Meet Dudu, a founder based in Cyprus and the person behind Toolfolio.

Without revealing his identity, he has quietly built one of the internet's growing directories for AI, design, and productivity tools.

Early Journey

The journey started in 2023.

Dudu began posting on X, sharing AI, design, UI/UX, and productivity tools he personally found useful.

People started noticing his posts.

Slowly, his audience grew.

Many of those early followers became the first users of Toolfolio.

He later introduced a marketplace where creators could sell templates, courses, and e-books.

After that, he added a discounts section for software deals and started a blog with guides for designers, founders, and makers.

Building Toolfolio

Toolfolio started as a simple collection of useful tools.

Instead of listing everything available online, Dudu focused on curating tools people would actually use.

As the community grew, he kept improving the platform.

New sections were added.

Navigation got better.

Finding useful software became easier.

The business runs on paid listing plans for creators who want to promote their products, along with a weekly newsletter.

The Product

Today, Toolfolio is a curated directory and marketplace for AI, design, development, productivity, and other software tools.

It's built for makers, founders, designers, developers, and anyone looking to discover useful products.

What He Is Doing Today

Dudu still runs Toolfolio as a solo founder.

He publishes blog posts, curates the weekly newsletter, improves the platform, and promotes new products through his X account.

Much of Toolfolio's early growth came from the audience he built by consistently sharing useful tools online.

Alongside Toolfolio, he's building a few other products too.

His Other Projects

Shotbase - A modern screen capture workspace built for macOS.

Tabsurfer - Helps people organize large numbers of browser tabs while reducing memory usage.

Macfolio - A curated directory focused on discovering high quality Mac apps.

He keeps building in public, growing Toolfolio one update at a time.