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🏆 Top 25 free AI tools for forum owners (2026 edition) - Sir-Vigu - 08-29-2026
🏆 The DF list — 25 free tools we actually use
Build & automate: 1. n8n · 2. ActivePiece · 3. Uptime Kuma · 4. Plausible · 5. Obsidian
Create: 6. CapCut · 7. Canva (free tier) · 8. Suno · 9. Excalidraw · 10. DaVinci Resolve
Research & write: 11. Perplexity · 12. Google Colab · 13. Hugging Face · 14. Ollama · 15. Zotero
Community ops: 16. Stop Forum Spam · 17. Mailtrain (self-hosted newsletter) · 18. Matomo · 19. LimeSurvey · 20. Grist
Fun & growth: 21. Paddle (video notes) · 22. Peek/vscode.dev · 23. DeepL · 24. Whisper (transcription) · 25. AnythingLLM
💬 Reply with the free tool WE missed — best addition gets quoted in the next edition.