everything here is free
ad blocking
You will want an ad blocker for many of the sites on this page!
uBlock Origin [chrome] - only good ad block extension
AdGuard Safari - best ad block for s*fari
SponsorBlock - crowd-sourced extension to remove sponsored segments from youtube videos
NextDNS - dns service you can use for ad blocking, works on iphones and everywhere else
ReVanced - android app patcher mainly useful for youtube mod (advanced installation)
TwitchAdSolutions - some ways to block twitch ads (video-swap-new script best imo)
movies
FMHY - freqently updated list of free streaming sites, also has sports and lots of other stuff
rarefilmm - collection of rare movies
Viren070 Stremio guide - guide for setting up a debrid serivce with stremio which is the method trust me
books
Anna's Archive [1] [2] [3] - shadow library search engine, get any book, textbook, scientific paper pdf
Z-Library [1] - shadow library that often has the fastest downloads, but may require an account
games
GOG Games - gog games for free
FitGirl Repacks - compressed cracked game torrent and dl
DODI Repacks - another game repacker
music
Lucida - cool music downloader
Playlistor - convert playlists between apple muisic and spotify
Exportify - download spotify playlist info as csv, useful for scripts
Soulseek - popular p2p music sharing network, usually has unreleased and lossless files
Pear Desktop - pretty cool desktop yt music hack
other media downloading
cobalt [1] - downloader for most common social media platforms
9xbuddy [1] - another downloader (supports MANY websites)
yt-dlp - feature rich command line video downloader
Surge - fast tui download manager
torrenting
qBittorrent Enhanced - the best version of the best bittorrent client
YIFY Torrents - decent providor of movie torrents and subtitles (small file sizes and fast downloads for 1080p)
Virgil Software Search - game and software piracy search engine
extensions
Bypass Paywalls Clean - get past paywalls (installation is kind of advanced)
Enhancer for Youtube - adds extra features to youtube
Return YouTube Dislike - bring back youtube dislikes
Dark Reader - probably the best dark mode extension
SingleFile - lets you download a webpage as a single html file
BetterCanvas - adds useful features to canvas and lots of customization
bleh - last.fm redesign userscript with extra features
editing
Ezgif - lots of VERY useful image and video tools including conversion
LosslessCut - cool video/audio editing tools
Sedja - pdf editing and tools without an account (has some limits)
ios
SideStore - sideloading app that automatically refreshes apps without computer (advanced installation)
LiveContainer - run unlimited ios apps in a sandbox (can install both in one app: SideStore + LiveContainer)
YTLite - youtube mod with all the useful features
KettuTweak - discord mod client
tools
is.gd - url shortener, with custom urls and no account
What Unicode character is this ? - identify pasted characters
Shapecatcher - get unicode char from drawing
VirusTotal - scan a file for viruses
reference
FileInfo.com - file extension database
ss64 - command line builtin reference and some guides/tools
&what; - unicode char search engine
misc
GoFile - file host for huge files with no account
Microsoft Activation Scripts - activate windows or office products >:)
appstorrent - decent source of cracked mac apps (adobe stuff, etc)
Excalidraw - virtual whiteboard
Monkeytype - customizable typing test website
archive.today [1] [2] - website archiver that can be used to get around paywalls
Vesktop - fast and enhanced desktop discord client with vencord built in
Kettu - android discord mod client