25 Strange Internet Tools That Still Exist
The internet keeps burying old tools under trends, then those tools quietly survive anyway. These are the weirdly durable ones: tiny, useful, usually ugly, and still online.
1. ASCII text generators
Still used for signatures, bios, and hacker-ish project READMEs.
2. Online stopwatch clones
One button, no account, no setup. Perfect for fast focus blocks.
3. Pixel art grid makers
Low-friction drawing tools for tiny icons and game experiments.
4. One-page QR makers
Upload nothing, paste text, export a QR, leave immediately.
5. Text diff viewers
Ancient UI, still the fastest way to compare two versions of copy.
6. Color palette randomizers
Designers still use these when they need a direction quickly.
7. Browser synth toys
Tiny music labs that let you noodle in twenty seconds.
8. Password entropy checkers
Simple meters that explain weak patterns better than warnings.
9. Random wheel pickers
Useful for choices, prompts, and fake productivity rituals.
10. URL short-link inspectors
Old but still necessary for checking unknown links safely.
11. Plain markdown previewers
Still easier than opening a full editor when formatting quick notes.
12. Web-safe font testers
Niche now, but still alive in old enterprise design workflows.
13. Time zone overlap tools
Tiny widgets for remote teams trying to meet across continents.
14. Countdown generators
Launch pages, weddings, streams, and joke deadlines all use them.
15. Browser white-noise pages
Single-tab rain or cafe audio with no app install.
16. Unit converters with zero ads
These feel illegal only because they are still fast and clean.
17. Tiny URL encoders
Useful for debugging query strings and tracking links.
18. SVG path playgrounds
A favorite among frontend devs animating custom shapes.
19. Fake identity generators
Great for placeholder forms and staging environment tests.
20. “What is my IP?” tools
Still the quickest way to debug network and VPN oddities.
21. Retro GIF compressors
Ancient interfaces, still unmatched for quick meme optimization.
22. Barebones Pomodoro timers
No account, no streak guilt, just work and break intervals.
23. Hex and RGB converters
The smallest web utility with the largest cumulative impact.
24. Domain WHOIS lookup pages
Still useful for trust checks and ownership clues.
25. Minimal quote rotators
Because sometimes one random sentence resets your whole mood.
These tools survive because they respect a rare contract: open fast, do one job, leave no mess.