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Model Context Protocol is the USB port of AI — one standard that lets Claude, Cursor and other assistants plug into your files, GitHub, browser and databases. These are the servers worth installing first.
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Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor — great tools, but $60+/month combined. Here's how people replace most of that spend with local models and open-source apps, and where paying still makes sense.
Notion is great — until you hit the paywall, need offline access, or want to own your data. These ten apps cover every reason people leave, and most of them are completely free.
