★ free resources
i am not affiliated with any of these websites, i just like them and find them useful :D
these all:
-have primarily free tools
-use little to no ai (its getting more and more difficult to weed out the ai, but i tried my best)
-are open source (i lied only some of them are open source sorry guys)
academic - scientific - literature
physics classroom - online tutorials for high school physics and chemistry
worldcat - a tool for finding items available at local libraries
poetry foundation - lots of poetry-related resources
base - a search engine for online academic resources and literature
arXiv - an archive of scholarly articles relating to physics, mathematics, etc.
trilium notes - a really cool open source software for taking notes
science news - a nonprofit that provides general interest science journalism
popular mechanics - also general interest science journalism
internet archive - a library of basically everything
anarchist library - an online archive of tons of texts relating to anarchism
openstax - educational resources and textbooks
khan academy - a Lot of learning resources and courses in multiple subjects
project gutenberg - an online library with free books in the public domain
einstein.caltech.edu - an archive of albert ensteins papers, letters, etc.
art references - drawing software - original characters
krita - a free, open-source platform for digital art creation
line of action - reference photos and practice tools for artists
opentoonz - a free, open-source digital 2d animation program
blender - a free, open-source program for 3d, 2d, and mixed-media art and animation
toyhouse - a website for storing oc artwork, literature, and information
^^an invite code is necessary to sign up. i currently have about 100 built up, if you need one hmu or somethinglikes and dislikes generator - a generator for character likes and dislikes
coding - programming - computers
web accessibility quick guide - a short guide on making your website more accessible
filegarden - a (usually) reliable free file hosting website
w3schools - free tutorials on coding in html, css, javascript, python, sql, etc.
ubuntu - a free and open-source os
github - a website for storing and showcasing original code
codeberg - github but better and cooler honestly
petrapixel layout generator - a very useful tool for creating a layout on neocities
toki pona
lipu sona pona - a good course for learning toki pona: en, eo, es, de, pl, pt, ru, zh
wasona - another good course: en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, pl, pt, ru, uk, ar, he
lipu sona mi pi toki pona - another good course: en, fr, it, jp, no
naming yourself in toki pona - a guide on translating your name to toki pona
duostories - duolingo stories in toki pona
toki pona lessons - toki pona video lessons by jan Misali
beginner texts in toki pona - toki pona stories for beginners
miscellaneous
cobalt - a tool for downloading media from websites (youtube is no longer supported)
jdownloader - another tool for downloading media from websites (youtube is supported)
allsides - a website that rates the bias of various news organizations and articles
ifixit - repair guides for a wide variety of things
mii creator - an online mii creator with many features and different rendering options
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