Fol. 2Toolbox
Open-source software installed and tested in a real finance and IT setting. Each entry says what the tool is, what it was actually used for, and where it stands now. Nothing here is sponsored.
2.1Remote access and self-hosting
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| RustDesk + Tailscale | Self-hosted remote desktop running over a private mesh network. | Own relay server, remote support from a phone without opening ports to the internet. | In use |
| Awesome-selfhosted | A curated list of software you can run on your own machines. | Picking and running a small self-hosted stack in Docker behind the private network. | In use |
2.2AI assistants and agents
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| TypeSafe Jev | A judgment model that returns typed yes/no, choice and score answers with probabilities. | Bulk classification with a rule: anonymise first, never send raw ledger or bank data. | In use |
| Windows-MCP | An MCP server that lets an AI assistant operate the Windows desktop. | Driving desktop apps that have no API, under supervision. | In use |
| Blender MCP | Lets an AI assistant build and render 3D scenes in Blender. | Rendering clean 3D product images without a photo shoot. | Used |
| image-blaster | An assistant skill that turns one image into a 3D scene, model and audio. | Installed and passed its test suite; kept for experiments. | Installed |
2.3Speech and meeting notes
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| Fun-ASR | Local speech-to-text that runs on an ordinary PC. | Turning meeting recordings into question-and-answer minutes in Word, fully offline. | In use |
| VoxCPM2 | Local text-to-speech model. | Generating voice-overs on CPU, no cloud service. | Installed |
2.4Browsers and data collection
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| Lightpanda | A lightweight headless browser built for automation. | Benchmarked against headless Chromium on 20 pages, with telemetry switched off. | Evaluated |
2.5Recording and media
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| OBS Studio and ShareX | Screen recording and capture. | Recording walkthroughs with system audio after fixing the capture device setup. | In use |
2.6Reverse engineering
| Tool | What it is | What it was used for | Status |
|---|
| REA + Ghidra | An agent toolkit on top of the Ghidra disassembler. | Installed and health-checked for inspecting how desktop software behaves. | Installed |
Status means: in use — part of regular work; used — applied to a real task; installed — set up and verified, not yet in daily use; evaluated — tested and compared. Every tool belongs to its own authors and licence.