The Manuscript

Curated Tools
& Servers

Every tool here is real, maintained, and worth your time. Organized by what you're trying to do, not by hype cycle. Install commands included.

01

Document Processing

Parse, convert, and manipulate documents at scale.

Markitdown

GitHub

Convert any document to clean Markdown. Handles PDF, DOCX, PPTX, HTML, images, and more.

pip install markitdown

Docling

GitHub

Advanced document parsing with layout understanding. Extracts text, tables, and figures from PDFs and office formats.

pip install docling

Marker

GitHub

High-accuracy PDF to Markdown conversion. Handles academic papers, books, and complex layouts.

pip install marker-pdf

Unstructured

GitHub

Universal document parser. Extracts structured data from any file format for LLM pipelines.

pip install unstructured
02

Design & UI

Build beautiful interfaces with proven component systems.

shadcn/ui

GitHub

Beautifully designed, accessible components you copy into your project. Not a dependency — you own the code.

npx shadcn@latest init

Tailwind CSS

GitHub

Utility-first CSS framework. Write styles directly in your markup. The standard for modern web development.

npm install tailwindcss

Radix UI

GitHub

Unstyled, accessible component primitives. The foundation that shadcn/ui and many design systems build on.

npm install @radix-ui/react-dialog

Lucide

GitHub

Beautiful, consistent open-source icon library. 1500+ icons with React, Vue, and Svelte support.

npm install lucide-react
03

Development Tools

Ship faster with better tooling.

Biome

GitHub

Fast formatter, linter, and more. Written in Rust. One tool replaces ESLint and Prettier.

npm install --save-dev @biomejs/biome

Playwright

GitHub

Browser automation and end-to-end testing. Cross-browser, auto-wait, and built-in test runner.

npm install -D playwright

TypeScript-first schema validation. Define your types once, validate at runtime. The standard for type-safe APIs.

npm install zod

Turborepo

GitHub

High-performance monorepo build system. Caches builds, runs tasks in parallel, scales to any size.

npx create-turbo@latest
04

Marketing & Analytics

Measure what matters. Reach who matters.

Plausible

GitHub

Privacy-friendly web analytics. No cookies, no consent banners. Simple, accurate, open source.

docker compose up

PostHog

GitHub

Product analytics, feature flags, session replay, A/B testing. All-in-one, open source.

npm install posthog-js

Resend

GitHub

Email API built for developers. Clean API, React email templates, great deliverability.

npm install resend

Cal.com

GitHub

Open source scheduling infrastructure. Calendly alternative you can self-host and customize.

npx create-cal-app
05

Agent Frameworks

AI agents that write code, run commands, and ship software.

Claude Code

GitHub

Anthropic's agentic coding tool. Understands your entire codebase. Reads, writes, executes, and ships.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Codex

GitHub

OpenAI's coding agent. Sandboxed execution, multi-file editing, and autonomous task completion.

npm install -g @openai/codex

Goose

GitHub

Block's open source AI agent. Extensible, multi-provider, with a rich toolkit ecosystem.

brew install goose

Aider

GitHub

AI pair programming in your terminal. Git-aware, multi-file editing, works with any LLM.

pip install aider-chat
06

Local AI

Run models on your own hardware. No API keys. No data leaving your machine.

Ollama

GitHub

Run LLMs locally with a single command. Pull models like Docker images. CPU and GPU support.

brew install ollama

LM Studio

GitHub

Desktop application for running local LLMs. Clean UI, model management, and OpenAI-compatible API.

Download from lmstudio.ai

Open WebUI

GitHub

Feature-rich web interface for LLMs. Chat, RAG, model management, and multi-user support.

pip install open-webui

Local AI desktop app. Offline-first, cross-platform, with built-in model store and API server.

Download from jan.ai
07

Automation

Automate workflows, schedule jobs, and orchestrate systems.

Workflow automation platform with visual editor. 400+ integrations. Self-hostable, source-available.

npx n8n

Temporal

GitHub

Durable execution platform. Build reliable distributed systems. Automatic retries and state management.

brew install temporal

Windmill

GitHub

Developer platform for scripts, workflows, and UIs. Turn any script into a production workflow.

docker compose up

Trigger.dev

GitHub

Background jobs for developers. Long-running tasks with built-in retry, scheduling, and observability.

npx trigger.dev@latest init
08

Memory & Knowledge

Give your AI persistent memory and searchable knowledge.

Mem0

GitHub

Memory layer for AI applications. Persistent, contextual memory across conversations and sessions.

pip install mem0ai

ChromaDB

GitHub

AI-native embedding database. Store, search, and retrieve by semantic similarity. Dead simple API.

pip install chromadb

Qdrant

GitHub

High-performance vector search engine. Filtering, payload storage, and distributed deployment.

docker pull qdrant/qdrant

LanceDB

GitHub

Embedded vector database. Serverless, zero-config. Built on Lance columnar format for speed.

pip install lancedb
09

MCP Servers

Connect your AI agent to any external tool or data source.

Official MCP Servers

GitHub

Reference implementations by Anthropic. Filesystem, GitHub, Google Drive, Postgres, Puppeteer, and more.

npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Supabase MCP

GitHub

Connect your agent to Supabase. Query databases, manage auth, and interact with storage.

npx supabase-mcp-server

Browserbase MCP

GitHub

Cloud browser for AI agents. Navigate, click, extract data from any website at scale.

npx @browserbasehq/mcp-server

Neon MCP

GitHub

Serverless Postgres for AI agents. Branch databases, run migrations, and query data.

npx @neondatabase/mcp-server-neon

This catalog is updated regularly. Every tool listed has been personally tested and verified. If something breaks or a better alternative emerges, it gets swapped.