The reference layer for the internet economy
Navigate the internet economy.
Companies, software, careers, data and knowledge — connected in one living dataset.
30+ live sources · 198+ free tools · connected data · live updates
Why this exists
The internet is fragmented.
The information you need is everywhere. The context isn't. A company's real competitors, a tool's actual alternatives, what a role pays in a specific city — each lives on a different site, in a different format, updated on a different schedule.
One connected dataset
Many ways in
Every destination below reads from the same underlying entities. Pick whichever one matches what you're actually trying to find out.
Explore
The internet economy, by destination
Companies
Profiles, financials, competitors and hiring across the internet economy.
Software
Independent, scored analysis on the criteria that decide real purchases.
Linear
4.7(2,140)Careers
Live postings, aggregated and kept current.
Tools
Free, browser-based, no account required.
Open Source
Repositories and packages, ranked by real activity.
World Data
Countries, places and indicators.
Research
Papers, authors and the institutions behind them.
Knowledge
Plain, sourced definitions of the working vocabulary.
The dataset in practice
One question. Many layers.
“I want to understand project management software.”
Infrastructure
The internet changes every day. Your reference layer should too.
Every entity is sourced, normalized, and resolved against everything already known about it — then scored before it's eligible to appear in search. A record existing isn't a reason to publish it.
Read the methodology30+ live sources
APIs polled on their own cadence
Data ingestion
Fetched, rate-limited, logged per run
Normalization
Reshaped into one shared entity model
Entity resolution
Matched by external id, domain or name
Scoring
Density-scored before anything is indexable
The Internet Compass
Published, cross-linked, kept current
Scale
A growing map of the internet economy.
198
Free tools
30
Live sources
18
Companies
Free tools
Need something done? Start here.
198+ browser-based utilities across 12 categories. Nothing you enter ever leaves your device.
OG Image Generator
Designs a branded 1200×630 social share image directly in the browser.
DNS Lookup
Looks up A, MX, TXT, NS and other DNS records for a domain.
Indexability Checker
Checks whether a page allows indexing via meta robots and X-Robots-Tag.
Website SEO Audit
Runs a composite technical SEO check across title, meta, headings, structured data and HTTPS.
Schema Markup Generator
Builds JSON-LD structured data from simple key:value input for common Schema.org types.
llms.txt Generator
Builds a valid llms.txt file describing a site's structure for language models.
AI Search Readiness Checker
Audits a page's technical signals for AI answer-engine visibility.
AI Token Counter
Counts tokens in any text using a real BPE tokenizer, not a word-count approximation.
Knowledge
Go beyond the data
Guides, analysis and ranked shortlists, written from the same dataset.
Programmatic SEO Without Thin Content
A working method for scaling page generation without triggering the thin-content penalties that end most programmatic projects.
Updated August 6, 2026
guideDesigning a Website for AI Agents
A technical guide to making a site legible to answer engines and autonomous agents, not just to search crawlers.
Updated August 6, 2026
analysisThe 2026 Engineering Compensation Report
Analysis of engineering compensation across fifteen roles and twelve markets, with the structural forces behind the movement.
Updated August 5, 2026
listThe Best Project Management Software in 2026
A ranked assessment of project management platforms, weighted by team type rather than by feature checklist.
Updated August 4, 2026
Discover
Start with a question.
Data quality
30+ sources. Resolved, scored, and indexed.
Every entity from every source is matched by external id, domain or name before it's published, then scored on summary quality and corroboration. Thin or unverified records stay generated but excluded from search.
FAQ
Common questions
What is The Internet Compass?
A reference layer for the internet economy: companies, software, careers, open source, research and world data, resolved into one connected dataset and published as real pages, not a link directory.
How is the data sourced?
A mix of hand-researched editorial content and an automated pipeline pulling from public APIs — GitHub, npm, PyPI, Wikidata, arXiv, OpenAlex, Hugging Face and more. Every entity is resolved and scored before it's eligible to appear in search.
How often is the data updated?
It depends on the source: job postings and open-source activity sync every few hours, most knowledge-graph sources sync daily to weekly, and slower-moving data like country indicators syncs monthly. Every graph page shows its own last-updated date.
Do you collect visitor data?
We don't have user accounts and we don't sell or rent visitor data. Analytics only run after you accept the cookie banner. See the Privacy Policy for specifics.
Can I suggest a source or report an error?
Yes — the Contact page takes source suggestions and correction requests directly.
