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<h3>Compress files directly within your monday.com boards with File Compress by ColumnMate. This powerful tool allows you to shrink images, compress PDFs, and bundle multiple files into ZIP archives without needing to download any additional software or leave your workflow.</h3><ul><li>Compress Images and PDFs: Supports a wide range of formats including JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF, TIFF, BMP, and PDF. Offers three compression levels to balance quality and file size.</li><li>Bundle Files into ZIPs: Easily select files from any column and download them as a single ZIP file, streamlining board organization and file sharing.</li><li>Automate Workflows: Integrate with monday.com automations to compress or zip files automatically upon upload, status change, or button click.</li></ul>Getting started is simple: install the app from the monday.com marketplace, set up automations in your board's Automation Center, and begin compressing files seamlessly. File Compress offers a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. Files are processed securely on AWS infrastructure and deleted immediately after compression, ensuring your data privacy.

File Compress for monday.com

<h3>Key Features:</h3><ul><li>View your website on mobile, tablet, and desktop viewports side by side for faster responsive web design testing.</li><li>Supports synced viewports for previewing webpages across common device sizes simultaneously.</li><li>Allows adding custom viewport dimensions in pixels.</li><li>Includes built-in presets for popular devices like iPhone, Android, iPad, tablets, laptops, desktops, and 4K screens.</li><li>Offers options to switch between column and grid layouts.</li><li>Enables rotation of individual viewports.</li><li>Provides functionality to pin important viewports to the front.</li><li>Allows expanding a single viewport for focused screen size inspection.</li><li>Features synced scrolling and navigation/interaction across viewports.</li><li>Supports switching between light and dark page themes where applicable.</li><li>Enables saving and reusing viewport configurations for different websites.</li><li>Includes a reset option to return to the default viewport setup.</li></ul>Responsive Simulator is an essential tool for developers, designers, and QA teams to efficiently check responsive web design. It streamlines the process of testing breakpoints, comparing layouts, reviewing spacing, and identifying mobile navigation issues before deploying changes. By consolidating multiple viewport sizes into a single interface, it eliminates the need for numerous browser windows or constant DevTools resizing, making it easier to spot layout problems across different screen sizes quickly.Common use cases include testing landing pages, checking responsive layouts during frontend development, reviewing client websites, QA testing, comparing navigation across devices, and testing custom breakpoints. This extension creates a local multi-viewport testing view within your browser without altering your website.It is particularly useful for frontend developers, web designers, UI designers, QA testers, indie hackers, and users of Webflow, Framer, WordPress, Shopify, and custom site builders who need a quick and effective way to test responsive web design across multiple device viewports concurrently.

Responsive Simulator - Multi Device Viewport

<h3>Sleek Analytics: A Privacy-First Google Analytics Alternative</h3>Discover Sleek Analytics, a modern and privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. Designed for the contemporary web, Sleek Analytics provides real-time website insights, cookieless tracking, and lightning-fast dashboards, ensuring you understand your audience without compromising their privacy.

Key Features:<ul><li>Real-time Analytics: Monitor live visitor activity, including their origin, actions, and conversion paths, all presented in a clean, intuitive dashboard.</li><li>Privacy-First &amp; Cookieless: Enjoy a compliant analytics solution out-of-the-box, eliminating the need for consent banners and GDPR complexities.</li><li>Core Web Vitals Tracking: Keep an eye on LCP, FID, and CLS metrics from real users to maintain and improve your Google search rankings.</li><li>Interactive Live Globe: Visualize your global audience in real-time as visitors arrive from around the world.</li><li>Revenue Attribution: Seamlessly integrate with payment providers like Stripe, Polar, Dodo, Paddle, and Lemon Squeezy to directly attribute revenue to marketing efforts.</li><li>AI Chat for Data Insights: Ask questions about your website data in plain English and receive instant, actionable answers without needing to write complex queries.</li><li>Simple Integration: Get started with just one line of code or a simple npm command, with a script under 1KB that remains invisible to your visitors.</li></ul>

Sleek Analytics is trusted by businesses of all sizes, from indie makers to growing teams, offering powerful tools that work together to provide a comprehensive view of your traffic and revenue. Experience a simpler, faster, and more private way to understand your website performance.

Sleek Analytics

<h3>Sync Cal.com bookings to monday.com boards in real time.</h3>Automatic field mapping, status tracking, webhook-powered updates, and an easy setup wizard that takes under two minutes.<ul><li>Real-time sync: Bookings appear on your board within seconds.</li><li>2-minute setup: Connect, pick event types, choose a board. Done.</li><li>10+ fields mapped: Status, time, attendees, location, event type, and more.</li><li>Whole team aligned: Everyone sees every booking without leaving monday.com.</li></ul><h3>Every booking, instantly on your monday.com board</h3>When a booking is created, rescheduled, or cancelled in Cal.com, it appears on your board within seconds. Automatic field mapping handles the details — status, time, attendees, location, event type, and more.<ul><li>Auto field mapping: Status, time, attendees, location — all mapped automatically.</li><li>Existing bookings: Import all existing bookings so your board starts complete.</li><li>Status tracking: Confirmed, cancelled, rescheduled — color-coded labels.</li><li>Webhook powered: Updates arrive within seconds, not minutes or hours.</li></ul><h3>Three steps. Two minutes. Zero friction.</h3>Connect your Cal.com account, pick your event types, choose a board. Columns are created automatically if they don't exist. No config files, no API keys, no developer required.<ol><li>Connect Cal.com: Securely connect with one click via OAuth. No API keys to manage, no config files to edit.</li><li>Pick event types: Choose exactly which Cal.com event types to sync. Keep your board focused on what matters.</li><li>Choose your board: Pick any monday.com board and group. Columns are created automatically. Start syncing.</li></ol>Our average customer is syncing bookings within 2 minutes of installing.<h3>Enterprise-grade protection, built in from day one</h3>Your data security is non-negotiable. All tokens are encrypted at rest, connections use OAuth 2.0, and we only store the minimum data needed to provide the sync.<ul><li>Encrypted at rest: All OAuth tokens and sensitive data are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. Your credentials never sit in plaintext.</li><li>Secure OAuth flows: Both Cal.com and monday.com connections use industry-standard OAuth 2.0. No passwords stored, ever.</li><li>Minimal data retention: We only store the minimum data needed for the sync. Uninstall and everything is permanently deleted.</li><li>TLS 1.2+ in transit: All data is encrypted in transit. Webhooks, API calls, and OAuth flows are fully secured.</li></ul><h3>Built for teams who value simplicity</h3>We built Cal.com Sync because existing integrations were too complicated, too unreliable, or didn't exist at all.Sync speedReal-time webhooksPolling, 5-15 min delaySetup timeUnder 2 minutes30+ min of configField mappingAutomatic, 10+ fieldsManual per-field configStatus updatesAuto color-codedManual or basicExisting bookingsOne-click importNot supportedColumn creationAutomaticManual setupData encryptionAES-256-GCM at restVariesFree trial14 days, no cardVaries by servicePricing that scales with you14-day free trial on every plan. No credit card required. Unlimited bookings on all plans. Billing handled through monday.com.<ul><li>Starter: $12 per month. For individuals and small teams. Includes up to 3 syncs, unlimited bookings, real-time sync, auto field mapping, status tracking, and email support.</li><li>Professional: $25 per month. For growing teams. Includes up to 10 syncs, unlimited bookings, everything in Starter, multiple boards &amp; groups, and priority support.</li><li>Business: $50 per month. For larger organizations. Includes up to 25 syncs, unlimited bookings, everything in Professional, advanced field mapping, and priority support.</li></ul>Annual discount available. Save 20% with yearly billing, handled through monday.com. For unlimited syncs, visit the monday.com plan selection after installing.

Cal.com Sync for monday.com

<h3>Sync Linear issues to your monday.com boards in real time.</h3>Give your whole team visibility into engineering work without leaving monday.com.Linear Integration bridges your engineering workflow with monday.com's project management automatically. Simply connect your Linear workspace, pick the fields you want to sync, and issues will sync to monday.com in real time.<h3>Key Features:</h3><ul><li>One-Way Sync: Every issue update in Linear, whether new, changed, or closed, reflects on your monday.com board within seconds. Changes made in monday.com do not flow back to Linear, ensuring Linear remains the source of truth for engineering.</li><li>Automatic Column Setup: Linear Integration automatically configures your monday.com columns based on your Linear fields. You choose which fields to include, and the integration handles the rest.</li><li>Unified Board: Allow both your backend and frontend teams, who work in Linear, to collaborate on the same monday.com board.</li></ul><h3>Getting Started is Easy:</h3><ol><li>Install from monday.com: Find Linear Integration on the monday.com marketplace and add it to your workspace. No coding required.</li><li>Connect Linear: Authorize your Linear workspace using OAuth. Your teams and projects are discovered automatically.</li><li>Start Syncing: Choose your desired fields and filters, and issues will begin flowing to your monday.com board in real time.</li></ol>Linear Integration offers a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. No credit card is required.

Linear Integration for monday.com

Auto-generate DESIGN.md and SKILL.md from any page's design system and use it with Claude, Codex and Cursor.DESIGN.md Inspector extracts design tokens from any webpage and generates ready-to-use DESIGN.md and SKILL.md files for AI coding agents. How it works: <ul><li>Open the side panel on any site</li><li>The extension automatically scans visible elements and CSS custom properties</li><li>Outputs structured markdown files following the Google DESIGN.md specification</li></ul>What it extracts:<ul><li>Colors — hex values, CSS variable names, inferred roles (background, text, accent, border)</li><li>Typography — font families, size scale, weight scale, line heights ↳ Spacing — margin, padding, gap values with base grid unit detection</li><li>Border radius — all detected radius values, normalized</li><li>Shadows — box-shadow values, labeled by intensity</li><li>Motion — transitions and animations with duration labels</li><li>Components — buttons, links, inputs, navigation, forms, images, tables </li></ul>What it generates: <ul><li>DESIGN.md — full design system documentation with color tables, typography scale, spacing grid, do's and don'ts, authoring workflow, component requirements, and definition of done</li><li>SKILL.md — agent skill file with frontmatter, tokens, constraints, and structured output rules</li><li>Design palette PNG — visual overview image of the extracted design system </li></ul>Built for AI-assisted development:<ul><li>Drop DESIGN.md into your project root for Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or Codex to follow</li><li>Install SKILL.md as an agent skill for context-aware component generation</li><li>Token-driven output ensures AI agents reference design tokens, not hardcoded values</li></ul>Key features:<ul><li>Zero config — works on any website, no setup required</li><li>Runs entirely locally — no API calls, no data sent anywhere</li><li>Auto-refreshes when you navigate between pages</li><li>One-click copy, download, or quick install to your project folder</li><li>Supports Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex project structures</li></ul>Use cases:<ul><li>Reverse-engineer any site's design system for reference</li><li>Bootstrap a design token file for a new project</li><li>Feed consistent design context to AI coding assistants</li><li>Audit an existing site's visual consistency</li><li>Generate component guidelines from extracted tokens All processing runs in your browser.</li></ul>No account required. No data leaves your machine.

DESIGN.md Inspector

<h3>About Apify Stats by ParseBird</h3>Apify Stats by ParseBird is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your experience on the Apify Store. It provides immediate access to crucial metrics directly on the actor cards, allowing for quick comparisons without the need to click into each individual actor.<h3>Key Features:</h3><ul><li>Pricing at a glance: View pricing details such as cost per 1,000 results (e.g., $4/1K), monthly subscription prices, or pay-per-usage (PPU) costs directly on the actor card.</li><li>Monthly Active Users (MAU): Instantly gauge the popularity of an actor by its 30-day active user count.</li><li>Last Update: Easily see how recently an actor was modified, displayed in a relative time format (e.g., "3 hours ago", "5 days ago").</li><li>Bookmark Actors: Save any actor with a single click and manage them from a personal dashboard.</li><li>Personalized Dashboard: Access your bookmarked actors, filter by pricing type, sort by name, MAU, or date, and search by name. All links are direct and affiliate-free.</li><li>One-click ON/OFF Toggle: Easily switch the stats display on or off from the dashboard; Apify tabs will refresh automatically.</li><li>Lightweight and Private: The extension is designed to be lightweight, with no tracking, no data collection, and no account required.</li><li>Broad Compatibility: Works seamlessly on apify.com/store, apify.com/store/categories, and all Apify Store listing pages.</li><li>Theme Support: Supports both light and dark themes.</li><li>First-time Use: The dashboard opens automatically on first install to help you get started quickly.</li></ul><h3>Ideal For:</h3><ul><li>Apify users who need to compare web scraping and automation tools effectively.</li><li>Developers evaluating actors based on cost, popularity, and update frequency.</li><li>Teams selecting the most suitable actor for a project without opening numerous browser tabs.</li></ul>

Apify Stats by ParseBird

ParseBird is a growing suite of Apify actors designed to be the data layer for your AI and automation stack.Most automation breaks at the data collection step. ParseBird handles that part so the rest of your pipeline gets clean, structured inputs every time.What makes it useful:<ul><li>Focused actors that do one thing well and keep doing it reliably</li><li>Consistent output schemas across every run</li><li>Plugs into any stack via Apify API, webhooks, or direct integrations</li><li>Built for developers who would rather ship than scrape</li></ul>→ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="http://parsebird.com">parsebird.com</a>

ParseBird — Web Scraping Layers for AI

GroupMail is a powerful Chrome extension designed for Gmail users who frequently send emails to groups. This tool allows you to create and manage email recipient groups and reusable email templates directly within Gmail. By typing a group name in the 'To' field, you can select it from the autocomplete dropdown, instantly adding every email address in that group. This eliminates the need for copying and pasting recipient lists, saving you time and effort.<h3>Key Features</h3><ul><li>Create and manage email recipient groups: Ideal for teams, clients, or departments. Add emails individually or in bulk, and edit, duplicate, export to CSV, or delete groups anytime.</li><li>Email Templates: Save frequently used email templates with subject lines and body content. Auto-fill the subject and email body by typing the template name in the subject field.</li><li>Privacy and Sync: All data is stored locally using Chrome Sync, ensuring privacy with no external servers or account requirements. Data is synced across devices.</li><li>Additional Features: Light and dark theme support, duplicate detection, and one-click template insertion into the compose window.</li></ul>GroupMail is perfect for Gmail power users who send regular updates, newsletters, or project notifications. It is lightweight, fast, and completely free, enhancing your email productivity while maintaining privacy.

GroupMail

Page Blur is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance privacy during screen sharing, recording, or taking screenshots. It allows users to instantly blur sensitive information on any webpage, ensuring that private data remains confidential. Key features include:<ul><li>Blur Element: Click to blur specific elements such as emails, names, and account numbers.</li><li>Blur Area: Draw a box to blur any region on the page.</li><li>Hide Tab Name: Replace tab titles and favicons with generic icons for added privacy.</li><li>Adjustable Blur Intensity: Control the strength of the blur effect from 1 to 20.</li><li>Persistent Blurs: Blurs are saved and automatically reapplied when revisiting the page.</li><li>Undo/Redo: Easily undo or redo actions if mistakes are made.</li></ul>This extension is perfect for remote workers, content creators, and developers who need to protect sensitive information during live demos or recordings. It is 100% free, requires no account, collects no data, and works offline. Simply toggle blurs on or off with the extension icon or use keyboard shortcuts for a faster workflow. Protect your privacy in seconds with Page Blur.

Page Blur

Browse any website in Chrome's side panel alongside your main tab.Your browsing session stays exactly where you left it. Unlike other side panel browsers, SidePanel Buddy automatically saves your last visited page - close the panel, switch tabs, or even restart Chrome, and your page will be right there waiting when you return.Choose your favorite search engine. Quickly switch between Google, Bing, Brave Search, Ecosia, or Yahoo directly from the side panel. Your preference is remembered across sessions. What is SidePanel Buddy? SidePanel Buddy transforms Chrome's side panel into a fully functional browser. Browse any website alongside your main tab, perfect for: <ul><li>Research - Keep references open while writing documents </li><li>Comparison shopping - View product pages side by side </li><li>Social media - Check Twitter, Reddit, or news without leaving your current page </li><li>Tutorials - Follow along with guides while working in another tab </li><li>Multitasking - Watch videos, read articles, or chat while browsing </li></ul>Key Features <ul><li>Session Persistence - Your page is automatically saved and restored </li><li>Multiple Search Engines - Google, Bing, Brave, Ecosia, Yahoo </li><li>Drag &amp; Drop - Drop any link into the panel to open it </li><li>Dark Mode Support - Automatically matches your system theme </li><li>Clean Interface - Minimal, distraction-free design </li><li>Fast &amp; Lightweight - No bloat, just browsing</li></ul>

SidePanel Buddy

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="break-all link-break text-gray-500 hover:underline" href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hkmgelldgjbjppkcconbpakhmolnddea?utm_source=peerlist">SEO Copilot</a> is a Chrome extension that delivers real-time, comprehensive SEO analysis directly in your browser's side panel. Simply click the extension icon while browsing any website to instantly access detailed insights including title/meta tag validation with character counts, heading hierarchy, internal/external link analysis with CSV export, image optimization checks, structured data validation, and social media tags. Designed for web developers, SEO professionals, and content creators, SEO Copilot eliminates the need for multiple tools or manual code inspection by providing all essential on-page SEO metrics in one beautifully organized interface.Key Features:<ul><li>Side&nbsp;Panel Interface&nbsp;– Non-intrusive analysis&nbsp;that stays&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;while you browse</li><li>Complete&nbsp;Meta Analysis&nbsp;– Title&nbsp;and description&nbsp;validation with optimal&nbsp;character count&nbsp;indicators</li><li>Heading Structure Audit&nbsp;– Visual&nbsp;hierarchy display&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;H1-H6 tags with&nbsp;color&nbsp;coding</li><li>Link Intelligence&nbsp;– Separate&nbsp;internal/external link analysis with nofollow detection&nbsp;and CSV export</li><li>Image Optimization&nbsp;Check&nbsp;– Identify&nbsp;missing alt text and title&nbsp;attributes with&nbsp;visual&nbsp;previews</li><li>Structured Data Viewer&nbsp;– Interactive&nbsp;JSON-LD schema&nbsp;markup&nbsp;display&nbsp;with&nbsp;syntax&nbsp;highlighting</li><li>Social Media Tags&nbsp;– Open&nbsp;Graph and Twitter Card validation for&nbsp;optimal&nbsp;social sharing</li><li>Technical SEO Checks&nbsp;– Canonical&nbsp;URLs, robots meta&nbsp;tags, sitemap.xml, and robots.txt verification</li><li>Mobile-Friendly Detection&nbsp;– Viewport tag&nbsp;and mobile optimization&nbsp;indicators</li><li>Word Count Analysis&nbsp;– Content&nbsp;length&nbsp;calculation&nbsp;excluding&nbsp;navigation&nbsp;and footer&nbsp;elements</li><li>Instant&nbsp;Refresh&nbsp;– Re-analyze pages&nbsp;after making changes without reloading the&nbsp;extension</li><li>Export&nbsp;Functionality&nbsp;– Download link and image data as CSV for&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;and analysis</li></ul>

SEO Copilot

Email Buttons is a powerful tool designed to transform your email communication by turning plain text links into eye-catching buttons directly within Gmail. This innovative solution is perfect for enhancing the effectiveness of sales emails, marketing campaigns, and event RSVPs by increasing click-through rates by up to 68%. No coding skills are required, making it accessible for all users.<ul><li>Seamless Integration: Installs in just 30 seconds and integrates directly into your Gmail compose window, allowing you to create and insert buttons without leaving your email workflow.</li><li>Pro Features: Save button styles as templates for quick reuse and add QR codes for easy mobile scanning, bridging digital and physical campaigns.</li><li>Enhanced Visibility: Studies show that buttons are more visible and command more attention than plain text links, making them an essential tool for any email that matters.</li></ul>Trusted by fast-growing companies worldwide, Email Buttons is a game-changer for professionals looking to enhance their email strategy with minimal effort.