Welcome to IRE Tools.

This is the home for the tools I build. I'm Jason Ireland, and each tool here is a small, focused program that does one job well: edit a picture, plan a day, or find out what your PC is really running. Pick one below to read about it, open it or download it.

Browse the tools Who makes these?

Free to use
No ads, no tracking
Built with Claude AI

The tools

Three tools so far. Each has its own page or download, and each is made to be simple to start and easy to put away.

Pixel Shop Pro

Windows program

A fast, free image editor for Windows with layers, effects, retouching tools and a built-in photo browser, all in one small file.

About Pixel Shop Pro

The Ireland Planner

Web app · login required

A day planner for the browser, in the spirit of the classic paper planner: prioritized tasks, an appointment schedule, notes and notebooks.

About the planner

Windows Processes: Inspect and Review

Windows program

Takes a snapshot of every process and service running on your PC and writes a PDF report explaining what each one is and whether it looks safe.

About WPIR

Pixel Shop Pro

Free image editor for Windows

A full image editor in one small file. Pixel Shop Pro has layers, layer effects, retouching tools, batch conversion and a built-in photo browser. There is nothing to install, no account to make and no internet connection needed.

Go to pixelshoppro.com

Pixel Shop Pro has its own website. That is where you will find the download, the full feature tour, system requirements and its own disclaimers.

The Pixel Shop Pro editor with a galaxy image open, the toolbox on the left and the color, history and layers panels on the right — The editor: toolbox on the left, color, history and layers panels on the right.

The Browse tab showing a folder tree, a grid of wallpaper thumbnails and an empty preview pane — The Browse tab: a folder tree, a thumbnail grid and a preview pane for finding the right picture fast.

The Ireland Planner

Web app · works on any device with a browser

A day planner that lives in your browser. It is inspired by the classic paper Franklin Planner: a prioritized daily task list, an appointment schedule down the side, a monthly calendar and daily notes, with a Reference area of notebooks, sections and pages behind it.

A login is required. The planner is private. Accounts are created by the site owner, and there is no public sign-up. If you have been given a login, use the button below.

Open The Ireland Planner iretools.com/planner

Prioritized task list

Rank every task A, B or C, then mark it done, in process, forwarded to another day, or deleted. Forward everything still open with one tap.

Appointment schedule

An hour-by-hour day with a "now" line. Tap an empty line to add an appointment, or tap one to edit or move it.

Reference notebooks

Color-coded notebooks, sections and pages with a rich text editor: fonts, lists, checklists, tables, links, images and freehand drawing.

Search

Look up what you have written from one place, instead of paging back through old days.

Phones and tablets

Open it in Safari or Chrome on a phone or tablet, or add it to the home screen to run like an app.

Yours alone

Every person has a separate account and separate data. Download a backup of your own data any time from Profile.

The planner's daily page for Thursday, October 29, 2026, with a calendar, a prioritized task list with two B tasks, and an hour-by-hour appointment schedule — The Planner page: calendar, prioritized daily task list and appointment schedule.

The Reference area showing two notebooks, a section, a list of pages and a rich text editor toolbar — Reference: notebooks, sections and pages.

The Ireland Planner sign-in screen with login name or email, password, Sign in and Sign in with Google — The sign-in screen.

Windows Processes: Inspect and Review

Free Windows program · WPIR

Ever wonder what all those entries in Task Manager are? This tool takes a snapshot of everything Windows is running right now, every process and every service, and builds a PDF report that explains what each one is, whether it looks safe, and whether it can be turned off.

Download wpir.zip Version 1.1 · 64-bit Windows · 3.0 MB ZIP

What the review does:

Scans all running processes and services (the tool leaves itself out).
Researches each one online, using reference sites, file databases and web search, to find out what it is and whether it is trustworthy.
Sorts every item into five categories: Windows Critical or Essential, Windows Optional, 3rd Party, Spyware/Malware/Virus, and Unknown.
Rates how risky each item is to disable, from 1 (safe to shut off) to 5 (extremely risky).
Saves the report as a PDF on your Desktop and opens it.

Safe and private. The review only reads information. It does not change, stop or remove anything. Only program names (to Wikipedia, ProcessLibrary and web search) and file fingerprints (hashes) of non-Microsoft files are sent online. It usually takes a few minutes. Without an internet connection you still get a report, with less detail.

The Windows Processes: Inspect and Review start window with a description of the review and Start Review and Exit buttons — The start window. One click on Start Review does the rest.

The first page of a report: machine, operating system and hardware details, a scan summary bar by category, the disable risk scale from 1 to 5, and a list of items needing attention — Page one of the report: system details, scan summary, the 1 to 5 disable risk scale and anything that needs attention.

A report page for Category 1, Windows Critical or Essential, with a table of services showing file name, location, manufacturer, disable risk and a description of what each does — Each category gets a table: what the item is, where it lives, who made it, how risky it is to disable, and what it does. (Sample report with test data.)

wpir.zipVersion 1.1 · 3.0 MB ZIP · contains WindowsProcessesInspectAndReview.exe (7.3 MB)

Download wpir.zip

How to use it

Unzip wpir.zip. Right-click it and choose Extract All.
Double-click WindowsProcessesInspectAndReview.exe. There is nothing to install.
Click Start Review and wait a few minutes. The PDF report opens when it is done and is saved to your Desktop as Windows_Process_Review_<date and time>.pdf.

Windows may warn you the first time

This program is free and is not code-signed, because a signing certificate costs money for a program I give away. Windows SmartScreen may therefore show "Windows protected your PC" on first launch. If you trust the download, click More info, then Run anyway. To check you have the genuine file, compare its SHA-256 fingerprint with the ones below. In PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\wpir.zip

SHA-256 of wpir.zip: 6d9fb82811fd5177749cf221860091e92fdee62ae68da3bd13abd779d3e2e079
SHA-256 of WindowsProcessesInspectAndReview.exe: 1fdbccaa17ca1e9f958e5f181861854ca4673b61211da276a8c73bb075435f0d

Requirements

System	64-bit Windows. Developed and tested on Windows 11.
Installation	None. One file, no installer.
Internet	Recommended, for the online lookups. Not required.
Permissions	A standard user account works. Some protected processes show fewer details unless run as an administrator.

Use the report to learn what your PC is doing, not as a to-do list: never disable something you do not understand. See the disclaimers below.

Disclaimers

Last updated October 29, 2026.

Free, and provided as it is

Everything on this site is free. The software and web apps are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. The developer accepts no liability for data loss, damage to your files, your computer or your business, or any other harm that comes from using them.

Made with Claude AI

These tools were developed with the help of Claude AI, an AI assistant from Anthropic. They have been tested, but they may still contain mistakes. Keep backups of anything that matters.

Windows Processes: Inspect and Review

The report is guidance, not professional security advice. Categories, safety verdicts and risk ratings come from a built-in reference, the files' own details and online lookups, and they can be wrong or out of date. An item marked as safe may not be, and an item flagged as possible malware may be harmless.
The tool only reads information, but what you do with the report is up to you. Never disable or remove a process or service you do not understand. Turning off the wrong one can crash Windows or lock you out.
Online lookups depend on third-party websites that I do not control.

The Ireland Planner

The planner is a private web app run for the people the site owner invites. There is no guarantee that it will always be available, and nothing in it should be the only copy of something important. Use Profile → Download full backup from time to time.
Sign-in is provided by the planner itself, and optionally by Google. Keep your password to yourself.

Pixel Shop Pro

Pixel Shop Pro has its own website at pixelshoppro.com, and its own disclaimers and legal terms apply to it.

General

You may not modify, decompile, resell or redistribute the programs, or claim them as your own work, without written permission.
You are responsible for the files, images and information you use with these tools, and for having the right to use them.
Third-party programs, websites and services mentioned here belong to their owners and are not covered by this site.
The developer may change or discontinue any tool, or this site, at any time.

Legal

Last updated October 29, 2026. These terms may be updated from time to time.

Copyright

License

The programs are licensed, not sold. You may use them free of charge on your own computers, subject to the disclaimers above. Access to The Ireland Planner is by invitation and may be withdrawn at any time.

Third-party software

Windows Processes: Inspect and Review is written in Go. It includes the Go standard library and parts of the golang.org/x packages (crypto and net), which are used under the BSD 3-clause license shown below. This website uses no third-party scripts, fonts or images, and shows your device's own system fonts.

Go license (BSD 3-clause)

Copyright 2009 The Go Authors.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:

   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
   * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
   * Neither the name of Google LLC nor the names of its
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Pixel Shop Pro lists its own third-party software and licenses on its website.

Trademarks

Windows, Microsoft and SmartScreen are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Cloudflare is a trademark of Cloudflare, Inc. Google is a trademark of Google LLC. Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. ProcessLibrary, Franklin Planner, Claude, Anthropic and any other names mentioned belong to their respective owners. IRE Tools and Jason Ireland are independent of them, and nothing here is sponsored by, endorsed by or affiliated with any of them. The Ireland Planner is inspired by the paper planner system of that name and is not a FranklinCovey product.

Privacy

This website uses no cookies, accounts, ads or analytics. It stores one setting in your browser, whether the side menu is open or collapsed, and nothing else. The site is hosted by Cloudflare, which processes standard request data such as your IP address in order to deliver pages and protect the site.
Windows Processes: Inspect and Review collects nothing about you and has no account. To research what each item is, it sends only program names (to Wikipedia, ProcessLibrary and web search) and file fingerprints (hashes) of non-Microsoft files over the internet. The report is saved on your own computer and is not uploaded.
The Ireland Planner needs an account. It keeps your sign-in in a cookie limited to the planner's own address, and stores your account and planner entries in a private database at Cloudflare. If you choose to sign in with Google, Google tells the planner your verified email address. Nothing is sold or shared, and there are no ads.
Pixel Shop Pro is described on its own website, which also covers its privacy.

Credits

Made by

Jason Ireland and Claude AI. Jason sets the ideas, the direction and the testing; Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic, helps write the programs, this site and the documentation.

Thanks to

The Go project, for the language and libraries behind Windows Processes: Inspect and Review.
Cloudflare, for hosting this site and The Ireland Planner.
The people behind Wikipedia and ProcessLibrary, whose public information helps the process review explain what it finds.
Everyone who tested these tools and reported what did not work.

See the Pixel Shop Pro website for the credits that belong to that program.