Free Tools Factory keeps small, useful tools online and free: tools that do one job, in a browser, without asking who you are.
Who runs it
I am John Lowell. I am not a developer. Most of the tools here were built by other people; I buy them, keep them running and leave them free.
Why buy tools instead of building them
A small tool that works is worth more than the month it would take to rebuild it. And small tools have a habit of disappearing: someone builds a good one, people use it for years, and then the author moves on and the site goes dark. Buying it keeps it alive.
What stays the same
Once a tool is here, it stays free and it stays simple. No account, no email capture before you can use it, no pro tier added later. If something breaks, it gets fixed; if something better comes along, it is added, not swapped in behind your back.
The family
Free Tools Factory is part of Helping Things, alongside Useful SaaS, which is where the paid software I use lives.
Get in touch
A tool that broke, or a tool you think deserves rescuing: [email protected].