Open source

Tools we build, and publish in the open.

Every tool Reidify and Rish Sadh release on GitHub gets a page here: what it does, the command to run it, and why it got built. Follow the build on Instagram and LinkedIn.

5 releases4 series

01Series

AI readability

Tools that show what an AI crawler or answer engine can actually read on a page.

LiveLaunched @reidifydesign

crawler-snapshot

Find out what AI and search crawlers really see on your JavaScript site, then save real HTML for them using the Chrome you already have.

Install crawler-snapshot: npx crawler-snapshot check https://your-site.example --crawl

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AI Readability Checker

Reads the raw HTML of any URL and reports what AI crawlers and answer engines can actually parse.

Install AI Readability Checker: npx github:reidifydesign/ai-readability-checker example.com

02Series

Writing standards

Copy rules a program can check, so the human read goes to what a program cannot judge.

LiveLaunched @reidifydesign

house-style-linter

Reidify's copy rules as a linter: 25 deterministic checks for em dashes, stock phrases, unsourced numbers and other things a machine can decide.

Install house-style-linter: git clone https://github.com/reidifydesign/house-style-linter && cd house-style-linter && python -m house_style_linter examples/before.md

03Series

Research and data

Studies where the data, the method and the limits are in the repo.

LiveLaunched @rishsadh

Profile README guide

What top GitHub profile READMEs contain: 25 of the 44 most-followed accounts have none. 30 READMEs coded, with data and scripts in the repo.

Install Profile README guide: git clone https://github.com/rishsadh/profile-readme-guide && cd profile-readme-guide && python summarize.py

04Series

Browser builds

Small builds that run in a browser, with the code in one place.

LiveLaunched @rishsadh

Antikythera

A working reconstruction of the Antikythera mechanism in one HTML file. Scroll turns the crank, and every gear turns at its true ratio.

Install Antikythera: git clone https://github.com/rishsadh/antikythera

On GitHub

New releases are added here as they ship.