Mr. Free Tools

A better way to find free tools and resourcesHey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm super excited to launch this project's beta version. 🥳🎉 I've been working on it for a while now and can't wait to hear your thoughts.

🔎 Not Another Curated Directory There are plenty of directories and listing sites out there. And yet no one is focusing on the most basic problem that every early-stage startup, bootstrapper, or freelancer has—lack of money! So this site has one purpose, to help you keep costs low by finding free tools. The free tool may not be perfect, it may be temporary, or with some restrictions, but it can defiantly help you focus your limited resources on more important places right now.

🆓 The Focus Is on Free Stuff Not only that the site shows only free items, but it also allows you to filter them by 'Open Source,' 'Completly Free,' 'Freemium,' 'Free to Try,' 'Free Micro Tool,' and 'Free Source.' It also includes a score and limitations highlights for freemium products that help quickly identify their pros and cons.

⏳ Short on Content Although the site's functionality is more or less ready, as I uploaded all the current items myself, the content is limited for obvious reasons (about 1,400 items). I need to add more tools to each category and work more on describing and reviewing many existing items. I'm well aware of this.

🚀 Launch in the Current State Since the site has been ready for some time, and the content uploading is not going as fast as I hoped, I started to feel that the directory will never be ready as I planned for the launch. So I decided to just go for it as it is. I guess it would be smarter to hear your thoughts before I continue to put effort into this. And my biggest hope is that more people will submit tools and help the cause.

📤 Super Easy to Add New Items If your product is free or offers a free plan and you want to add it, I built a straightforward submission form that doesn't require signup. You can obviously add items you didn't make. It would be really appreciated and will help many people looking for these free tools.

💰 Monetization Although all the hard work I put into it, this site is more of a side project designed to help everyone find free solutions, so I don't intend to sell subscriptions, display ads, or even collect email addresses. I do have a few affiliate links that will hopefully help me maintain the site, return the expenses so far, and maybe even get me a small income for the hard work. 😊

Love to hear your thoughts or tool suggestions and am happy to answer any questions 🙌