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50 Free Websites Worth Bookmarking
The free web tools people keep recommending — for PDFs, images, writing, coding, security and learning — grouped by what you need to get done.
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PDFs and documents
- Smallpdf and iLovePDF – merge, split, compress, convert
- TinyWow – PDF, image and video tools in one place
Images and design
- remove.bg – instant background removal
- TinyPNG and Squoosh – compress images
- Photopea – Photoshop-style editor in the browser
- Canva – templates for everything
- Cleanup.pictures – erase objects from photos
- Unsplash, Pexels – free stock photos and video
- Flaticon – icons
- Coolors – colour palettes
- Google Fonts – free fonts
- Shots.so – device mockups
- Excalidraw – quick diagrams
Writing and language
Research and AI
- Perplexity – answers with sources
- NotebookLM – chat with your own documents
- Elicit – academic paper search
- WolframAlpha – math and science solver
- prompts.chat, FlowGPT – prompt libraries
Coding
- GitHub, GitHub Gist, Replit
- regex101, explainshell, Carbon
- PageSpeed Insights – speed-test your website
Security and privacy
- Have I Been Pwned – breach check
- VirusTotal – scan files and links
- 10 Minute Mail – throwaway email
- DuckDuckGo – private search
- TinEye – reverse image search
Everyday utilities
- Fast.com – internet speed test
- Downdetector – is it down for everyone?
- AlternativeTo – find free alternatives
- Pastebin – share text with a link
- Namecheap – domains
Learning and entertainment
- Khan Academy – free courses
- Project Gutenberg – free ebooks
- Internet Archive – old web pages and media
- JustWatch – where to stream a show
- Notion, Trello – organise work and life