“Every time I tried to put up a simple portfolio, I hit the same wall: a badge in the corner, or a paywall to remove it, or an account just to save my work.”
ig_suyas, on reddit.com ↗
A website builder with no 'made with' badge and no paywall to remove it. Export the ZIP and host it free.
Slack bills you per head, per month, forever. Deft puts chat, tasks and notes on your own server and bills you nothing.
“This started with three things: wanting Slack to do more, a growing resentment of SaaS bills, and getting slightly too obsessed with self-hosting.”
Evernote wants $14.99 a month for your own notes, plus ads for free. EdgeEver is the three-pane notebook you run on Cloudflare's free tier or your own Docker box, apps included.
“Data export is cumbersome, free tiers are heavily restricted, and AI/MCP features require costly subscriptions.”
Noisli turns the rain off after 90 minutes unless you pay $12 a month. Cadenzato synthesizes it forever, free.
“I got tired of ad-cluttered timers and paid sound apps, so I spent the last month building an aesthetic, 100% free study sanctuary (Cadenzato)”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.