Best-for guides

Short buying guides built around criteria first and products second. Because these pages come from the maker of the products they mention, each one lays out what to look for, admits where the maker's own option falls short, and leaves the decision to you.

• Best Local-First Budget App for Privacy-Minded Windows Users

  Five tests for a budget app that keeps your finances on your own Windows PC, with an honest look at where Burrow, from its maker, fits and where it does not.

• Best Local-First Desktop Starter Kit for Indie Gumroad Sellers

  Four questions to ask any desktop starter kit if you sell on Gumroad, and an honest account of where the Tauri Local-AI Starter Kit helps and where it does not.