We’re building Ever Works in public. Some things may be incomplete, missing, or broken while we continue improving the platform.We’re building Ever Works in public — expect a few rough edges.
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Directory builders give you a layout to fill in. Ever Works also researches the listings, writes the descriptions, and keeps the directory growing on a schedule — content and code, owned in your own Git.
Most directory tools ship a template you have to populate. Ever Works ships the listings AND the site, and the runtime keeps both up-to-date long after launch.
Each directory entry is researched, written, and tagged by the runtime — not a template you have to fill in by hand.
Taxonomy and filters generated from the actual listings, then refined as the catalogue grows. No upfront IA work.
Long-form pages per listing with real research, sources, screenshots, and structured data — not stub cards.
Full-text + tag search, generated alongside the data so filtering reflects what each listing actually does.
Listings re-checked on a schedule. Dead links flagged, new entries added, descriptions kept current — without you touching the repo.
Optional public "submit your tool" form. Submissions land as PRs the runtime can triage and merge.
| Feature | Ever Works | MkDirs | Webflow CMS | Framer | Notion + Super |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scope & outputWhat the tool actually produces. | |||||
| Topic → researched listings | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Long-form per-listing pages | ✓ | Template | Template | Template | Database page |
| Generated code (Next.js) | ✓ | Next.js starter | – | – | – |
| Content lifecycleHow the directory stays alive after launch. | |||||
| Scheduled content refresh | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Dead-link detection | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| New-listing discovery on a schedule | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
| Ownership & opennessWho controls the data, code, and deployment. | |||||
| Source in your Git repo | ✓ | Code purchase | – | – | – |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | Via Super |
| Open-source | ✓ | – | – | – | – |
A "–" means the capability isn't a focus of that product, not that it's impossible. Each tool is strong at what it set out to do — see the individual pages for the honest, full picture.
Give Ever Works a topic and its agents research the listings, write the descriptions, deploy the site, and keep the directory growing — all version-controlled in your own Git.