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Pinecone

pinecone.io

Coding

Managed vector database for AI

Managed vector database for AI applications with similarity search at scale.
#Developer#Search#Enterprise
pinecone.ioOpen site
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LlamaIndex

llamaindex.ai

Research & Learning

Connect custom data to LLMs

Data framework for connecting custom data sources to LLM applications.
#Developer#Framework#LLM App
llamaindex.aiOpen site
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Flowise

flowiseai.com

Automation

Open-source drag-and-drop LLM builder

Open-source drag-and-drop UI for building LLM flows and AI agents.
#Workflow#Open Source#Developer
flowiseai.comOpen site
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Notion AI

notion.so

AI Assistants

AI writing inside Notion workspace

AI assistant built into Notion for writing, summarizing, and organizing knowledge.
#Writing#Workflow#Popular
notion.soOpen site
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Jasper

jasper.ai

AI Assistants

AI content for marketing teams

AI content platform for marketing teams — create on-brand copy at scale.
#Writing#Marketing
jasper.aiOpen site
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Grammarly

grammarly.com

AI Assistants

AI grammar and writing assistant

AI writing assistant for grammar, clarity, and tone across all your writing.
#Writing#Beginner
grammarly.comOpen site
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Canva

canva.com

Image & Design

All-in-one AI design platform

All-in-one design platform with AI tools for creating visuals, presentations, and videos.
#Design#Beginner#Marketing
canva.comOpen site
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Remove.bg

remove.bg

Image & Design

Instant AI background removal

Instantly remove image backgrounds with AI — no manual editing needed.
#Design#Beginner#Image
remove.bgOpen site
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OpenAI Platform

platform.openai.com

Coding

OpenAI developer platform and API

OpenAI's developer platform — API access for GPT models, fine-tuning, and assistants.
#Developer#Models#LLM App
platform.openai.comOpen site
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Pika

pika.art

Video & Audio

Intuitive AI video generation

Creative AI video generation and editing with intuitive controls.
#Popular#Video#Generation
pika.artOpen site
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Luma Dream Machine

lumalabs.ai

Video & Audio

High-quality text/image to video

High-quality text-to-video and image-to-video generation with cinematic quality.
#Popular#Video#Generation
lumalabs.aiOpen site
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Phind

phind.com

Coding

AI search engine for developers

AI search engine for developers — get code answers with sources instantly.
#Developer#Search#Coding
phind.comOpen site
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Devv.ai

devv.ai

Coding

AI search made for programmers

AI-powered search engine specifically designed for programmers and technical queries.
#Developer#Search#Coding
devv.aiOpen site
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NVIDIA NIM

build.nvidia.com

Coding

NVIDIA optimized AI inference

NVIDIA's microservices for deploying AI models with optimized GPU inference.
#Developer#Cloud#Models
build.nvidia.comOpen site
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Scale AI

scale.com

Research & Learning

AI data infrastructure and evaluation

AI data infrastructure for training data, evaluation, and enterprise AI deployment.
#Developer#Enterprise#Models
scale.comOpen site