2026 Edition · Free & open source · Pay it forward
950+ AI tools and learning resources — including 138 hand-picked for 2026 — organized into a step-by-step system so you build a working stack instead of a bookmark graveyard.
The system
Most people collect tools. The ones getting ahead follow a process. Work through these five steps — each links you to the right part of this directory.
Founder, marketer, developer, creator, or operator — your role decides which 10 tools matter and which 940 don't. Use the Stack Builder below.
Open Stack Builder →Commit to a daily-driver assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini) and pay for it. Depth with one tool beats dabbling with five.
Compare assistants →Layer in specialists for your highest-volume work: meetings, content, code, or outbound. Adopt one at a time and use it for a week before adding the next.
Browse the directory →Pick a recurring task you do weekly and hand it to an automation platform or agent. One real automation compounds more than ten experiments.
See automation tools →The stack changes quarterly. Subscribe to one newsletter, one podcast or channel, and re-check benchmarks before renewing anything annual.
Get the resources →Step 1 · Stack Builder
Pick who you are. We'll surface the curated 2026 tools that fit — your shortlist for playbook steps 2 and 3.
Steps 2–4 · The full catalog
Every tool, searchable and filterable. 2026 Collection is the hand-curated shortlist; Full Archive adds the original 900-tool directory this project began as.
No tools match. Try clearing a filter or searching the Full Archive.
Step 5 · Stay current
Newsletters, courses, benchmarks, podcasts, and communities — the inputs that keep your stack from going stale. Pick one newsletter, one deep source, and one benchmark site.
This directory is open source. Fork it, remix it, add tools via pull request — and share it with someone building their first AI stack.