10 Free Tools Every Bootstrapped Founder Should Bookmark

Bootstrapped doesn't have to mean unpolished. Here are ten free tools that cover the unglamorous parts of shipping a product — the parts that quietly make everything look more legitimate.

For your landing page

• Logoipsum — free placeholder logos so a "trusted by" section doesn't look empty while you wait for real customers.
• BGJar — free SVG background generator for a hero section that needs more than a flat colour.
• Color Hunt — thousands of curated colour palettes if you have zero design background and need one fast.
• Fontjoy — generates font pairings in one click instead of an hour of Google Fonts roulette.

For talking about what you built

• ray.so — turns a code snippet into a clean, shareable image for a tweet or blog post.
• Screenity — record a quick product demo straight from Chrome, no install friction for the person watching you use it.
• Really Good Emails — a gallery of real marketing emails to study before you write your first launch announcement.

For staying on the right side of the rules

• Plausible or Umami — privacy-first analytics that don't need a cookie consent banner to stay legal.
• einvoicekit — a free e-invoice validator if you're selling into the EU and need the compliance format right.

For finding your first users

Submit your tool to a directory like this one — it costs nothing, takes about a minute, and puts your product somewhere people are actively searching for tools like yours, not just on the day you launch.