Useful Websites

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The Useful Websites page is a growing list of websites and online tools that we explore for their potential usefulness in the work of The Sunil Abraham Project (TSAP). These resources may support research, website development, coding, digital preservation, cybersecurity, automation, data analysis, and other project activities.

The list focuses primarily on specialised tools and lesser-known websites that offer practical benefits for TSAP. We have deliberately excluded many popular and commonly known websites, as the aim is to discover and document resources that may otherwise go unnoticed.

Sections and entries within each section are arranged alphabetically.

Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement or regular use. Websites may be added as we discover, explore, and evaluate them. The list will evolve over time, and resources may be removed if they are no longer useful or relevant.

Artificial Intelligence

  1. AI News Hub, aggregates AI-related updates from multiple sources, including research labs, open-source projects and AI companies. Useful for scanning developments across the AI ecosystem in one place; check the linked sources for context and verify how frequently the feed is updated.
  2. Artificial Analysis, tracks and compares AI models using evaluations and measurements such as model performance, speed and pricing. Useful for comparing models and checking how new releases perform beyond their providers’ own claims.
  3. ArtificialWatch, tracks AI model releases and provides structured information about availability, release announcements and API pricing. Its release log can help distinguish API availability from an official announcement, while its data feeds support ongoing monitoring.
  4. Onei AI, provides a searchable directory of AI apps, agent skills and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Its categories and filters help discover AI tools and integrations, including resources for coding agents and assistants.

Data Protection and Privacy Law

  1. Centre for Applied Data Protection, an India-focused research centre working on data protection law and policy, privacy jurisprudence and implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Explore its publications and research outputs for legal and policy analysis.
  2. DSCI Data Protection Framework, provides resources on India’s data protection framework, including analysis of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, thematic FAQs and legal developments. Useful for tracking implementation and examining the legal and policy implications of India’s data protection regime.
  3. GDPRhub, maintains a searchable collection of summaries of decisions by European data protection authorities and courts, together with legal analysis. Useful for comparative research into regulatory enforcement and the interpretation of privacy law.
  4. PrivacyLawHub, provides legal research resources on India’s DPDP Act and Rules, the GDPR and other privacy laws, including regulator guidance and policy materials. Useful for researching data protection legislation and comparing legal frameworks.

Data Repositories and Dataset Discovery

  1. Google Dataset Search, helps researchers discover datasets published across universities, research institutions, government portals and other repositories. Search results link to the original sources, where you can inspect available formats, metadata, access conditions and licences before using a dataset. It is a discovery tool rather than a dataset host, so availability and reuse terms depend on the source.
  2. ORBIT, helps researchers discover datasets across repositories such as Zenodo, Figshare and Dryad, as well as machine-learning datasets on Hugging Face. It provides information about licences and reuse conditions and supports exporting search results and citations. ORBIT links to the original dataset rather than hosting the files, and some datasets may have access restrictions; its free tier has limited searches and requires an account.

Digital Accessibility Research and Tools

  1. Certvo Accessibility Research, publishes web accessibility research and downloadable JSON and CSV datasets documenting automated accessibility checks against WCAG criteria, including colour contrast, missing alternative text and inaccessible links. Its 2026 report covers 1,569 websites and 4,562 pages. The accompanying methodology explains the sampling approach and its limitations: the sample is weighted towards commercial websites, and automated checks cannot assess every aspect of accessibility. Treat the findings as a research dataset, not a representative measure of the entire web.

Digital Rights and Internet Law

  1. CYRILLA, provides a searchable collection of laws, court decisions and other legal resources concerning human rights in digital environments. Useful for comparing how countries regulate digital rights, online expression and access to information.
  2. Digital Constitutionalism Network, maintains a research database of declarations, bills of rights, charters and laws addressing internet-related rights and principles of digital governance. Useful for tracing how digital rights are articulated in legal and policy frameworks.
  3. Global Network Initiative - Country Legal Frameworks Resource, provides country-level information on legal frameworks governing communications surveillance, access to communications data and online content restrictions. Useful for research into privacy, freedom of expression and government powers over digital communications.
  4. World Intermediary Liability Map (WILMap), documents laws, court decisions and policy developments relating to online intermediaries around the world. Useful for comparative research into platform liability, content moderation and freedom of expression.

GitHub and Repository Tools

  1. ExplainGitHub, provides an AI-powered workspace for understanding a repository through code-aware questions, onboarding reports, and architecture exploration. Open the TSAP repository in ExplainGitHub.
  2. GitDiagram, generates an interactive architecture diagram of a GitHub repository. View the TSAP repository diagram.
  3. GitHub1s, opens a GitHub repository in a browser-based, VS Code-like interface for navigating and searching source files. Open the TSAP repository in GitHub1s.
  4. GitIngest, converts a GitHub repository into a text digest that can be used for AI-assisted code analysis. Generate a digest of the TSAP repository.
  5. GitMCP, provides an MCP endpoint that lets compatible AI assistants retrieve documentation and code from GitHub repositories to help answer project-specific questions. Open the TSAP repository’s GitMCP endpoint.
  6. GitReverse, analyses repository information to generate an AI prompt that can help recreate a similar project. Try GitReverse with the TSAP repository.
  7. Octotree, adds a file-tree interface to GitHub repositories to make browsing source code easier. Browse the TSAP repository on GitHub with the Octotree browser extension.
  8. Uithub, turns a GitHub repository into structured, AI-friendly context, with options to filter files and control the output format or token budget. Open the TSAP repository in Uithub. Check its current sign-in requirements and permissions before sharing private repository content.

Images and Mapping

  1. EXIF.im, an online image metadata viewer that helps inspect EXIF information such as camera details, capture time and, when present, GPS coordinates. Review metadata before publishing photographs, since location data may reveal sensitive information.
  2. uMap, lets you create and share interactive maps using OpenStreetMap data. Maps can include markers, descriptions and layers, and can be embedded in webpages to document places and local points of interest.

Internet Governance and Policy

  1. Civis, tracks public consultations on draft laws, rules, policies and government proposals in India. It lists consultations and helps people understand proposals and submit feedback while consultations are open. Useful for finding policies at the public consultation stage.
  2. Digital Watch Observatory, organises information about digital policy issues, stakeholders, international governance processes, events and policy instruments. Its policy resources can help researchers trace how institutions and processes shape global digital governance.
  3. PolicyDhara, tracks Indian public policy proposals and developments, bringing together consultation drafts, parliamentary bills, parliamentary questions and official documents. Useful for following policies in the making and tracing proposals through different stages; consult the original documents to verify their wording and current status.
  4. UNIDIR Cyber Policy Portal Database, provides searchable national cyber policy documents and related resources. Useful for comparing cybersecurity strategies, international frameworks and approaches to cyber diplomacy across countries.
  5. World Map of Encryption Laws and Policies, by Global Partners Digital, compares laws, policies and practices affecting encryption across 100 countries. It assesses both restrictions on strong encryption and safeguards against abuse of government powers. Country entries identify the assessment framework and date, which is important when using the map for comparative research.

Internet Measurement and Infrastructure

  1. Cloudflare Radar - Outage Center, provides a global view of reported internet outages and unusual traffic patterns, with information about affected locations and time periods. Useful for investigating connectivity disruptions and comparing regional patterns over time. The data should be interpreted in the context of the source’s methodology and coverage.
  2. Internet Society Pulse, brings together indicators on internet resilience, infrastructure, outages, market concentration and other aspects of internet health. Country comparisons and data can support policy briefs and comparative studies.
  3. IODA - Internet Outage Detection and Analysis, combines network signals to help detect and investigate large-scale internet connectivity disruptions. Historical views can support research into outages and possible shutdown events; the measurements need to be interpreted alongside other evidence.
  4. ip-as.net Research, provides research datasets on internet infrastructure and security, including hosting, DNS, email security, IPv6, route security and phishing listings. Its datasets may be useful for technical and policy research; check the publication date and licence for the specific dataset before reuse.
  5. RIPEstat, provides data about IP addresses, autonomous systems, routing and internet number resources. Useful for investigating network relationships, routing history and aspects of internet infrastructure.

Internet Shutdowns and Censorship

  1. Internet Shutdowns Tracker, documents internet shutdowns in India, with event information that can be examined by location and time. Useful for research into connectivity restrictions and their policy implications; check the linked sources and methodology when citing individual events.
  2. OONI Explorer, lets researchers explore published network measurements that may indicate website or app blocking. Measurements can be filtered by country, network, date and test type; individual results require careful interpretation and corroboration.

JavaScript Libraries and Tools

  1. UnsuckJS, curates lightweight JavaScript and CSS libraries (generally around 10 KB or less) that can enhance ordinary HTML without build tools or compilers. Its comparison table includes compressed file size, licence, latest commit, version and other project details, helping developers assess small libraries before using them.

Online Code Editors and Compilers

  1. OneCompiler, an online code editor and compiler that lets you write, run, and test code in multiple programming languages without installing them locally.

Platform Accountability and Content Removal

  1. Lumen Database, collects and analyses notices and requests to remove online content, including copyright complaints and requests involving defamation, privacy and other legal claims. Its records can help researchers examine how legal demands affect the availability of online material. Coverage depends on notices shared with the database, so it should not be treated as a complete record of all removals.
  2. Ranking Digital Rights, publishes research assessing technology and telecommunications companies on policies affecting privacy, freedom of expression and governance. Its company comparisons and methodology can support research into platform transparency and corporate accountability.

Python Development Resources

  1. Awesome Python, a searchable, categorised guide to Python frameworks, libraries and tools, covering areas such as AI, web development, data analysis, automation, testing and security.

Research Papers and Policy Publications

  1. Global Data Justice, publishes research on data governance, digital rights and social justice, including work on how data systems affect communities and public life. Useful for exploring critical perspectives on data-driven policy and digital governance.
  2. Internet Governance Project - Research, shares research and publications on internet governance, digital institutions, infrastructure and the political economy of digital networks. Useful for examining the institutions and processes shaping the global internet.
  3. Internet Policy Review, an open-access academic journal publishing research on internet regulation, digital policy and the social implications of digital technologies. Its publication archive is useful for finding scholarly articles and policy-relevant analysis.

Self-Hosting and Open-Source Software

  1. Awesome Selfhosted, a curated directory of free software and web applications that can be hosted on your own servers. Useful for discovering self-hosted alternatives for collaboration, documentation, automation, privacy and digital preservation.

System Administration, Networking and Security

  1. crt.sh, searches public TLS certificate transparency records. It can help researchers inspect certificate history and discover subdomains associated with a domain.
  2. The Book of Secret Knowledge, a curated collection of command-line tools, networking resources, system administration utilities, security references, tutorials and technical guides.

Text Analysis and Research

  1. Voyant Tools, a browser-based text analysis environment for exploring a collection of articles, speeches or other documents. It helps reveal word frequencies, recurring phrases, changes in vocabulary and relationships between terms through interactive visualisations. Useful for analysing written material as part of research and documentation.

Web Design and UI Components

  1. Uiverse, a community-built library of reusable interface elements such as buttons, cards, loaders, forms and toggles. Components can be copied in formats including HTML/CSS, Tailwind and React, with Figma support. The site states that its UI elements are released under the MIT License.

Web Research and Development

  1. PublicWWW, a source-code search engine for discovering websites that contain particular HTML snippets, scripts, widgets or tracking codes. Useful for web research, investigating website implementations and discovering how specific technologies are used across the web.
  2. urlscan.io, analyses a submitted URL in an automated browser and reports details such as a screenshot, network requests, loaded resources and connected domains. Useful for investigating website behaviour and external connections. Public scans can expose the submitted URL and results, so avoid submitting private or sensitive links.

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