Digital Tools Built
in the Shop

Apps and tools for makers, builders, curious people, and nerds.

Built by the same person who runs the shop.

Flagship
The Big Three

The full-featured platforms — accounts, sync, and everything that comes with it.

MakerManifest
MakerManifest

A platform for makers — organize your projects, track your builds, and share your work. Built by a maker, for makers.

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KnotDo
KnotDo

A task management app with multiple views — list, Kanban, Gantt, calendar, and timeline. Supports team collaboration, offline use, data import/export, and a full REST API. Currently in private beta (invite only).

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Notesmith
Notesmith

Real-time collaborative documents with built-in team chat, task tracking, and version history. Requires an account. A modern replacement for Salesforce Quip.

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Maker & Workshop
Shop Tools

Reference tools for the bench — materials, settings, and specs when you need them.

CNC Feeds & Speeds
CNC Feeds & Speeds Calculator

Enter your material, bit type, number of flutes — get recommended feeds and speeds for your CNC router. No more guessing, no more burnt edges.

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Glowforge Settings
Glowforge Materials & Settings Utility

Track Glowforge laser settings by material. Community-sourced data from manufacturer specs and forums — organized so you can actually find it when you need it.

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The Janky Wood Database

Wood species reference cobbled together from various sources. Identify woods, compare properties, find the right material for the job. It's janky. It works.

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Woodworking Calculator

Board feet, material quantities, measurement conversions, and workshop math — all in one place. A wood-themed calculator built for the bench, not the boardroom.

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Network & Lookup
Enter Something, Get Answers

Intelligence tools — put in a number, IP, or airport code and get back everything worth knowing.

GotInfo
GotInfo — Network Intel

Instantly see everything your browser exposes about your connection: IPv4/IPv6, geolocation, reverse DNS, WebRTC leaks, browser fingerprint, ASN, and more. No account, no logging — just answers.

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foneinfo.us
foneinfo.us

US phone number intelligence. Enter any number, area code, or NPA-NXX prefix and get carrier name, line type, rate center, LATA, OCN type, and full area code history — powered by NANPA public data. No signup, no logging.

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AirportCode
AirportCode

Look up any airport by IATA or ICAO code, or by name. Shows location, elevation, runways, frequencies, live METAR weather, TAF forecasts, and flight category (VFR/IFR). No account required.

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Sky & Science
Look Up

Space, weather, and things worth going outside for.

imgoing2.space
imgoing2.space

Live rocket launch tracker and space tourism guide. Real-time countdowns for every upcoming launch — SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, and more — plus a breakdown of every commercial spaceflight provider and what it costs to get a ticket.

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Aurora Borealis Predictor
Aurora Borealis Predictor

Check the KP index and see how likely you are to spot Northern Lights from your location tonight. Because some things are worth going outside for.

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Rainfall Tracker Pro
Rainfall Tracker Pro

Track rainfall amounts and predictions by location. Built for gardeners who want to know if they actually need to water today — no meteorology degree required.

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VendorTools Suite
Craft Fair & Event Tools

A suite of free tools built for craft fair vendors, market sellers, and anyone running a table at an event. No accounts, no subscriptions — just tools that work.

Vendor Tools Hub

The home base for the VendorTools suite — a free collection of craft fair vendor tools in one place. Start here.

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BoothBook
BoothBook

Vendor event tracker SaaS — log events, track revenue, manage expenses, and sync with Etsy and Shopify. The full-featured platform for serious craft fair vendors.

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Pricing Calculator

Calculate product prices based on materials, labor, overhead, and desired markup. Know your numbers before you set your prices.

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Booth Break-Even

Is that craft fair worth the booth fee? Enter your booth cost, average sale, and margin — find out exactly how many sales you need to break even.

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Cash & Change Helper

Make change quickly at busy markets — enter the price and payment amount, get exact change in seconds. No more fumbling at the table.

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Card Fee Reconciler

Compare card processing fees across Square, Stripe, PayPal, and others. See exactly what each platform costs you so you can pick the one that keeps more money in your pocket.

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Booth Packing List

Pre-event packing checklist built for craft fair vendors. Never forget your card reader, tablecloth, or change bag again — customize your list and check off as you pack.

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Inventory Counter

Track pre- and post-event inventory counts. Know what sold, what's left, and what to restock before the next market. Simple tally, no account required.

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QR Code Generator

Generate QR codes for your payment links, Venmo, website, or social profiles. Print and display at your booth so customers can pay instantly.

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Price Tag Maker

Create printable price tags for your craft fair booth. Customize the look, add your product names and prices, print on standard label sheets. Professional-looking tags in minutes.

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Reverse Sales Tax Calculator

Know what you collected in taxes? Work backwards to find the pre-tax sale amount. Built for vendors and market sellers who need clean numbers fast.

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Sales Tax Owed

Compute sales tax owed by location and sale amount. Quick and simple — because the IRS is neither.

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Creator Tools
YouTube & Content

Tools for YouTube creators — protect your content and channel data.

ChannelBackup
ChannelBackup
Python · Windows & Mac · The New Janky Workshop

Back up your entire YouTube channel — videos, metadata, playlists, thumbnails, and comments — automatically, every day. Free desktop app. Your data stays local. No accounts, no subscriptions.

Utilities
Everything Else

Useful tools that didn't fit anywhere else — but belong somewhere.

ZoneSync
ZoneSync

Your world, in sync. Track current time across multiple cities and timezones at once. Use the Time Shifter to plan calls and meetings across zones — drag, reorder, install as a PWA. No data collected.

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Color ID
Color ID

Pick any color from an image, convert between HEX, RGB, and HSL, and generate complementary color schemes. For designers who think in pixels.

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Color Temp
Color Temp

The complete light color temperature reference. Understand Kelvin ratings — soft white, daylight, warm white and everything between — with visual light samples, zone explanations, and room-by-room recommendations.

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GitHub Projects

Windows utilities, desktop tools, and experiments — all open source, all built to scratch a specific itch.

CoolTR
Python · Windows

A modern, dark-themed Windows network diagnostic tool combining live MTR-style tracerouting, continuous ping monitoring, and deep network info lookups in a single desktop GUI.

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EnvForge
Python · Windows

A Windows GUI for managing User and System environment variables side by side — with drill-down support for multi-value variables like PATH. What the built-in dialog should have been.

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HTopWin
Python · Windows

htop for Windows — a rich, interactive terminal process manager with real-time CPU, memory, and disk stats. Includes remote SSH monitoring so you can watch any box from your desk.

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KillSwitch
Python · Windows

A Windows system tray tool that instantly kills messaging, video conferencing, screen-sharing, VPN, and social apps with a single double-click. Panic button for your taskbar.

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PlainText
Python · Windows

A Windows system-tray app that monitors your clipboard for rich text (HTML/RTF) and offers to strip it to plain text automatically. Paste clean, every time.

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ExplorerLargerer
Python · Windows

A photo browser that blows past Windows Explorer's thumbnail size limit. Browse any folder in a scrollable grid at up to 1000px thumbnails — with a live slider to dial in exactly the size you want.

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ChannelBackup
ChannelBackup-Desktop
Python · Windows & Mac

The open-source desktop app behind channelbackup.app. Backs up your entire YouTube channel — videos, metadata, playlists, thumbnails, and comments — automatically, every day. Your data stays local.

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SpoolMedic
Python · Windows

A lightweight Windows system tray utility that resets the Print Spooler service and clears stuck print jobs on demand. Everything your printer needs — in a single click, no reboot required.

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Extensions

Browser extensions built for the tools we already make. Install manually now — Chrome and Firefox store releases coming soon.

MakerManifest
Manual Install · Chrome & Firefox Soon

Add products to your MakerManifest gear lists directly from any product page — Amazon, Etsy, anywhere. Browse, click, saved. No more copy-paste into a spreadsheet.

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More Extensions

More extensions are in development. Check back soon.

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We Build These for Fun

If there's a tool you'd find useful — something that doesn't exist yet, or exists but is annoying to use — reach out. These things get built because someone needed them. And that someone is most likely me.

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