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Best Learning software, apps and tools
425 hand-picked learning tools, apps and resources, each one checked by a real person. 417 of them are free or have a free plan.
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Learning resources help you pick up a new skill or understand how something works, from a quick how-to video to a full course. The useful ones explain things plainly, show each step and let you learn at your own pace, often for free.
This category covers how-to sites, explainers, free ebook libraries, courses and practice tools. Pick one clear goal, learn a little every day rather than in long bursts, and try out what you learn straight away so it sticks.
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425 resources
p5.js
A free, open-source JavaScript library for learning to code and making art.
FrameworkFreeWeb
4.6Visit
Processing
A free, open-source sketchbook and language for learning to code.
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit
Sonic Pi
A free, open-source way to make music by writing code.
Desktop AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.5Visit
Tealdeer
Get quick, example-based command help in your terminal.
OtherFreeCross-Platform
4.5Visit
StackBlitz
An in-browser coding environment with a free plan for public projects.
Web AppFree planWeb
4.5Visit
IINA
A free, open-source modern media player built for macOS.
Mac AppFreemacOS
4.7Visit
Photomath
Scan a maths problem and get step-by-step explanations, free on the Basic plan.
Mobile AppFree planiOS, Android
4.6Visit
AntennaPod
A free, open-source podcast player for Android with no ads.
Android AppFreeAndroid
4.6Visit
FreeTube
Watch YouTube without ads or tracking.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Knowt
A free study app for flashcards, practice tests and AI notes from your files.
Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.5Visit
Merriam-Webster
A free online dictionary and thesaurus with word games and a Word of the Day.
WebsiteFree planWeb
4.6Visit
Mixxx
Free DJ software for live mixing.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Pocket Casts
A podcast player that is free on mobile and on the web.
Mobile AppFree planiOS, Android
4.6Visit
FreeCAD
A free parametric 3D modeller for designing real objects.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
gPodder
A simple podcast client with a window and a command line.
Desktop AppFreeLinux, macOS
4.4Visit
LibreTexts
A non-profit library of free, openly licensed college textbooks.
WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit
LMMS
Free cross-platform software for making music.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Mochi
A flashcard app that turns Markdown notes into spaced repetition cards.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
MuseScore Studio
Free music notation software for writing and printing scores.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit
OpenSCAD
Design precise 3D parts by writing a short script.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Forvo
A pronunciation dictionary of words spoken by native speakers.
WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit
Mathway
A math solver that answers problems from algebra to calculus and statistics.
Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.3Visit
Wikiwand
A cleaner way to read Wikipedia, with an AI that answers only from Wikipedia.
Web AppFree planWeb, Chrome
4.4Visit
CORE
Search millions of free, open access research papers.
WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit
MeTube
A web page for downloading videos and audio from many sites.
Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit
Pinchflat
Automatically keep copies of your favourite YouTube channels.
Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit
Seterra
Hundreds of free map quizzes for learning geography.
WebsiteFree planWeb, iOS
4.6Visit
Tube Archivist
Your own searchable YouTube archive.
Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit
cheat
Pull up quick cheatsheets for terminal commands without leaving the terminal.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
JupyterLab
An interactive workspace for notebooks, code, data and a terminal in one tab.
Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.7Visit
marimo
A reactive Python notebook that updates itself and saves as plain code.
Web AppFreeWeb, macOS
4.6Visit
Audiobookshelf
Your own audiobook and podcast server that remembers where you stopped.
Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit
Foliate
A clean, modern e-book reader for Linux.
Desktop AppFreeLinux, Offline
4.6Visit
Jellyfin
Run your own media server for your films, shows and music.
Web AppFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit
Komga
A media server for your comics, manga and ebooks, with a web reader.
Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit
- mpv
- Syncplay
- Blockly Games
- Clozemaster
- daily.dev
- Edabit
- GitHub Student Developer Pack
- JWT.io
- Kiwix
- Layoutit Grid
- Netspeak
- Regexper
- Rewordify
- Scratch
- Thorium Reader
- WordHippo
- BandLab
- BBC Bitesize
- BeepBox
- BetterExplained
- Flat
- Learn X in Y Minutes
- Memrise
- Neocities
- Open Knowledge Maps
- Ptable
- Python Tutor
- Regex Crossword
- Rosetta Code
- The Missing Semester
- VisuAlgo
- web.dev
- 1MB Club
- ccMixter
- Cheatography
- Google Arts & Culture
- Kagi Small Web
- Math is Fun
- Open Yale Courses
- Paul's Online Notes
- Search My Site
- Teach Yourself CS
- Teachable Machine
- UIAble
- Wellcome Collection
- 512KB Club
- Chrome Music Lab
- Cool Tools
- Dark Mode Design
- JSONPlaceholder
- Koodo Reader
- Language Transfer
- Lichess
- Online Tone Generator
- Butterick's Practical Typography
- SponsorBlock
- Tatoeba
- uses.tech
- Wakamai Fondue
- BBC Sound Effects
- NASA Image and Video Library
- PubMed
- RapidTables
- Sololearn
- Symbolab
- Visuwords
- Advent of Code
- Brainscape
- CSS Grid Generator
- Free Public APIs
- Linguee
- ooh.directory
- PhET
- Project Euler
- Purdue OWL
- Saylor University
- Wiktionary
- Calculator Soup
- Codewars
- Gapminder
- Kavita
- KOReader
- Litmaps
- OpenStax
- Our World in Data
- RegExr
- Typing.com
- WordReference
- YouGlish
- Alison
- Calibre-Web
- Codecademy
- Fluent Reader
- Grid Garden
- Libby
- Lobsters
- Qalculate!
- Smashing Magazine
- TypingClub
- Compiler Explorer
- CSSBattle
- DEV Community
- Devhints
- Eloquent JavaScript
- Flexbox Froggy
- Frontend Mentor
- JSFiddle
- Omni Calculator
- QuickRef.ME
- Sidebar
- SQLBolt
- The Public Domain Review
- Wikipedia
- Choose a License
- Codrops
- Full Stack Open
- JavaScript.info
- Miniflux
- Readest
- Awwwards
- explainshell
- Google Dataset Search
- Hacker News
- Learn Git Branching
- Sioyek
- Duolingo
- edX
- Fonts In Use
- GeoGebra
- LibriVox
- MDN Web Docs
- roadmap.sh
- Typewolf
- Wolfram|Alpha
- Xournal++
- Class Central
- Desmos
- Privacy Guides
- Public APIs
- Consensus
- DevDocs
- Indie Hackers
- Open Culture
- Rnote
- The Component Gallery
- Laws of UX
- Open Notebook
- The Odin Project
- Connected Papers
- Exercism
- freeCodeCamp
- Keybr
- Khan Academy
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- How to Train Your GPT
- Markmap
- Monkeytype
- regex101
- Claude Code: Everything You Need to Know
- Internet Archive
- Instapaper
- QuillBot
- Wikimedia Commons
- Awesome Jev Knowledge Map
- Awesome Medical Imaging Agents
- Awesome Seedance
- Agent Native Video Graphics
- IELTS Practice
- abtest.design
- AI Engineer Headquarters
- AnimateIcons
- Awesome Opus 5.5 Videos
- GoodCart
- Morphin Inspirations
- Pushkeen.AI
- React Frontend Skills
- SHIUI
- Shoot.Design
- Tween UI
- AnythingLLM Docs
- audiocn
- Awesome Agentic AI (Chinese)
- Awwwards MCP
- Clew
- DesignSPO
- Land-book
- Landing.Gallery
- SaaS Landing Page
- SiteInspire
- Awesome Journal Skills
- BoardUI
- CSS Buttons
- Planes
- Trending Claude Skills
- book-to-skill
- Briefbox
- Disciplined AI Software Development
- Goated UI
- Inspo
- on.design
- PersonalSit.es
- soundcn
- SztuCode
- Abduzeedo
- Awesome Code Docs
- beUI
- Brand Guidelines
- Brand New
- Career Agents
- Evil Charts
- Logopond
- ManyBooks
- Oh My Fable
- Open Library
- Project Gutenberg
- Rebrand Gallery
- Reverse UI
- Spotted in Prod
- Standard Ebooks
- A1 Gallery
- Awesome Jev Live
- Design for B2B
- Logggos
- SeaLeap Amazon Skills
- SearchSystem
- SparkBites
- Umanmade
- UNCUT.wtf
- AI Canvas
- Clone Wars
- Machine Learning Systems (Harvard CS249r)
- Minimal Gallery
- PaperGraph MCP
- Shoogle
- UI/UX Pro Max Skill
- Velora UI
- Agentic Engineering Handbook
- Habit Hooks
- Scrimba Explain
- CS50 AI with Python
- DeepLearning.AI
- Elements of AI
- fast.ai
- Google Machine Learning Crash Course
- How To Secure A Linux Server
- Hugging Face Learn
- Kaggle Learn
- Skillry Opus 5.5 Videos
- Appkittie
- Appllama
- Appshots
- Page Flows
- 21st
- Awesome Prompt Engineering
- Best Free Fonts
- CoSAI Risk Map
- What Ships
- Awesome Multi-Agent Orchestrators
- Awesome TypeSafe Jev
- Awesome AI Governance
- Awesome Jev Projects
- before.click
- Kombai Selects
- Unikist
- Awesome Jev
- Deck.gallery
- Godly
- Human Atlas
- Open Infrastructure Map
- AI Expert Roadmap
- Annotated Deep Learning Paper Implementations
- Awesome LLM
- Awesome Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity Projects
- Deep Learning Papers Reading Roadmap
- Detail
- Dive into Deep Learning
- Headcount Zero
- Homemade Machine Learning
- Mathematics for Machine Learning
- micrograd
- ML From Scratch
- ModelScope Cookbook
- nanoGPT
- Neural Networks: Zero to Hero
- Ossium
- Scribe AI
- Spinning Up in Deep RL
- Stanford CS 229 Cheatsheets
- The Art of Command Line
- guppylm
- Learn Harness Engineering
- navi
- Train LLM From Scratch
- 100 Exercises To Learn Rust
- Awesome Academic Research Skills
- Awesome Harness Engineering
- Awesome LLM Wiki
- FinAI Research
- The Productive Solopreneur (Newsletter)
- UI Skills
- uncoverLAB
- Vibe Coding CN
- Agentic Design Patterns
- Algorithmic Art Skill
- Melies Cinematic Techniques
- Morning Brew
- Shortcuts.design
- Arc Search
- AI Agents for Beginners
- B2TF
- CoreAI Model Zoo
- Dark Design
- Deep Learning Drizzle
- Details
- eHow
- GenAI Agents
- How Anthropic Scaled Test Impact Analysis
- Howcast
- HowStuffWorks
- LLM Course
- Made With ML
- Make It Animated
- MIT Deep Learning Book
- Prompt Engineering Guide
- Scientific Agent Skills
- Supahero
- WonderHowTo
- Context.so
- Mindvalley
- Snipd
- Bencho
- Everyday AI by Ethan Mollick (Newsletter)
- Wellmade
- Blink
- Product Hunt
- Refind
- Scroll Launch
- Web Dev Resources
- Brave AI Assistant (Leo)
- Dan Curtis Go
- Dan Koe Letters
- DeRonin X Post
- High Agency Essays
- Naval
- Skills.sh
- Dropfolio
- Nuxt Charts
- Recent Design
- Collect UI
- Looogos
- Sona UI
- Blinkist
- Design.md
- ElevenLabs
- SciSpace
- 60fps.design
- Morphicons
- Rare UI
- Seesaw
- Every.to
- Google Gemini
- Grok Bot Documentation
- Grok Bot Masterclass
- Pi.ai
- Use Grok Bot
- Read Aloud: A Text to Speech Voice Reader
- Savvy Trader
- TypingMind
- Full Walkthrough: A Workflow for AI Coding
- How Senior Engineers Actually Build With AI in 2026
- How to Use AI to Study Smarter
- Shortform
- The Complete Guide to AI Agents in 2026
- The Fastest Way to Learn Anything
- Updated Essential AI Skills For 2026
- Glasp
- Mindstream
- NotebookLM
- Recall
- RemNote
- SuperX Blog
- r/productivity
- Dense Discovery
- Ali Abdaal's YouTube Channel
- Learning How to Learn
- Perplexity
- Anki
- ChatGPT
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Learning at a glance
Counted from the listings on this page.
- Pricing
- Of 425 picks, 343 are completely free, 74 have a free plan and 8 are paid.
- Highest rated
- The Art of Command Line (4.9/5), Dive into Deep Learning (4.9/5) and Neural Networks: Zero to Hero (4.9/5) have the highest ratings in our reviews.
- Formats
- Most common: Website (181), Web App (66), Course (51) and AI Tool (27).
- Often also listed under
- Research (186), AI Productivity (103), Personal Productivity (81) and Workflows (73).
- Platforms
- Most listed: Web (376), Android (54), iOS (53) and Cross-Platform (40).
- Best for
- Picked most often for Students (281), Developers (227) and Professionals (152).
- Learning curve
- 282 beginner-friendly, 121 intermediate and 22 advanced.
- Newest addition
- MIT App Inventor, added 13 November 2026.
Learning tools: common questions
Straight answers to what people ask before picking a tool.
- What are the best learning tools?
- The highest-rated learning picks in the directory right now are The Art of Command Line, Dive into Deep Learning and Neural Networks: Zero to Hero. Each one is checked by hand, and the full list above is sorted by our recommendation.
- What is the best free learning tool?
- The Art of Command Line and Dive into Deep Learning are the top-rated completely free options. If a free plan is enough, ElevenLabs is also worth a look.
- How many learning tools are listed?
- 425 learning resources are listed: 343 completely free, 74 with a free plan and 8 paid. New ones are added as they are checked.
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