Tools

Open-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and talks to you over 20+ chat channels such as Telegram, Slack and iMessage. The openclaw CLI manages the gateway, channel pairing and plugins; switch models between Claude, Codex and local ones.

Static site generator written in Go that builds Markdown content into docs sites, blogs or landing pages in seconds, with a local preview server and an asset pipeline for images, CSS and JS.

Modern markup-based typesetting system, a LaTeX alternative for papers, reports and resumes. Fast incremental compilation; typst compile outputs a PDF in one command and watch mode recompiles automatically.

Universal document converter between dozens of formats including Markdown, Word, HTML, LaTeX and EPUB, with templates, citations and Lua filters. PDF output uses LaTeX by default, which you install separately.

Turns common prompts such as summarizing, extracting insights and rewriting into reusable patterns you pipe text, web pages or YouTube transcripts through, using many model providers or local Ollama. Can also run as a REST API. Run fabric --setup first to configure models.

One CLI for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets and other Google Workspace APIs, with commands generated from the Discovery service, JSON output and 100+ Agent Skills. From the googleworkspace org but not officially supported; needs OAuth via a Google Cloud project.

Official CLI (actual) for the local-first budget app Actual Budget: query and edit accounts, transactions, categories, payees, rules and budgets on your sync server, with JSON output and CSV export for agent bookkeeping. Needs Node.js 22+ plus your server URL, password and budget Sync ID.

Open-source e-book manager whose command-line tools (ebook-convert, ebook-meta, calibredb) batch-convert between EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF, DOCX and more and manage library metadata. The install command is Linux-only; on macOS and Windows use the installer.

From Firecrawl: converts Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, EPUB, RTF and more into clean Markdown locally in milliseconds, keeping headings, tables, footnotes and formulas so agents can read attachments. Needs Node.js; optional Firecrawl cloud OCR for scans uploads the whole file.

Compiles Markdown chapters into an online book with a table of contents, full-text search and themes, good for manuals, lecture notes and course material; agents can edit chapter files and rebuild to preview. Maintained by the Rust team; install a prebuilt binary or via cargo.

Scripts terminal sessions in .tape files and records them to GIF, MP4 or WebM, great for CLI demos and docs; text snapshot output also enables terminal integration tests. By Charm; requires ttyd and ffmpeg.

Unofficial Python library and CLI for driving Google NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook): bulk-import sources, ask cited questions, and generate and download podcasts, videos, slides, quizzes and flashcards. Ships an agent skill. Relies on undocumented APIs and needs a Google sign-in.

Official Lark (Feishu) CLI with 200+ commands for messages, docs, Base, Sheets, calendar, mail, approvals, OKRs, meetings and Minutes, plus 20+ bundled lark-* agent skills and structured output. Create a Lark app and sign in first.

Automattic's offline English grammar checker: checks spelling, grammar and word choice locally in milliseconds without sending your text anywhere. Homebrew installs harper-cli for batch-checking files (still experimental) and harper-ls for editors. English only.

Bundles a whole web page with its CSS, images, fonts and scripts into a single HTML file that opens offline exactly as it looked, good for archiving pages or handing them to an agent for offline analysis. It does not run JavaScript, so pre-render dynamic pages with a headless browser.

Open-source grammar, spelling and style checker for 20+ languages including English, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Proofread drafts in bulk from the CLI or run a local HTTP checking server for agents. For writers, translators and language teachers. Needs Java 17 (Homebrew includes it).

Turns Markdown outlines into interactive HTML mind maps you can collapse and zoom, with inlined assets for offline use and a watch mode that refreshes live. Good for mapping requirements, lesson planning and organizing knowledge.

Converts text to speech with Microsoft Edge's online TTS service and can generate subtitle files at the same time. No API key needed, with voices for many languages. Not an official Microsoft project and depends on that online service staying available.

Writing agent for novels, scripts, interactive fiction and long-form translation, with CLI, TUI and web workspace. Tracks worldbuilding, characters and foreshadowing, reviews and revises drafts, and works as a skill for other agents. Needs Node.js 22.16+ and a model API key such as Kimi or DeepSeek.

Open-source Simplified/Traditional Chinese converter: deterministic dictionary-based conversion (no LLM) covering variant characters and regional vocabulary for mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with limited Japanese kanji support. Runs offline; CLI plus Node.js and Python APIs.

Uses LLMs to translate EPUB, TXT, Markdown, SRT, PDF and other files into side-by-side bilingual editions, via OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini and other APIs or DeepL and Google Translate. LLM APIs need your own key or a Codex subscription. Only translate content you have rights to.

Extracts the main content of a web page, stripping comments, sidebars, headers and footers, and outputs clean HTML or Markdown with metadata like title, author and publish date, saving tokens when agents read the web. Built for Obsidian Web Clipper by kepano; still in development.

Google Workspace CLI for scripts and agents covering Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Contacts and Tasks, with JSON output, read-only mode and command allowlists; can also run as a read-only-by-default MCP server. Bring your own Google OAuth client.

Command-line email client supporting IMAP, SMTP, JMAP, Gmail and Microsoft Graph, with multiple accounts and --json output, so agents can check, search, compose and send mail. A first-run wizard auto-detects your mailbox settings.