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Narender singh
Narender singh

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I Made 21 Free Browser Tools So You Don't Have to Install Anything

Every time I needed a quick color converter or JSON formatter, I'd either:

A) Google it and land on an ad-riddled site that loads 47 trackers
B) Install yet another VS Code extension
C) Write a one-off script and forget where I saved it

So I built all the tools I keep reaching for and put them in one place. No installs. No accounts. No ads. Just browser-based utilities at ogpix-pi.vercel.app/tools.

Here's everything and why each one exists.

Image & Visual Tools

1. OG Image Generator — Create Open Graph preview images with custom text, colors, and layouts. The tool that started this whole project.

2. Favicon Generator — Upload an image, get favicons in all the sizes browsers actually need. ICO, PNG, Apple Touch. The whole set.

3. Image Resizer — Resize and crop images to specific dimensions. Preset sizes for social platforms. Everything runs client-side.

4. Color Palette Generator — Pick a base color, get complementary, analogous, and triadic palettes. Copy hex codes with one click.

5. Screenshot Mockup — Drop in a screenshot, get it wrapped in a browser frame or phone mockup. Great for portfolio sites and READMEs.

Text & Content Tools

6. Markdown Previewer — Write markdown on the left, see rendered HTML on the right. Live preview. Supports GFM.

7. Lorem Ipsum Generator — But not the boring kind. Generate placeholder text by paragraphs, sentences, or words. Pick different styles.

8. Word Counter — Paste text, get word count, character count, reading time, and sentence count. I use this for every blog post.

9. Case Converter — camelCase, snake_case, UPPER_CASE, Title Case, kebab-case. Paste and convert.

10. Text Diff Tool — Paste two blocks of text, see what changed. Highlighted additions and deletions. Like a mini Git diff.

Developer Tools

11. JSON Formatter — Paste ugly JSON, get pretty JSON. Validates too. Catches missing commas before your parser does.

12. Base64 Encoder/Decoder — Encode and decode Base64 strings. Also handles file-to-Base64 for data URIs.

13. URL Encoder/Decoder — Because I can never remember what needs percent-encoding and what doesn't.

14. Hash Generator — MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256. Paste text or upload a file. Useful for verifying downloads.

15. Regex Tester — Write a regex pattern, test it against sample text. Shows matches, groups, and explains the pattern. Saves me from regex101 tab-hopping.

16. JWT Decoder — Paste a JWT, see the header and payload decoded. No libraries needed.

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CSS & Design Tools

17. CSS Gradient Generator — Pick colors and direction, get the CSS. Linear and radial gradients with live preview.

18. Box Shadow Generator — Tweak offset, blur, spread, and color. Copy the CSS. Visual feedback while you adjust.

19. Border Radius Previewer — Drag corners independently. Get the border-radius shorthand. Helpful for those asymmetric shapes.

Conversion Tools

20. Timestamp Converter — Unix timestamp to human date and back. Shows UTC, local time, and ISO 8601. I check this at least once a week.

21. Unit Converter (CSS) — px to rem, em to px, viewport units. Set your base font size and convert between units.

Why Browser-Based?

Privacy. Your data stays in your browser. I don't want your JSON payloads or your JWTs. There's no backend collecting anything because there's no backend at all for these tools.

And speed. No server round-trips means instant results. Type and see output immediately.

Try Them

All 21 tools are at ogpix-pi.vercel.app/tools. Bookmark it. I add new tools whenever I find myself reaching for something that should just exist in a browser tab.

If there's a tool you wish existed, open an issue or DM me. I'll probably build it next weekend.

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