[fwn]

There once was an amazing culture (and a sense of community) around the curation of tools. Just as I was browsing cybersectools, I remembered exetools(.com), which amazingly still seems to exist. There are even some aesthetic similarities to this submission, I think.

I also vaguely remember a very large registry that specialized in packers for executables, but I can't remember the name. Those were great for reducing the size of executable files, among other things. I don't think that's even a thing anymore. Still good times.

[jarofgreen]

I've noticed a lot of people use git repos as a way to crowd source this kind of data, and I'm currently working on tools to help in that situation: https://mastodon.online/@jarofgreen/112506346958981241

I've written in the past about these types of projects: https://opendataservices.coop/blog/2020/05/07/community-data...

The exetools website seems to be on its way out (domain for sale, no updates), which shows how hard it can be to get these types of projects to go well - I'm hoping I can help a bit!

[bux93]

I'm partial to https://tinyapps.org/ as an example of a nice curated collection of apps.

I also have fond memories of the tucows repository of PocketPC applications.