If the year 2019 was full of discoveries "webesques", the year 2020 is not left out. It must be believed that confinement has allowed many developers to express their talent and devote themselves to super interesting projects. This is why, like every year, I wanted to offer you a best of 2020 of the best free websites and online tools that I was able to test… and the choice was difficult, because there were so many great things!
1- Reverb: record and share the sound of your microphone
This is a very interesting site because it allows you to record the sound of your microphone directly from your web browser and then share your recording very easily on the web!
2- PDFZero: the all-purpose utility for PDFs
From scratch it only has the name, because this beautiful online tool allows you to do all kinds of manipulations on your PDFs directly from your web browser: separation, merging, rotation, deletion... in short, all the words in "tion"!
3- Audiotag: to identify your music files
If you like to have a tidy music library on your computer, Audiotag should be able to help you find the name and artist on tracks that are mislabeled!
4- City Roads: create a very aesthetic map of all the streets in a city
If you ever need to create a schematic map of a city, City Roads will allow you to make a very elegant rendering of all the streets in a city…
5- AI BG Eraser: an AI that removes the background from your photos
Powered by artificial intelligence and fed by deep learning, this tool allows you to remove the background from your photos to keep only what interests you!
6 – A soft murmur: generate ambient sounds to help you concentrate
Some people like to work with music, others need total silence... the alternative may be found in ambient sounds and A Soft Murmur allows you to simulate the wind, the storm, the birds... to put you in a productive mood!
7- GIFcap: record what happens on your screen in GIF format
Need to make a demo or show something on your computer? GIFcap lets you create a video of your screen and save it as a GIF.
8- Smart Upscaler: enlarge your photos without losing (too much) quality
Artificial intelligence is definitely everywhere this year and this time it is used to enlarge your photos while trying to keep a decent quality!
9- Lockee: a virtual padlock to lock access to online content
A very original website, Lockee allows you to create virtual padlocks that allow you to lock access to documents or online media! Only those who have the key will be able to discover them!
10- Fileroom: share files without an account or installation
Fileroom offers a rather unique file sharing experience. Create a room, share the link to that room with someone and you can chat with them and share files instantly.
11- AudioAlter: the toolbox for your audio files
A true Swiss army knife for audio files, AudioAlter lets you do lots of things to manipulate your files: 3D effect, bass amplification, equalizer, band reversal, etc.
12- Dictation: dictate your texts
What if your web browser became your personal assistant? Dictate your texts to it and Dictation will take care of transcribing them!
13- NoriShare: free file sharing with preview
NoriShare is a very interesting French site since it allows you to share files for free, but above all it has a major advantage, it allows you to preview the files you share! Practical for downloading them with complete confidence.
14- PimEyes: find all the photos of the same person on the internet
Do you want to become a private detective? PimEyes is made for you since this search engine allows you to find all the photos of a person on the web from a photo that you specify.
15- Imgbot: Resize, crop, compress your images or add a watermark online
It's always useful to have a utility on hand to manipulate images to resize, crop, compress... Imgbot does all that and more!
16- Deep AI Colorizer: colorize your black and white photos
We all have some old black and white photos in a corner of our closet, a vestige of a very distant era... what if you gave them a second youth by colorizing them? Deep AI Colorizer does that for you and relies on artificial intelligence for a pretty successful result.
17- Tella: edit your videos directly from your web browser
Why bother with installing software on your computer when you can do the same thing online? Tella lets you edit your videos online for easy editing.
18- Simpdf: to modify the content of PDF files
You discovered a mistake in your latest PDF, but you lost the original file? No problem, Simpdf allows you to modify the content of your PDFs…
19- Freatle: create events and easily organize who brings what!
When organizing events, if there is one thing that is complicated to manage, it is knowing who brings what in order to have everything needed for the event to go perfectly! Freatle allows you to manage this problem!
20- HowLongToBeat: to know how long it will take you to finish a game
This site lists most of the existing video games and for each one gives you an idea of the time you will have to spend on your games in order to finish them... depending on your playing style!
