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

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  1. J

    Jobtrackr

    Launch

    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

    FreeRated 5.0

  2. n

    nuza

    Launch

    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

    FreeRated 5.0

  3. Notion

    Launch

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

    Free

  4. Linear

    Launch

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

    Free

  5. S

    Saleor

    Launch

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

    FreeOpen source

  6. C

    changedetection.io

    Launch

    Best and simplest tool for website change detection, web page monitoring, and website change alerts. Perfect for tracking content changes, price drops, restock alerts, and website defacement monitoring—all for free or enjoy our SaaS plan!

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

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H

Huginn

Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf

Launch
8
G

GoAccess

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

Launch
9
M

Mailspring

A beautiful, fast and maintained fork of Nylas Mail

Launch
10
D

Drone

Self-service CI platform for busy teams

Launch
11
T

Thunderbird

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

Launch
12
K

Kimai

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

Launch
13
S

Spree Commerce

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

Launch
14
G

Glance

Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place

Launch
15
A

Ansible CLI

Automate tasks, streamline workflow, and securely manage IT systems

Launch
16
G

GitButler

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

Launch
17
M

Mindustry

The automation tower defense RTS, written in Java

Launch
18
D

Docs

Parse Platform docs

Launch
19
W

Wekan

Trello-like kanban

Launch
20
C

Cal.diy

Online appointment scheduling system

Launch
21
E

EverShop

E-commerce platform with essential commerce features

Launch
22
C

Cerebro

Open-source productivity booster with a brain

Launch
23
C

Cobalt

best way to save what you love

Launch
24
P

Puppeteer

JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox

Launch
25
S

Stirling-PDF

Local hosted web application

Launch
26
T

Trilium

Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes

Launch
27
M

massCode

Open-source developer workspace for code snippets

Launch
28
X

Xournalpp

Fast, flexible, cross-platform note-taking software

Launch
29
H

HumHub

Open Source Enterprise Social Network

Launch
30
A

AutoHotkey

Macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility

Launch
31
O

Openpilot

openpilot enhances your car's driver assistance

Launch
32
C

Countly Community Edition

Real time mobile and web analytics

Launch
33
M

MarkText

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

Launch
34
L

LibreOffice

Free and open source offline office

Launch
35
N

Notepad

Offline capable Notepad PWA

Launch
36
S

Standard Notes

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

Launch
37
C

Cronicle

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

Launch
38
M

Magento

Create custom stores, manage products and services, and integrate

Launch
39
S

Shiori

Simple bookmark manager built with Go

Launch
40
N

NopCommerce

ASP.NET Core eCommerce software

Launch
41
R

Radicale

Simple calendar and contact server with extremely low administrative overhead

Launch
42
F

FullCalendar

Full-sized drag & drop event calendar in JavaScript

Launch
43
F

Freeplane

Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge Management, Project Management

Launch
44
F

Fastlane

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

Launch
45
D

DuckDB

DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system

Launch
46
P

pyLoad

Lightweight, customizable and remotely manageable downloader

Launch
47
O

OliveTin

Web interface for running Linux shell commands. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Go

Launch
48
C

Chef

Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform

Launch
49
S

Snipe-IT

Managing assets with a Google doc or a shared Excel spreadsheet is more common

Launch
50
H

Hammerspoon

Tool for powerful OSX automation with the Lua scripting engine

Launch

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