I built Kitzo because I was tired of searching for the same developer tools repeatedly
Hey everyone,
I recently launched Kitzo, a personal project built with Vue.js and Go:
I originally built it for my own needs.
As a developer, I regularly need small tools for one specific task. The tools usually already exist, but I have to search for a good one, try several websites, and then either bookmark it or search for it again later.
For example, I once needed a simple way to view CSV data as a readable table. Another time, I had logs containing Base64-encoded values and needed a quick decoder.
I have many examples like that: formatting JSON, decoding JWTs, comparing text, converting data, testing regular expressions, generating UUIDs, and so on.
Eventually, I decided to build Kitzo—a single place where I could keep all these tools instead of maintaining a large collection of bookmarks.
The goal is to make the tools:
- Easy to find
- Fast to use
- Consistent in design
- Available in one place
- Useful without requiring an account
It is still a growing personal project, and I would really appreciate honest feedback about the overall experience.
Does the idea make sense? Is the site easy to navigate? Would you use or bookmark something like this? What would you improve?
The interesting challenge with developer tools is that discovery is often harder than building the tool itself.
How are you thinking about making Kitzo become a daily workflow habit rather than just another collection of utilities developers visit once and forget?
“I know it exists but can’t find it” is the real problem here. Bookmarks preserve location, but usually lose the intent and context behind saving something. I’d consider letting people search by the job they’re trying to do—“decode a token from logs”—rather than only by tool name or category. The strongest wedge may be reducing recall burden, not simply collecting more tools.
This resonates a lot - I run a site that collects a bunch of online tools, and the "I know this exists somewhere but can't find it" problem is exactly what pushed me to start it. The hard part isn't collecting tools, it's making them discoverable without turning into another cluttered directory. How are you handling search and categorization in Kitzo?