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The Index

Ten tools from labs.llc, each opened up, measured and filed beside the open-web tools people already use, with its weak spots written on the card.

LABS builds labs.llc and publishes this catalogue. What that means for these verdicts.

The drawer, A to Z

Entries
10
Comparators read
21
Test-log lines
36
Tested
27 Sep 2026

All ten were measured between 19:58 and 20:14 UTC on a local copy of labs.llc build 537.

The catalogue

Ten entries, filed A to Z

Every card carries a call number, the sources the tool really reads, the tools it was set against and its weakest point. Tap a tag to narrow the drawer; each entry ends with a full spec sheet.

All 10 entries, filed A to Z.

  1. IX-01Earth

    ATLAS

    The planet drawn on the page itself, with country figures and live conditions wherever you click.

    Reads
    Natural Earth (embedded), World Bank (at build), Open-Meteo, USGS
    Against
    Google Earth; Our World in Data
    Weak spot
    No imagery or streets; figures are a snapshot
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:02–20:07 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • Computed on the page
    • No relay
    • Maps & earth
    Read the entry
  2. IX-02Sound

    Audio

    A DJ deck in a tab: tempo from 0.1x to 4x, live pitch, effects and a bank of visualisers.

    Reads
    Tone.js and jsmediatags (pinned); E1–E4 track lists; your folder
    Against
    Audacity; BandLab Studio
    Weak spot
    Cannot record or save the sound it makes
    Tested
    27 Sep, 19:59–20:10 UTC
    • No relay
    • Sound & image
    Read the entry
  3. IX-03Earth

    Bikes

    Every dock in a bike-share system, from the operator's own feed, ranked and mapped.

    Reads
    Operator GBFS feeds (Citi Bike first); CityBikes register
    Against
    Citi Bike app and station map; Transit; CityBikes
    Weak spot
    Cannot unlock a bike; skips alerts
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:04–20:08 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • No relay
    • Maps & earth
    Read the entry
  4. IX-04Internet

    Certificates & subdomains

    A domain's whole certificate history, the subdomains it exposes and the live certificate, side by side.

    Reads
    crt.sh (via its own relay); a live TLS handshake
    Against
    crt.sh; Qualys SSL Labs
    Weak spot
    Slow: about 24 s a lookup
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:00–20:06 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • Through a relay
    • Exports files
    • Web & domains
    Read the entry
  5. IX-05Utilities

    Deadline

    A wall of countdown clocks, every date computed in the page, each with its rule printed.

    Reads
    Nothing at run time: Meeus, US statute, EU directive
    Against
    timeanddate.com; US Naval Observatory
    Weak spot
    Clock-change card counts in your own zone
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:02–20:07 UTC
    • Computed on the page
    • No relay
    • Time & dates
    Read the entry
  6. IX-06Earth

    Holidays

    Public holidays for 204 countries, long weekends with bridge days, and Easter computed step by step.

    Reads
    Nager.Date open database; the computus needs nothing
    Against
    timeanddate.com; Office Holidays
    Weak spot
    Public holidays only; no calendar export
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:03–20:14 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • Computed on the page
    • No relay
    • Time & dates
    Read the entry
  7. IX-07News

    Newsy

    Eleven publishers' own feeds, newest first, with no ranking model and every figure counted.

    Reads
    11 RSS feeds through its own relay
    Against
    Google News; Ground News
    Weak spot
    Does not merge reworded stories
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:04–20:08 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • Through a relay
    • Markets & news
    Read the entry
  8. IX-08Design

    Product Lab

    254 LABS plates in three stocks, with copy set where each image is calmest.

    Reads
    Its own plate images; Google Fonts
    Against
    Adobe Express; Canva
    Weak spot
    Only its own archive; PNG only
    Tested
    27 Sep, 19:58–20:08 UTC
    • No relay
    • Exports files
    • Sound & image
    Read the entry
  9. IX-09Markets

    Stocks

    A private watchlist and charts from Yahoo's public data, with the plumbing labelled.

    Reads
    Yahoo Finance public endpoints via two open relays
    Against
    Yahoo Finance; TradingView
    Weak spot
    Every quote depends on free relays
    Tested
    27 Sep, 19:58–20:05 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • Through a relay
    • Markets & news
    Read the entry
  10. IX-10Earth

    Tides

    The next high and low at any NOAA station, with the real water level drawn over the prediction.

    Reads
    NOAA CO-OPS, read directly
    Against
    NOAA Tides & Currents; Tide-Forecast.com
    Weak spot
    US waters only, feet only
    Tested
    27 Sep, 20:01–20:07 UTC
    • Live feeds
    • No relay
    • Maps & earth
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Reading an entry

Seven parts, the same order every time

  • Measured first

    Each entry has a test log: what we asked for, at what minute UTC, and what came back, including the failures.

  • Rivals credited

    Two or three named tools per entry, each read on its own site, each credited with what it does better.

  • Spec sheet last

    A compact table of what the tool reads, where it runs, what it keeps and what limits it, as tested.