Made by Lex from Techies Reviews

Free tools I built to fix my own problems.

techies.tools is the home of everything I've made so far: design tools that run in your browser, a visual editor for plain websites, a WordPress test bench, and tools for writing, recording, and reviewing videos.

See all apps Code on GitHub

Free to useNo plans, no paywalls, no trial.
No ads or trackingMost apps keep your work in your browser.
Open sourceUse and repurpose it, at your own risk.

On techies.tools

Design tools that share your style

These three live right here. Your choices are saved in your browser and travel between them.

Framework

Your design, written down once.

Choose your colors, fonts, spacing, and the look of every HTML element in one place. Export them as plain CSS plus an AI-ready guide, so any website or AI assistant can follow your design.

Open the Framework About Framework
Patterns

Ready-made pieces in your style.

A library of 3 ready-made interface pieces, such as buttons, cards, and scroll panels, drawn with your active Framework.

Browse patterns About Patterns
Glass card

Frosted glass without the guesswork.

Shape a frosted-glass card with blur, reflections, edges, glow, and a light you can drag around, then copy the result.

Make a glass card About Glass card

Curious what changed lately? Read the changelog

Apps with a home of their own

Each one lives at its own address and works on its own.

Website editor · editor.techies.tools

Native Site Editor

Edit plain websites. Keep them yours.

Your GitHub repository is the site. Edit it visually or in code, save it as a normal commit, and stop using the editor whenever you like.

Click to edit
Code beside the page
Saved to GitHub
Works with AI assistants

Open the editor Learn more GitHub

WordPress test bench · play.techies.tools

Techies Playground

Test premium WordPress plugins in seconds.

WordPress runs right in your browser tab. Plugins stay on your computer, and licence keys can live in an encrypted vault.

Your plugin vault
Reusable recipes
Any WordPress version
Encrypted licence keys

Open Playground Learn more GitHub

Video scripts · script.techies.tools

Script editor

Scripts that sound like you, not like AI.

Open a Markdown script from your computer and edit it in a calm view that saves itself back to your file. Select text, pick an edit, and your own AI agent answers right in place, with Keep or Undo.

Calm writing view
One-click edits
Before and after
Sounds like me
Your own agent
Ready to record

Open the script editor Learn more GitHub

Teleprompter · prompter.techies.tools

Prompter

Talk to camera without losing your place.

Big text that scrolls by itself, a second screen that opens your links as you reach them, and a script that lives inside its own link.

Built for reading
A second screen
Script checker
Write it with AI
Works offline

Open Prompter Learn more

Video review · video.techies.tools

Video Review

Review recordings word by word.

The video plays straight from your computer beside its transcript. Comment on exact moments, select words to cut, and export the comments and cut list.

Comments on the timeline
Cut from the transcript
Find anything
Works with your AI assistant

Open Video Review Learn more

Desktop app · Windows and macOS

CamFrame

Your camera, in any shape, on top.

A small app that does only that: pick a shape, drag it anywhere, and keep it on top while you record or present.

Four shapes
Frame yourself
Scenes and shortcuts

Download Learn more GitHub

Security and privacy

Your work stays with you

I don't run ads, analytics, or tracking cookies. This website keeps no database; its host, Cloudflare, keeps short-lived request logs so I can fix errors. Pages with GitHub buttons ask GitHub for public star counts. Here is where your data lives in each app.

Framework
- No account. Your Framework is saved only in your browser.
- Exports are files you download and own. There is no database.
- Fonts you pick load from Google Fonts.
Patterns
- No account. Your pattern settings are saved only in your browser.
- Some preview images load from Unsplash and Pexels.
Glass card
- No account. Your latest card is saved only in your browser.
- Nothing you make is sent anywhere.
Native Site Editor
- Sign in with GitHub. Your GitHub token stays on the server and never reaches the page's code.
- Unsaved drafts stay in your browser until you save.
- AI assistants can draft changes, but only you can save them.
Techies Playground
- No server and no account. Nothing is uploaded to Techies.
- Licence keys are encrypted with a master password that is never stored.
- Plugin search talks directly to WordPress.org.
Script editor
- No account and nothing to pay for.
- Scripts open from and save to your own device. A draft of unsaved changes stays in your browser.
- The server only passes your asks and the answers between this page and your agent. It never stores your script.
- No built-in AI: only the agent you connect sees your text.
Prompter
- No account and no server storage.
- A shared link carries the whole script after the #, which browsers never send to a server.
- The AI connection reads your script, answers, and keeps nothing. It keeps no request logs.
Video Review
- Videos play from your computer and are never uploaded.
- Comments and transcripts are saved in your browser. Download a backup at any time.
- A connected assistant reaches this tab through a relay; video files never pass through it.
CamFrame
- No account and no internet connection needed.
- Your camera image never leaves your computer; settings are saved in a local file.
- Builds are not code-signed yet, so Windows or macOS may ask you to confirm the first launch.

Open source

Free and open source

Every app is free. The code on GitHub uses the MIT licence: use it, change it, and share it, even in your own projects. It comes as is, so you run it at your own risk. Prompter and Video Review aren't on GitHub yet.

techies.tools MIT licenceThis website: Framework, Patterns, and Glass card
GitHub
Native Site Editor MIT licenceA visual editor for plain HTML and CSS websites that live in a GitHub repository.
GitHub
Techies Playground MIT licenceStart a WordPress test site in your browser with the premium plugins and themes you own.
GitHub
Script editor MIT licenceA clean editor for video scripts that sound like you, not like AI. Select text and your own AI agent rewrites it in place, as a before and after you keep or undo.
GitHub
CamFrame MIT licenceYour live camera in a movable shape that floats above every other window.
GitHub
Native Site Editor starter MIT licenceThe starter website Native Site Editor offers when you create a new site
GitHub

Where to find it

All addresses

Every app I run on techies.tools, each at its own address.

techies.tools This website: Framework, Patterns, and Glass card
editor.techies.tools Native Site Editor
play.techies.tools Techies Playground
script.techies.tools Script editor
prompter.techies.tools Prompter
video.techies.tools Video Review

Who makes this

A note from Lex

Hi, I'm Lex. I run Techies Reviews, where I test and explain web tools on YouTube and techies.review.

Everything here started as something I needed for my own work: a design system an AI assistant would actually follow, a website editor that doesn't lock my sites in, a quick way to test premium WordPress plugins, and tools for writing, recording, and reviewing my videos.

When a tool works well enough for me, I put it here for free, and I share its code on GitHub so you can see exactly what it does.

LexTechies Reviews

Framework

Patterns