What Is Best of AI?
A hand-picked list of AI tools, built by one person who got tired of the noise.
The short version
Best of AI is a directory of AI tools worth using. Every entry gets checked by a person before it goes live. Nothing pays to get in, and nothing pays to rank higher.
Why it exists
Most “AI tool lists” online are copy-pasted from each other, full of dead links, with half the entries being thin wrappers around someone else’s API. Best of AI is built and maintained by Dariush Abbasi, who wanted a list he could actually trust rather than one built to sell placement. The project runs on open source values: the data is public, the code is public, and anyone can check a listing or send a fix.
What you’ll find here
- Tools grouped into categories, from writing assistants to image generators
- Pages built around specific jobs, so a photographer or a lawyer can see only what applies to them
- A leaderboard ranking tools by real usefulness, not marketing budget
- Alternative pages for comparing a tool against others that do the same job
- Directories for AI companies, hardware, and models, for anyone who wants to go past “here’s an app”
Who it’s for
Anyone trying to find a tool that solves a real problem, without wading through affiliate spam to find it.
It’s open source
The whole project, data, site code, and the pipeline that builds it, is public on GitHub at best-of-ai/best-of-ai. Read more in How the Site Works and Fair, Open Source, and Hand-Picked.