Founder, Reliable Software Technology
Our story
Built in a quiet office,
for everyone who builds.
A2Z Tools started in a lockdown, with an empty project board and a simple question: why do we keep using everybody else's tools? Five years later it is home to 1,122 free tools, and it is still made by the same small team in Bengaluru.
2021first line of code
1,122free tools today
52categories
3logos along the way
Chapter 1
The lockdown that changed the plan
When COVID-19 shut the world down, the client work at Reliable Software Technology went quiet too. For the first time in years the team had no project waiting on Monday morning.
Syed Salman, the software architect who would go on to create A2Z Tools, spent his days the way most developers do: jumping between other people's websites to test a push notification, minify a stylesheet, check a meta tag or turn an image into Base64. Every one of those sites had ads in the way, a sign-up wall, or a limit that arrived just when you needed it.
“Why can't we build all of this ourselves? Everything we make goes to a client and lives or dies by their mood. Reliable Software Technology should own something of its own, something public.”
Syed Salman, creator of A2Z Tools
So the search for a name began. We wanted one word that promised everything, from A to Z, and we found it: a2z.tools.
Chapter 2
30 September 2021: the first commit
On 30 September 2021 the repository was created and the first code went in. A day later the first two tools were live, Image to Base64 and Base64 to Image. Within two weeks there were minifiers, a QR code generator, a password generator, an age calculator and, of course, the Push Notification Tester that started the whole idea.
● Syed Imran git init: create the a2z-tools repository # where it all began
● Syed Salman First commit: one home for every tool we keep borrowing
● Syed Salman Add Image to Base64 and Base64 to Image
● Syed Salman Add minifiers, QR codes and a password generator
● Syed Salman Add Push Notification Tester # the idea that started it
● Syed Salman Launch the A to Z homepage
● Shahnawaz Build the resume maker with accounts and saved CVs
● Shahnawaz Add the AI Writer, the blog and browser extensions
● Thansingh Move every page onto the new layout
● Rishad Ship new tools and polish the details people notice
# ... 2,000+ commits later, still going24 tools on the very first homepage
- Address by Lat Long
- Image to Base64
- Base64 to Image
- CSS Minify
- JavaScript Minify
- HTML Minify
- Compare Text String
- Lat Long by Address
- Word to PDF
- Character Count
- QR Code Generator
- Barcode Generator
- HTML Editor
- Color Picker
- Secure Password Generator
- JSON Formatter
- BMI Calculator
- Internet Speed Test
- Age Calculator
- Download Video from URL
- Push Notification Tester
- What is my IP
- Meta Tag Length Checker
- Currency Converter
These are the tools on the homepage as the Wayback Machine saw it in November 2021. Every one of them is still here.
Chapter 3
Year by year
Not a straight line. Growth came in bursts, and some years were simply about keeping the lights on.
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2021
The first hundred
From two Base64 converters in October to roughly 120 pages by the end of the year: developer utilities, SEO checks, calculators and unit converters. The first logo, a playful A·2·Z in three circles, went up on 6 October.
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2022
Widgets and a new face
We went past 200 pages and built our first products for website owners: WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Viber and All-in-One chat widgets, the YouTube thumbnail downloader and a resume maker with PDF export. In November the site got its second logo, a bold dark A beside the wordmark, along with a dark mode.
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2023
–2024The steady years
Client projects came back and A2Z Tools ran on its own. Visitors kept arriving and the tools kept working. At the end of 2024 the site was rebuilt underneath, with a new layout and dynamic headers ready for what came next.
2023, with the second logo -
2025
AI, accounts and extensions
The AI Writer arrived, the resume maker gained accounts and saved CVs, the blog launched and A2Z Tools appeared in the Chrome, Firefox and Edge extension stores. The site finished the year with about 350 pages.
2025: search first, extensions in the stores -
2026
From A to Z, for real
The biggest year by far. Live Chat, network and security tools, music tools and a device health check came first. In August the homepage was redesigned around the third logo, a gradient A that travels from blue to coral. September brought 450 new tools in a single month, followed by embeddable widgets, our own browser extensions, an Android app, the A2Z Workspace suite of business apps, and a catalogue of 1,122 tools.
Today: “From A to Z, consider it done.”
Chapter 4
Everything under one A, today
The push notification tester is still here. Around it, five years of “we could build that ourselves” have grown into seven different things you can use, all of them free to start and all of them made by the same small team.
1,122
Free online tools
Converters, calculators, PDF and image tools, SEO checks, developer and network utilities in 52 categories. Most open and work without an account.
Browse the tools → 505Embeds for any website
Calculators, clocks, countdowns, maps and page components that paste into any site, blog or store with one line of code.
Open the embed library → 6Chat widgets
WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Viber and All-in-One chat buttons, and Live Chat software with a real inbox for your team.
See the widgets → 41A2Z Workspace
Our micro-SaaS suite: notes, tasks, a simple CRM, invoices, expenses, time tracking and more, behind one sign-in.
Explore the apps → 21Browser extensions
Our own extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge, so the tools you use most are one click away on any page.
Add an extension → 5Android apps
Video Downloader App, qr-code-barcode-scanner-generator - Business Card Scanner, PromptCast - Teleprompter, EchoMinute - Voice Recorder. Built for everyday jobs, with as much as possible done on your phone itself.
Get the apps → 1A2Z's own fonts
Typefaces we designed ourselves, including A2Z Veyra, each with a live tester and the licence for the exact version.
See the fonts →Chapter 5
One name, three logos
Each logo marks a chapter. Put side by side, they show how the site grew up.
Chapter 6
Twenty-six letters, one road of colour
When the third logo arrived, its gradient became a rule for the whole site. Every letter got its own place on the road from blue to coral: A starts in blue, Z ends in coral, and every tool takes the colour of its first letter, right down to its icon. On the homepage you tap a letter to see its tools. Here, tap one to see its story.
77 tools start with A
The start of the road: the blue that opens our logo.
- Address by Lat Long
- Age Calculator
- AI Email Writer Online
- Audio to Text
- Article Writing
- AI Paraphraser
Letters explored 1/26
You've travelled from A to Z. That was the whole idea from the start.
Now spell your name in A2Z tools
Every letter is a tool. Type a name, a brand or a word, and watch it become a toolbox.
Then and now
Same address, five years apart
Drag the handle to travel from our first homepage in November 2021 to the one you can open today.
Chapter 7
The people behind it
A2Z Tools is a product of Reliable Software Technology, a software company in R.T. Nagar, Bengaluru.
Software Architect
Shahnawaz
Thansingh
Senior Developer
Rishad
UI/UX Designer
Muntaha
Digital Marketer · SEO Expert
What hasn't changed since day one
Free, without the catch
Most tools work straight away, with no sign-up and no trial that runs out.
How we keep it
The tools are paid for by ads, not by you. If the ads get in your way, Ad-Free removes them, and the tools stay exactly the same.
Fast and to the point
A tool should open, do its job and get out of your way. Many run entirely in your browser.
How we keep it
Converters, calculators, formatters and many image and PDF tools do their work in your browser, so there is no upload to wait for.
Your files stay yours
Where a tool can work on your device, it does. What has to reach our server is processed and deleted.
How we keep it
Tools that run in your browser never upload your file at all. The ones that need our server, like video downloads, clean up after themselves.
Built by people who use it
Every tool started as something we needed ourselves. That is still how we decide what to build next.
How we keep it
The Push Notification Tester exists because we needed it. So does most of what followed, and the contact page is how your ideas join the list.
Chapter 8
Milestones, and the road ahead
Every flag behind us started as a goal in front of us. These are the ones we are driving towards now.
- Sep 2021 First commit The repository is born in a lockdown.
- Oct 2021 The first 24 tools Push notification tester, minifiers, Base64 and more.
- 2022 200 pages and chat widgets Our first products for website owners.
- 2025 AI Writer and browser extensions A2Z in the Chrome, Firefox and Edge stores.
- 2026 1,122 free tools 450 of them in a single month.
- 2026 AI across the site AI writing, transcription, photo restoration and more.
- 2026 Workspace, apps and our own fonts A2Z grows past the browser tab.
- Today You are here Reading the story so far.
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The big goal
10,000 tools. Every industry. One platform.
Whatever tool exists, for whatever work you do, should have a home on A2Z, free to open and ready in seconds. We are at 1,122, with 8,878 to go.
- Developers
- Designers
- Marketing
- SEO
- Finance
- Health
- Education
- Engineering
- Construction
- Legal
- Retail
- Travel
- Agriculture
- Media
- Music
- Security
- Logistics
- Real estate
- HR
- Science
- Manufacturing
- Hospitality
- Energy
- Everyday life
19/26
Goal
Every letter, at least 25 tools
No thin letters in the alphabet. Right now the thinnest is X, with 7.
Next milestone
AI plugins
A2Z tools inside the AI assistants and apps you already use, so your assistant can convert, calculate or check with a real tool instead of guessing.
Next milestone
A growing family of AI tools and apps
More AI for writing, images, audio and video, and AI apps in the Workspace, each one built to finish a real job, not to show off a demo.
Next milestone
Run a small business on A2Z
One account, only the apps you choose: invoices, quotations, contracts and the everyday work in between, inside A2Z Workspace.
Next milestone
More of A2Z in your pocket
More Android apps that do one job well and keep your files on your phone.
Next milestone
A family of A2Z typefaces
More fonts of our own, free to try in the browser before you download.
Your milestone
The tool you wish existed
Most of our tools began as somebody's request. Tell us yours and it could be the next flag on this road.
Suggest it →Goals, not promises: we will update this road as we go.
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A2Z Tools (a2z.tools) is a free online toolbox of 1,122 tools for files, media, text, the web and everyday work. It began during the COVID lockdown in 2021 at Reliable Software Technology, a software company in Bengaluru, India, when software architect Syed Salman came up with the idea to build the developer tools his team kept borrowing from other sites. Today it also offers embeddable widgets, chat widgets, the A2Z Workspace suite of business apps, browser extensions, Android apps and its own fonts.
Story angles
- The lockdown project. A software company with no client work builds the tools it kept borrowing, and ends up with 1,122 of them.
- A team, one repository. From a single developer in a lockdown to a small team shipping tools every week, all in one codebase.
- An alphabet with colours. How one gradient logo became the design system for every letter, tool and icon.
- Free, without the catch. Building a large free toolbox with no sign-up wall, paid for by ads instead of users.
Questions people ask us
Is A2Z Tools free to use?
Yes, the large majority of tools on A2Z Tools are free to use, and most do not require account signup.
What kinds of tools does A2Z Tools offer?
A2Z Tools offers a wide range of utilities including calculators, unit converters, text tools, image and PDF tools, video/audio downloaders, AI writing tools, and more.
Where can I see the full list of tools?
The site's all-tools directory page lists the available tool categories and individual tools.
The story is still being written
If there is a tool you keep looking for, tell us. That is how most of these began.
Psst. Type a2z anywhere on this page.
