The problem with tool websites
Most online tool collections have the same problem: you land on a homepage, hunt for the tool you need, click through, use it, and next time you need it — you start over. Bookmarks help, but you end up with a messy bookmark folder instead of a messy homepage.
HelpyTools has tools across five categories — converters, developer tools, color tools, text tools, and image tools. If you're a developer, you might reach for the JSON Formatter, Regex Tester, and Hash Generator every day. If you're a designer, it might be Color Tools and Image Converter. Everyone's workflow is different.
My Tools solves this by letting you build a personal toolkit with exactly the tools you use, accessible from a dedicated sidebar in one click.
Setting up My Tools
Getting started takes about thirty seconds.
1. Open the My Tools page
Click ⭐ My Tools in the top navigation bar. On your first visit you'll see an empty picker showing all available tools grouped by category — Converters, Developer, Design, and Text.
2. Pin the tools you want
Click the Pin button on any tool card to add it to your toolkit. Pinned cards highlight in green so you can see your selection at a glance. Pin as many or as few tools as you like — there's no limit, though five to eight is usually the sweet spot.
3. Open your toolkit
Once you've pinned at least one tool, the Open my toolkit → button appears at the top of the page. Click it to open your personal toolkit.
Your toolkit
Your toolkit lives at /toolkit/ — a dedicated workspace with a custom sidebar built from your pinned tools. No nav tabs, no tool groups, just the tools you chose in the order you chose them.
Click any tool in the sidebar to switch to it instantly. The toolkit remembers which tool you had open last, so coming back always picks up where you left off.
To edit your toolkit at any time, click ⭐ My Tools in the top navigation bar — it takes you back to the picker where you can add, remove, or reorder your tools.
Your tools, across every session
My Tools saves your selection to your browser's local storage, which means:
- No account required
- No data sent to any server
- Works offline once the page is loaded
- Persists across browser restarts
The only limitation is that your setup is per-browser. If you switch from Chrome to Firefox, or move to a new computer, you'll need to set it up again. Use the Share button on the My Tools page to generate a link that restores your exact selection on any device — handy for syncing across machines or sharing a setup with a colleague.
Sharing your toolkit
Found a combination of tools that works really well? The Share button on the My Tools page encodes your entire selection into a URL. Send it to a colleague and they'll land on your exact setup with one click.
Note: Share links from within the toolkit always point to the canonical tool URL (e.g.
/json-formatter/), not the toolkit version — so recipients don't need to have the same tools pinned to open them.
Tips for a great toolkit
Keep it focused.
Five to eight tools is usually the sweet spot. A sidebar with twenty tools defeats the purpose — you end up hunting again.
Order by frequency.
Put the tools you reach for multiple times a day at the top. Tools you use weekly can live lower down.
Use it as a scratchpad.
Many tools remember your last input between visits. Your JSON Formatter, Regex Tester, Diff Checker, Markdown Preview, and Text Stats all preserve their state automatically — close a tab and come back right where you left off.
Share links work everywhere.
If you generate a share link from inside the toolkit, it always points to the canonical tool URL — so the person you send it to can open it without needing My Tools set up.
My Tools is available now — set yours up →