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Introducing Crooli Sans, Our Open-Source Typeface
Crooli now has its own typeface. Crooli Sans is a free, open-source fork of Geist with a friendlier character, nine weights, true italics and a variable font. It now sets every word on this site.
Nubble: A Faster Way to Find Anything on Your Mac
Nubble is a free Spotlight-style launcher for macOS. Press Option-Space to find apps and files, do quick sums, ask AI with your own key, search the web, browse your clipboard history and convert files.
PHP's Critical Security Release, and the Countdown to 8.6
Two unauthenticated remote code execution flaws in PHP were patched on 21 October 2026. Here is what changed, who is affected, what to upgrade to, and where PHP 8.6 stands.
Clawd Buddy: A Tiny Pixel Crab Who Lives on Your Mac
Clawd wanders your screen, hides in the menu bar, times your focus, tidies folders and tells you when Claude Code is done. He is drawn entirely from rectangles.
Portal 2D: 53 Chambers, All Solved Before You Arrive
A pixel-art portal puzzler that runs in your browser. See-through portals, lasers, a map builder, and a bot that plays every level before you do.
Crooli Flights: A Calm Live Map of the Sky
Every aircraft in the sky, live, on a quiet map. Routes, photos, airport boards, weather, flight replay and a 3D view, free with no account.
Introducing Stride
Stride is a free, calm place to learn Maths, Python and Java at your own pace, with a small guide called Pip. No account, no ads, no tracking.
Meet Oli, the Crooli Assistant
Oli is an AI assistant that answers questions about Crooli, its products and its news in a few short sentences. Here is how it works and what it will not do.
Introducing Crooli Academy
Tiny, playful tutorials on the terminal, the web, git and AI. Six courses, 18 short lessons, practice you do in the page, and no account.
Introducing Croo
Croo is now a desktop app: a quick, minimal, open-source coding agent with a pixel frog. Bring your own API key or a local model. Find it at ai.crooli.com.
VS Code vs Zed: Which Editor Should You Use?
The editor most developers use, set against a newer one with collaboration built in. Usage trends, features, shortcuts, and a checker for what you need.
Claude vs GPT-6: What a Million Tokens Costs
Anthropic and OpenAI price their line-ups at the same three points. Here is where the real differences hide, with a calculator for your own workload.
Codex, Explained: Models, Modes, and Costs
What OpenAI's Codex is, where it runs, which models power it, how to switch between them, and what faster modes really cost.
Claude 5.5: A Field Guide for Builders
Four Claude models, one family. What each is for, what it costs, how caching changes the maths, and how to pick without overspending.
Introducing Torrentory Client
Torrentory Client is a minimal desktop BitTorrent client for macOS and Windows, with simple downloads and a built-in media player.
Introducing Torrentory
Torrentory is a free, open-source torrent client for Mac and Windows: uncapped, no ads, no Pro tier, and a built-in media player. It is a client only, not a torrent index.
Introducing Crooli Lens
Crooli Lens turns public articles into calm, focused reading views that are easier to read, listen to, save, and share.
Introducing Crooli Search
Crooli Search brings a cleaner web search experience to the Crooli platform, with a minimal interface, relevance-focused results, and a custom engine in preview.
Introducing TIZZLE: Crooli Studio Has a New Name
Crooli Studio is becoming TIZZLE, a dedicated digital studio focused on building websites, brands, and digital experiences for businesses.
GhostBeam Has Evolved: Private Browser Tools, No Account Required
Meet the latest GhostBeam update: a redesigned home for private chat, direct file transfers and in-browser PDF signing.
The Future of Crooli: Building a Technology Company One Useful Product at a Time
A detailed look at how Crooli is growing beyond client delivery into a connected technology company spanning digital, software, AI, and independent products.
How Crooli Approaches Practical AI
Crooli's approach to AI starts with useful outcomes, user control, clear limits, and products that prove their value in real workflows.
How the Parts of Crooli Work Together
Crooli combines a digital studio, software engineering, AI, and independent products through one shared operating standard.
How Crooli Decides What to Build
A practical framework for deciding whether an idea should become a client solution, an internal system, a public product, or remain an experiment.
Meet Xander Taylor, Founder of Crooli
How Xander Taylor's focus on closing the gap between strategy and execution shapes Crooli's products, delivery standards, and long-term direction.
Why Crooli Has a Digital Studio
The Crooli digital studio connects strategy, web design, software, marketing, hosting, and ongoing improvement around measurable business outcomes.
GhostBeam Now Supports P2P Video Calls
GhostBeam is a private zero-backend chat app by Crooli, now with direct peer-to-peer video calls.
What’s New in Lexi
Lexi has been updated with daily streaks, colour themes, Word of the Day, Unlimited Mode, hints, a helper panel, and a cleaner mobile experience.
Cortical Is Live
Introducing Cortical, a free AI tools platform by Crooli built around bring-your-own-key access.
Lexi Is Live
Introducing Lexi, a clean Wordle-style browser game built by Crooli.
Speedtest by Crooli Is Live
Introducing Speedtest by Crooli, a minimal browser-based internet speed test for checking ping, download, and upload speed.