The Library

Fast prototyping for static web pages, landing pages, one-off scripts. Browser-based, no setup.

Autonomous AI agent that lives in your terminal. Builds full apps, runs tests, manages files. Probably the future of programming.

Google's VS Code fork with unlimited access to the best coding models in existence. Extremely powerful. Your code and prompts are used to train Google's models. Great for learning, don't use for anything private.

Full VS Code in your browser with terminal, extensions, everything. Real dev environment from any device. AI-powered with Github Copilot. Free with Student Pack.

Quick prototyping, runs basically any language. Good for learning and small projects.

Hundreds of dollars in free tools: domains, cloud credits, Copilot Pro, JetBrains IDEs, Codespaces, and 80+ other things. Just needs a photo of your student ID. Do this one first.

Google's visual app builder. Prototype full-stack apps with AI assistance, deploy to Firebase. Browser-based.

Google's official command-line interface for Gemini. Chat, generate code, and automate tasks from your terminal.

One API for all the best models (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, etc). Pay per token, no subscriptions. Great for experimenting.

AI-native code editor built on VS Code. Tab-complete entire functions, chat with your codebase. The editor everyone's switching to.

Run open-source LLMs locally with a nice GUI. Llama, Mistral, Phi—download and chat, no cloud required.

Deploy frontend apps in seconds. The home of Next.js. Free tier is generous.

Deploy backends, databases, and services with zero config. Postgres, Redis, whatever. $5/month free credit.

Open-source Firebase alternative. Postgres database, auth, storage, realtime—all in one. Generous free tier.

Industry-standard UI design tool. Free for students. Collaborative, browser-based, essential for any serious project.

The missing package manager for macOS. Install anything with one command. You need this.

A fast, feature-rich terminal emulator built by Mitchell Hashimoto (HashiCorp founder). Native, GPU-accelerated, beautiful.

Professional photo editing, vector graphics, and page layout. Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign quality, completely free. You can disable all AI/online features with a single button. This is the one.

Background removal in seconds. No installation needed.

Hollywood-grade video editor. The free version is more than most people will ever need.

Screen recording and streaming. The standard.

Audio editing, podcast production, basic recording. Free forever, open source.

Window snapping, quick launcher, bulk rename, color picker, and a dozen other utilities Windows should have included.

Downloads video/audio from Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, everywhere. No ads, no tracking, open source. Bookmark this.

Ad blocking extension. Non-negotiable in the modern internet.

Disposable email for signups. Avoid spam.

Find deleted pages, old versions of websites. Internet archaeology.

Upload notes, PDFs, slides — it synthesizes everything and lets you ask questions. The podcast feature generates audio discussions of your materials. Google's data policies apply.

Free DOI for your work. Makes student research citable and legitimate. If you do real research, publish it here.

Makes Canvas LMS not terrible. Custom appearances, dashboard cleanup, GPA calculator, better grade tracking.

The GitHub of ML. 1.5M+ models, massive datasets, and Spaces (ready-to-use AI apps in your browser). This is where cutting-edge AI actually lives.

Jupyter notebooks with free access to top-spec GPUs (T4, 16GB VRAM). Train models, run inference, all from a browser. Sessions up to 12 hours. Google's data policies apply.

Python library for beautiful statistical plots with minimal code. The 'it just looks good' library.

The foundation of Python plotting. Ugly by default but endlessly customizable.

Data manipulation in Python. If you're doing anything with data, you're using this.