Weird web tools that do one job well.
A curated list — every tool here was tried by a real human before being posted. Sites with obtrusive ads, or without at least a free demo, get rejected.
- ✓ Curated by hand, not scraped
- ✓ Tried by a real human first
- ✓ No obtrusive ads
- ✓ Free demo at minimum
4 tools
Spin a 3D globe and tune into live radio anywhere on Earth — lo-fi from Jakarta, talk radio from Reykjavik, cumbia from Bogotá. No sign-up: click a green dot and listen.
A live 3D globe of developers coding right now, with stats per repo, file, and language. Connect your editor and your dot lights up — or just spin the planet and watch the world build. Free.
Move your mouse, wait a beat, and a stranger in a photo points exactly at your cursor. That's it. That's the site. Somehow it never stops being funny.
A hypnotic animated globe of live wind, ocean currents, and air quality, rendered from real forecast data. Drag to spin, scroll to zoom, and lose ten minutes watching the planet breathe.