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50 free Productivity apps to use instead, best rated first.

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    Jobtrackr

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    Jobtrackr helps job seekers keep their applications, interviews, documents and follow-ups organised in one place. Track each application from submission to offer, schedule interviews, manage your next steps and see how your search is progr

    Rated 5.0

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    nuza

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    Nuza is a simple, lightweight Markdown note-taking app for people who want a fast, focused alternative to apps like Obsidian. It is built for developers, writers, students, and anyone who prefers owning their notes as plain files rather th

    Rated 5.0

  3. Notion

    Launch

    One workspace for your notes, docs, wikis and projects. Build anything from a meeting note to a company OS.

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    Mailspring

    Launch

    Mailspring is a powerful, fast, and beautiful mail client designed to enhance your email productivity. Available for Mac, Linux, and Windows, Mailspring offers a range of features that make managing your emails easier and more efficient.

  5. Linear

    Launch

    Linear is the project management tool for high-performance teams. Streamlined, keyboard-first, beautifully designed.

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    Saleor

    Launch

    Headless, API-first e-commerce solution with powerful features for customization, scalability, and seamless integration across channels.

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Huginn

Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf

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GoAccess

Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal

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Drone

Self-service CI platform for busy teams

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Thunderbird

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize

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Kimai

Track work time and print out a summary of your activities on demand

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Spree Commerce

Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution

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Glance

Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place

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Ansible CLI

Automate tasks, streamline workflow, and securely manage IT systems

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GitButler

A Git client for simultaneous branches on top of your existing workflow

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Zellij

A terminal multiplexer that organizes your workflow

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Mindustry

The automation tower defense RTS, written in Java

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Docs

Parse Platform docs

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Wekan

Trello-like kanban

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Cal.diy

Online appointment scheduling system

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EverShop

E-commerce platform with essential commerce features

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Cerebro

Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Cobalt

best way to save what you love

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Puppeteer

JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

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Stirling-PDF

Local hosted web application

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Trilium

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

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massCode

Open-source developer workspace for code snippets

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Xournalpp

Fast, flexible, cross-platform note-taking software

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HumHub

Open Source Enterprise Social Network

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AutoHotkey

Macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility

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Openpilot

openpilot enhances your car's driver assistance

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Countly Community Edition

Real time mobile and web analytics

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MarkText

A simple and elegant markdown editor, available for Linux, macOS and Windows

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LibreOffice

Free and open source offline office

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Notepad

Offline capable Notepad PWA

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Standard Notes

A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app

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XAMPP

XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl

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Cronicle

Simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI

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Magento

Create custom stores, manage products and services, and integrate

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Shiori

Simple bookmark manager built with Go

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NopCommerce

ASP.NET Core eCommerce software

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Radicale

Simple calendar and contact server with extremely low administrative overhead

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FullCalendar

Full-sized drag & drop event calendar in JavaScript

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Freeplane

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Fastlane

The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps

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DuckDB

DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system

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pyLoad

Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader

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OliveTin

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Chef

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About Hammerspoon

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Hammerspoon

Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine

Hammerspoon is an open-source tool for automating macOS with the Lua scripting language. At its core it is a bridge between the operating system and a Lua engine, and its power comes from extensions that expose parts of the system to scripts, including applications, windows, the mouse pointer, files, audio devices, batteries, screens, keyboard and mouse events, the clipboard, location services and Wi-Fi. A typical setup is a Lua configuration file that connects events to actions, such as a keyboard shortcut that runs a series of window moves, a command that runs when the Wi-Fi joins a home network, or an alert when the battery drops below a set level. Out of the box Hammerspoon does nothing, and the user writes a script in ~/.hammerspoon/init.lua. The project has a Getting Started guide, an API reference, and pre-made plugins called Spoons. To install it, you download the latest release and drag the app to the Applications folder, and older Macs can use an earlier release listed in the release notes. macOS requires the user to allow Hammerspoon in the Accessibility settings. Crash reporting is on by default and can be turned off in the preferences.

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