I've been building foxyyy.com — a collection of 100+ free developer and utility tools running on a single $5 VPS.
The stack
- Server: $5 VPS (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM)
- Backend: Flask + nginx reverse proxy
- Frontend: Pure HTML/CSS/JS — no frameworks, no CDN
- Design: Dark theme, monospace fonts, amber accent (#c9a227)
- i18n: Client-side EN/FR/ES/DE language selector on every page
What's included (110 tools)
Developer Tools
JSON Formatter, Regex Tester, Base64/JWT Decoder, Hash Generator (MD5/SHA), URL Encoder, HTML Entities, Diff Checker, CSS Minifier, UUID Generator, Timestamp Converter, Markdown Preview, HTTP Status Codes, DNS Lookup, WHOIS Lookup, Cron Explainer, Sitemap Generator, Meta Tag Generator, Robots.txt Generator, Chmod Calculator, IP Subnet Calculator, CSV to JSON, JSON to TypeScript, SQL Formatter, Markdown Table Generator, Binary/Hex/Decimal Converter
Business & Finance (FR)
TVA Calculator, Salaire Net/Brut, Auto-Entrepreneur Simulator, Prêt Immobilier, Mentions Légales Generator, Privacy Policy Generator, Invoice PDF Generator, Stripe Fee Calculator
Content & Media
Color Picker, Palette Generator, Gradient Generator, Placeholder Images, OG Preview, Favicon Generator, Image Resizer, Emoji Picker, Lorem Ipsum (FR/EN), ASCII Art, Typing Speed Test, Word Counter
Utilities
Password Generator, QR Code Generator, Email Deliverability Checker, Pomodoro Timer, Stopwatch, Countdown Timer, IP Lookup, Random Number Generator, Unit Converter, BMI Calculator, Age Calculator, Percentage Calculator, Aspect Ratio Calculator
Combo Dashboards
- Dev Toolkit: 6 dev tools in one tabbed interface
- SEO Audit: Meta tags + DNS + OG + speed check
- Domain Health Check: DNS + WHOIS + Email + SSL
- Color Design Suite: Picker + Palette + Gradient + Contrast
- Entrepreneur Dashboard: French AE business calculator
- Text Suite: Word counter + case converter + diff + lorem + find/replace
Design philosophy
Every tool is a single HTML file. No build step. No npm. The whole thing loads in under 8KB per page. Dark/light theme toggle on every page. Zero tracking, zero ads.
Numbers
- 110 tools shipped in 5 days
- 87 HTML files
- ~600KB total static assets
- 1 VPS, 1 developer
What's next
- More combo dashboards
- API endpoints for automation
- More languages
- Community contributions
Try it: foxyyy.com
Changelog: foxyyy.com/changelog
Built solo. No funding. Just shipping.
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