AI TOOL GUIDE
This is not a generic link dump. It is a curated working map for builders: global default products, coding agents, model APIs, design and prototype tools, hosting, launch channels, payments, learning resources, and regional alternatives.
Tools are included when they have a real product surface, practical workflow value, durable visibility, or direct relevance to the builds documented on this site. Announcement-only features are grouped under their parent product.
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ChatGPT Essential OpenAI's general AI assistant and the main entry for Projects, Canvas, voice, images, deep research, and agent workflows.
TOP 02
Claude Essential Anthropic's assistant for long context, writing, careful reasoning, code understanding, and complex multi-step tasks.
TOP 03
Gemini Essential Google's AI assistant connected to multimodal work, search, Workspace, NotebookLM, and the broader Google AI ecosystem.
openai-suite
ChatGPT Essential OpenAI's general AI assistant and the main entry for Projects, Canvas, voice, images, deep research, and agent workflows.
TOP 02 OpenAI Codex Builder OpenAI's coding agent for repository-level code tasks, debugging, refactoring, builds, and code review.
TOP 03 OpenAI API Platform Builder OpenAI's API, model, documentation, and app-building entry point for bringing ChatGPT, Codex, and agent capabilities into products.
TOP 04 Apps SDK Builder Framework for building ChatGPT Apps with external services, MCP tools, and custom UI inside ChatGPT.
TOP 05 Agent Builder Builder Visual agent workflow builder for designing, debugging, and exporting agent flows from the OpenAI platform.
anthropic-suite
Claude Essential Anthropic's assistant for long context, writing, careful reasoning, code understanding, and complex multi-step tasks.
TOP 02 Claude Code Builder Anthropic's terminal coding agent for project understanding, edits, tests, Git workflows, and long-running repository tasks.
TOP 03 Claude Cowork Anthropic's agentic workspace direction for knowledge work, files, apps, and multi-step deliverables.
TOP 04 Claude Design Anthropic Labs design experiment for quickly exploring interface ideas, brand direction, and visual prototypes.
TOP 05 Claude for Chrome Browser-side Claude entry for reading pages, operating in web context, and keeping assistance closer to the page.
google-suite
Gemini Essential Google's AI assistant connected to multimodal work, search, Workspace, NotebookLM, and the broader Google AI ecosystem.
TOP 02 NotebookLM Google's source-grounded research and note tool for reading files, asking questions over materials, summaries, and audio overviews.
TOP 03 Google AI Studio Builder Gemini API, prompt testing, model experiments, and developer prototyping for Gemini-powered products.
TOP 04 Google Stitch Hot Google Labs AI prototyping tool for generating high-fidelity mobile and web UI from natural language.
TOP 05
Google Antigravity Google's agent-first development platform for Gemini-driven planning, execution, and verification of software tasks.
TOP 06 Jules Google's asynchronous coding agent for handing code tasks to a cloud agent and reviewing the results later.
TOP 07 AI Mode / Search Agents Search Google Search's AI Mode entry for complex search, follow-up questions, and multimodal research.
TOP 08 Google Flow Creative Google Labs creative video workspace connected to Gemini and Veo for story, scene, and camera exploration.
product-research
Keyword trends and regional interest for checking whether demand exists beyond a single moment.
TOP 02 G GummySearchFind Reddit pain points, user language, and niche audiences for product ideas and copy research.
TOP 03 S SimilarwebWebsite traffic and channel structure for quick competitor and market-interest checks.
TOP 04 H Hacker NewsDeveloper and startup community for product launches, technical feedback, and trend observation.
TOP 05 R Reddit SearchCommunity discussions for validating real problems, especially SaaS, productivity, and self-hosted products.
prototype-design
Mainstream UI design and collaboration tool for prototypes, component systems, and interaction specs.
TOP 02 Google Stitch AI product prototyping from natural language into mobile and web UI concepts.
TOP 03 R RotatoApp screenshots, device mockups, and 3D motion assets for websites, stores, and launch materials.
TOP 04 E ExcalidrawLightweight whiteboard for product flows, system diagrams, architecture sketches, and rough prototypes.
TOP 05 U UizardAI-assisted UI prototype tool for turning sketches, screenshots, or text into early product interfaces.
dev-hosting
Frontend and full-stack hosting for Next.js, Astro, product sites, and modern web apps.
TOP 02 S SupabasePostgres, Auth, Storage, and Edge Functions for indie product backends.
TOP 03 C CloudflareDNS, Pages, Workers, edge runtime, CDN, and low-cost global deployment.
TOP 04 R ReplitOnline development and deployment for prototypes, scripts, and small web applications.
TOP 05 R RailwayLightweight full-stack deployment for servers, databases, and background jobs.
api-gateway
Multi-model API gateway for switching model providers and managing model cost tradeoffs.
TOP 02 A AIBermDiscount AI API entry for comparing model costs and connecting small products quickly.
TOP 03 N New APIOpen-source model gateway for self-hosted unified API, quota management, and channel routing.
TOP 04 V Vercel AI GatewayVercel's model gateway for web products that need unified model access, observation, and limits.
TOP 05 L LiteLLMOpen-source LLM gateway and proxy for shared logging, budgets, and provider routing.
launch-growth
Global product launch and discovery platform for SaaS, developer tools, and indie products.
TOP 02 V V2EXChinese developer community for sharing indie products, collecting technical feedback, and observing user needs.
TOP 03 A AppinnChinese software discovery community for utilities, productivity tools, and small polished products.
TOP 04 S SspaiHigh-quality Chinese productivity and digital-life media for long-form tutorials and product stories.
TOP 05 I Indie HackersIndie builder community for sharing growth, revenue, experiments, and product lessons.
TOP 06 D DebutApp discovery platform for polished apps, small tools, and design-driven products.
payments-finance
Mainstream payment and subscription infrastructure for SaaS, subscriptions, and global card payments.
TOP 02 G GumroadDigital product sales platform for courses, templates, ebooks, and small creator products.
TOP 03 C CreemPayment and tax-handling platform for software products, indie SaaS, and digital goods.
TOP 04 P PayoneerCross-border collection and settlement platform for overseas platform income and multi-currency money movement.
TOP 05 1 1st FormationsUK company formation service for overseas entities, banking structure, and compliance foundations.
free-learning
Andrej Karpathy's free neural-network course covering micrograd, makemore, GPT, tokenizers, and deep-learning foundations.
TOP 02 f fast.aiPractical deep-learning courses that start from applied projects and move toward model understanding.
TOP 03 H Hugging Face CourseOfficial free course for Transformers, datasets, tokenizers, and model deployment workflows.
TOP 04 OpenAI Cookbook OpenAI examples and patterns for APIs, RAG, agents, evaluation, and production integration.
TOP 05 T The Missing SemesterMIT course for Shell, Git, debugging, editors, and practical engineering foundations.
chat-search
Source-aware answer engine for research, quick topic discovery, and reference checking.
TOP 02 G GensparkAI search product focused on research, page generation, and task-oriented answer surfaces.
TOP 03 M MetasoChinese AI search tool with a cleaner research experience for Chinese sources and summaries.
TOP 04 T Tencent YuanbaoTencent's AI assistant for Chinese Q&A, documents, search, and WeChat ecosystem observation.
TOP 05 Y You.comEarlier AI search and assistant product useful for comparing search-style answers.
coding-agent
OpenAI Codex Builder OpenAI's coding agent for repository-level code tasks, debugging, refactoring, builds, and code review.
TOP 02 Claude Code Builder Anthropic's terminal coding agent for project understanding, edits, tests, Git workflows, and long-running repository tasks.
TOP 03 Google Antigravity Google's agent-first development platform for Gemini-driven planning, execution, and verification of software tasks.
TOP 04 Jules Google's asynchronous coding agent for handing code tasks to a cloud agent and reviewing the results later.
TOP 05 Antigravity CLI CLI Google's terminal direction for Gemini-driven agent workflows after the consumer Gemini CLI transition.
TOP 06
Cursor AI-native code editor for daily software development, codebase questions, and local edits.
TOP 07
Windsurf AI coding environment focused on project navigation, generation, refactoring, and developer productivity.
TOP 08
TRAE China ByteDance's AI coding tool for IDE, web, and mobile development workflows.
TOP 09
GitHub Copilot GitHub's AI coding assistant for IDE completion, chat, tests, and code generation.
TOP 10
Cline Open-source VS Code agent for small tasks, command execution, and file edits.
TOP 11
Roo Code Agentic coding tool inside VS Code for multi-mode development workflows.
TOP 12
OpenCode Terminal AI coding tool for developers who prefer CLI-first workflows.
TOP 13
Kiro AI IDE and agent environment oriented around specs, tasks, and engineering workflow structure.
image-design
High-quality image and illustration generator for concepts, posters, and visual direction exploration.
TOP 02 A Adobe FireflyAdobe's generative image tool for commercial design, asset editing, and creative production.
TOP 03 C Canva AILightweight design platform with AI tools for posters, social graphics, and presentation assets.
TOP 04 F Figma AIFigma's AI design capabilities for interface design, prototypes, and collaboration.
TOP 05 C ComfyUINode-based AI image workflow tool for local generation, control, and batch pipelines.
TOP 06 S Stable DiffusionOpen image-generation ecosystem for local models and controllable generation.
TOP 07 L LiblibAIChinese AI image model and workflow community for models, workflows, and creative references.
TOP 08 J Jimeng AIByteDance/Jianying AI image and video creation tool with strong Chinese prompt support.
video
Google Veo Google's video generation model family for Gemini and Flow-connected creative workflows.
TOP 02 R RunwayAI video generation and editing platform for short films, advertising, and creative video workflows.
TOP 03 K Kling AIKuaishou's international video-generation product for image-to-video and short creative clips.
TOP 04 L Luma Dream MachineVideo-generation tool with strong cinematic camera feel and image-to-video workflows.
TOP 05 P PikaLightweight video-generation product for social video and creative experiments.
TOP 06 H HeyGenAvatar presenter and video translation tool for marketing videos and multilingual content.
TOP 07 H Hailuo AIMiniMax video-generation product often used as a Chinese-friendly creative video entry.
office-docs
Writing, summarization, knowledge base, and project-management assistant inside Notion.
TOP 02 G GammaAI-generated presentations, webpages, and documents for reports, courses, and quick storytelling.
TOP 03 N Napkin AITurns text into diagrams, flows, and visual explanations for tutorials and proposals.
TOP 04 W WPS AIAI capabilities inside a Chinese office suite for documents, spreadsheets, slides, and local office work.
TOP 05 F Feishu MinutesMeeting transcription, notes, and collaborative documents for teams and content capture.
TOP 06 T TomeAI presentation and storytelling tool for product narratives, proposals, and draft talks.
TOP 07 G GrammarlyEnglish writing, correction, and tone adjustment for email, documents, and public content.
model-platform
OpenAI API Platform Builder OpenAI's API, model, documentation, and app-building entry point for bringing ChatGPT, Codex, and agent capabilities into products.
TOP 02 Anthropic Console Claude API and developer platform entry for building Claude-powered applications.
TOP 03 Google AI Studio Builder Gemini API, prompt testing, model experiments, and developer prototyping for Gemini-powered products.
TOP 04 H Hugging FaceLarge global community for models, datasets, Spaces, and machine-learning workflows.
TOP 05 R ReplicateHosted model platform for calling open models across image, audio, and experimental model workflows.
TOP 06 O OllamaCommon tool for running large language models locally on personal computers and private networks.
TOP 07 M ModelScopeAlibaba-backed Chinese model community for models, datasets, demos, and Chinese AI workflows.
china
Highly watched Chinese model and assistant entry for reasoning, coding, Chinese Q&A, and cost-sensitive APIs.
TOP 02 D Doubao ChinaByteDance's mainstream AI assistant for chat, images, audio, video, mobile usage, and broad consumer workflows.
TOP 03 K Kimi ChinaMoonshot AI's assistant for long documents, search, slides, spreadsheets, and agent-style workflows in Chinese contexts.
TOP 04 Q Qwen ChinaAlibaba's Qwen assistant and model ecosystem for Chinese, office work, coding, and developer platform workflows.
TOP 05 T Tencent YuanbaoTencent's Chinese assistant for search, documents, Q&A, and WeChat ecosystem observation.
TOP 06 W Wenxin YiyanBaidu's Wenxin assistant entry for Chinese Q&A and Baidu ecosystem capabilities.
TOP 07 Z Zhipu QingyanZhipu's AI assistant for Chinese Q&A, documents, and model capability evaluation.
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alternatives
ChatGPT US United States · Global availability varies ChatGPT is the global default. For Chinese-language daily work, compare long-document handling, mobile usage, multimodal features, and ecosystem fit.
Claude US United States · Global availability varies Claude is strong at long context and stable writing. Kimi covers long documents, DeepSeek covers reasoning, and Qwen covers Chinese plus model ecosystem needs.
Gemini US United States · Global availability varies Gemini connects to Google Search and Workspace. Regional alternatives should be judged by Chinese search, document, and multimodal experience.
OpenAI Codex US United States · Global availability varies Codex is repository-level. Regional alternatives are usually a mix of agent UI, IDE, and model backend rather than one exact clone.
Claude Code US United States · Global availability varies Claude Code is about terminal workflows and project understanding. Regional paths often start with TRAE, Kimi, or an open-source agent plus a local/provider model.
NotebookLM US United States · Global availability varies NotebookLM is strong at source-grounded learning. Chinese alternatives should prioritize long-document ability and Chinese source access.
The value is answers with sources. In Chinese contexts, source coverage and summary quality matter more than feature parity.
Midjourney remains a visual-quality benchmark. Regional alternatives should be judged by Chinese prompts, model community, templates, and video links.
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