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simonw/tools

Assorted useful tools, almost entirely generated using LLMs observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/simonw/tools · homepage · HTML · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 63

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 887
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1840 stars · 187 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A collection of miscellaneous HTML+JavaScript single-page tools hosted at tools.simonwillison.net, almost entirely generated with LLMs as an experiment in prompt-driven development. The repo contains the source for dozens of small utilities like OCR, markdown converters, token counters, and image tools.

Use cases

  • run quick OCR on an image in the browser
  • convert rich text to markdown
  • count Claude tokens for a prompt
  • extract tables from HTML
  • resize images and check quality
  • find small single-purpose browser utilities

When to choose

  • you need a small client-side utility with no install
  • you want examples of LLM-generated JavaScript tools
  • you want to study prompt-driven development with commit transcripts

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained production library or API
  • you need tools with guaranteed support or tests
  • you need server-side or native application functionality

Facets

application · maturity active

developer-tools data-visualization ocr markdown json image-processing developer-tools web-development browser llm-generated-code prompt-driven-development single-page-tools client-side-javascript misc-utilities automation web-server

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
simonw/toolsmain69

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="simonw/tools")

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