AI Tools Directory

A short, opinionated list of AI tools worth knowing — what each is good at, where it falls short, and whether it works from where you are. Every link goes straight to the official site.

Chatbots

ChatGPTOpenAI's general-purpose assistant, the most widely used AI productBlocked in CNChatWriting ClaudeAnthropic's model, strongest on long documents and codeBlocked in CNChatLong context GeminiGoogle's model, with the largest context window and deep Workspace integrationBlocked in CNChatMultimodal DeepSeekOpen-weight Chinese model with near-frontier reasoning at a fraction of the costChatOpen weights DoubaoByteDance's chat assistant, the most widely used in ChinaChatVoice KimiMoonshot AI's model, built around long-document handling and natural ChineseChatLong context QwenAlibaba's assistant, strong on long documents and office workChatDocuments Tencent YuanbaoTencent's assistant, with access to WeChat article searchChatWeChat ChatGLMZhipu AI's GLM assistant, with academic rootsChatAgents

AI agents

ManusA general-purpose agent that plans and executes tasks on its ownAgentAutomation CozeByteDance's no-code platform for building AI agentsAgentsNo-code DifyOpen-source platform for building LLM apps, self-hostableOpen sourceWorkflows GensparkA search-first agent that can produce slides and reportsAgentSearch

Writing

Notion AIWriting and Q&A assistant built into NotionWritingNotes GrammarlyGrammar checking and polishing for English, in nearly every text boxEnglishGrammar DeepLMachine translation known for natural output, plus a writing assistantTranslationEditing XiezuocatProofreading, rewriting and drafting for Chinese textChineseProofreading

Office & slides

GammaTurn a topic or outline into a slide deck in secondsSlidesWeb pages WPS AIAI features inside the WPS Office suiteOfficeDocs TingwuTranscribes meetings and recordings, then extracts key pointsTranscriptionMeeting notes

Coding

GitHub CopilotIn-editor code completion with the widest editor supportCompletionEditor plugin CursorAn editor with AI built in, strongest on changes that span multiple filesAI editorMulti-file Claude CodeA terminal coding agent that reads files, runs commands and edits code itselfBlocked in CNTerminalAgentic TraeByteDance's AI code editor, friendly to Chinese usersEditorAgent WindsurfAn AI editor built around agentic workflowsEditorAgent LovableDescribe an app in chat and get a deployable web appApp builderFull-stack v0Vercel's UI generator that outputs React componentsFrontendReact

Image

MidjourneyThe most consistently attractive output, at the cost of controlBlocked in CNImageAesthetics Stable DiffusionOpen-weight image model that runs locally and takes fine-grained controlImageOpen weights JimengByteDance's image and video generator, built for Chinese promptsImageVideo IdeogramImage generation that gets text in images rightText-to-imageTypography LiblibAIA Chinese model-sharing community with online generationModel hubLoRA CivitaiThe largest community hub for open image modelsModel hubLoRA

Design

CanvaTemplate-driven online design with built-in AI toolsGraphic designTemplates LovartA design agent that produces a full set of assets from one briefDesign agentBranding GaodingChinese online design platform with e-commerce templatesGraphic designE-commerce remove.bgDoes one thing: removes image backgrounds in secondsCutoutBackground removal

Video

RunwayVideo generation plus a full editing toolchain, aimed at working creatorsVideoEditing suite KlingKuaishou's video model, usable inside China without setupVideoImage-to-video HailuoMiniMax's video generator with natural motion and expressionsText-to-videoImage-to-video PikaPlayful video generation focused on effectsVideo generationEffects HeyGenAvatar presenter videos and video translationAvatarsPresenter

Audio

ElevenLabsSpeech synthesis with the most natural output currently availableTTSVoice cloning SunoFull songs — arrangement, vocals and lyrics — from a one-line descriptionBlocked in CNMusicWith vocals DescriptEdit audio and video by editing the transcriptPodcastsEditing Adobe PodcastMake ordinary recordings sound studio-quality in one clickNoise removalVoice enhancement

AI search

PerplexityAI search with citations — every claim traces back to a sourceBlocked in CNSearchCited answers MetasoAd-free Chinese AI search that answers directlyAI searchAcademic NotebookLMA research notebook that answers only from your sourcesBlocked in CNSource Q&AAudio overviews ConsensusA search engine that finds answers in academic papersAcademicPaper search

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