Productivity
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PairDropOpen-source, browser-based file transfer: devices on the same network discover each other automatically and send files peer-to-peer over WebRTC; pairing and temporary rooms extend transfers across networks. No signup, no installation.
DeepLA language AI platform run by DeepL SE in Germany, best known for its neural machine translator, alongside the DeepL Write assistant, DeepL Voice speech translation, and a developer API, with free and Pro tiers.
ChatGPTOpenAI's conversational AI assistant, launched in November 2022, with web search, file and image handling, voice, memory and custom GPTs. Basic chatting is free with no sign-up; paid plans run $8–$100+/month.
NotionAn all-in-one workspace from Notion Labs that unifies docs, wikis, databases, and project management in one block-based editor; free for individuals, with the fullest AI features reserved for the Business plan and above.
ObsidianLocal-first Markdown notes and knowledge base from Canada's Dynalist Inc. Notes stay on your device as plain text, linked into a graph, extensible via 7,500+ community plugins. Free even for commercial use; Sync and Publish cost extra.
LinearA cloud product development and issue-tracking system from San Francisco's Linear Orbit: speed- and keyboard-first, built on Issues, Cycles, Triage and Projects, with AI agents as workspace members. Free plan; paid tiers per user.
DiaAI-native Chromium browser from The Browser Company (now part of Atlassian): the address bar doubles as an AI prompt with context from your tabs and work tools. Free tier has no AI; plans from $20/month; Apple Silicon Mac only.
CapacitiesObject-based notes and personal knowledge management from an independent German team: everything is a typed, linked object instead of a file in folders. Free plan promised forever; Pro adds AI, calendar, and tasks. EU-hosted under GDPR.
ClaudeAnthropic's AI assistant and agent platform: chat, writing, coding, web search, Artifacts, and file creation on web, desktop, and mobile; paid plans add the Claude Code and Cowork agents. Launched March 2023; free plan, Pro from $20/month.
KimiMoonshot AI's assistant: chat, deep research, slides/docs/website generation and coding from one prompt box, on web, apps, desktop and API. Open-weight K models; K3 (July 2026) is the largest open-weight model at 2.8T parameters.
DoubaoByteDance's AI assistant for China: chat, search, writing, PPT and image/video generation, voice calls, and an office agent on web, desktop, and mobile. Launched August 2023; ~172M MAU (QuestMobile). Free tier; Pro plans RMB 68–500/month.
GensparkAll-in-one AI agent workspace by Palo Alto's MainFunc: 70+ orchestrated AI models turn one prompt into finished slides, sheets, docs, apps, videos — even phone calls. Launched as AI search in June 2024; Super Agent pivot in April 2025.
GranolaLondon-based Granola's AI meeting notepad: no bot joins the call — desktop and mobile apps capture device audio, transcribe it, and expand your jotted notes into structured summaries. Launched May 2024; free tier, Business $14/user/month.
Wispr FlowAI voice dictation from San Francisco startup Wispr: hold a key, talk, and polished text lands in whatever app your cursor is in — on Mac, Windows, iPhone, and Android. Launched October 2024; 100+ languages; free tier, Pro from $15/month.
HeptabaseA visual note-taking and PKM app by Taiwan-based Hepta Platforms: cards on whiteboards, PDF annotation, web clipping, Readwise sync, and AI Q&A. Paid-only, from $8.99/month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial.
SuperlistTo-do list and notes app from the Wunderlist team: lists are rich documents mixing tasks, text, and images, with sharing, Gmail/Slack/GitHub integrations, AI voice and meeting notes. Free tier; paid plans from $59/yr per person.
Readwise ReaderReadwise's all-in-one reader brings articles, RSS, PDFs, EPUBs, YouTube transcripts and newsletters together with first-class highlighting and note-app export. 30-day trial, then $9.99/month (annual).
flomoflomo is a Chinese card-note service for frictionless, chat-like capture — jot via WeChat or full-platform apps, then resurface notes with tags and daily review. Free tier; PRO/MAX plans.
TanaTana is an agentic meeting platform from Tana Labs: AI agents work during live video calls — logging decisions, filing issues, drafting emails — and build a shared team context graph. Its note-taking predecessor continues as Tana Outliner.
AnytypeAnytype is a local-first, end-to-end encrypted knowledge management and collaboration app for desktop and mobile. It requires no email signup, syncs peer-to-peer or via self-hosted networks, and its code is source-available.
RemNoteRemNote is a learning platform that combines outline-based notes, spaced-repetition flashcards, PDF annotation, and AI study tools in one app, founded at MIT in 2020.
AmieAmie is a Berlin-built productivity app that combines bot-free AI meeting notes, calendar, todos, and email drafting in one interface, with macOS/iOS/Windows apps and an MCP server that lets Claude or ChatGPT access your data.
MotionMotion is an all-in-one work platform built around AI auto-scheduling, combining tasks, projects, calendar, meeting notes, and docs. It is paid-only and English-only.
mymindmymind is an AI-driven private bookmarking tool that auto-tags and organizes everything you save — no folders, no social features, no ads. The free plan is capped at 100 cards; paid tiers start at $4.99/month.
ScrintalScrintal is a visual note-taking and research tool built by a Stockholm-based team, combining an infinite canvas with reusable docs and library-wide bi-directional links; it offers a single paid plan with no permanent free tier.
AFFiNEAFFiNE is an open-source, local-first workspace fusing block-based docs, an edgeless whiteboard, databases and AI on one canvas, with cloud sync, desktop and mobile apps, and Docker self-hosting — an open alternative to Notion and Miro.
LogseqLogseq is an open-source, privacy-first outliner and knowledge tool that stores notes as local Markdown or Org-mode plain text, with desktop and mobile apps. The app is free (AGPL-3.0); encrypted official sync is an optional paid add-on.
AppFlowyAppFlowy is an AGPL-3.0 open-source Notion alternative built with Flutter and Rust, offering docs, multi-view databases, kanban project management and AI features across local offline workspaces, hosted cloud, and Docker self-hosting.
Cal.comCal.com is a scheduling platform: free booking links for individuals, routing forms and workflows for teams, APIs and embeds for developers. The commercial product went closed source in 2026; the code lives on as MIT-licensed Cal.diy.
PlanePlane is an AGPL-3.0 open-source project management platform positioned as an alternative to Jira and Linear — work items, cycles, modules, multiple layouts, wiki and AI in one workspace, on hosted cloud, self-hosted Docker, or air-gapped.
AkiflowAkiflow merges tasks and calendars: pull to-dos from Gmail, Slack, Notion and more into one inbox, drag them onto your calendar as time blocks, and let the Aki AI assistant schedule for you. Founded 2020, YC-backed; no free plan.
RizeRize is an automatic time tracker: a desktop app records your app, web and meeting time in the background and AI files it by client and project — no timers, no screenshots, no keylogging. Founded 2020 in San Francisco; bootstrapped.
QianjiQianji is a Chinese bookkeeping app known for "three no's": no ads, no splash, no wealth management. Quick entry, assets, ledgers and reports free on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac and HarmonyOS; 6M+ users.
ManusManus is a general AI agent from Singapore-based Butterfly Effect. It executes tasks in a cloud virtual machine and delivers research reports, slides, deployed websites, and videos. Credit-based, free tier included.
GumloopGumloop is an AI agent builder for whole companies: employees describe a task in plain language and get an agent that acts in hundreds of apps, run on schedules, events, or webhooks. It began in 2023 as a drag-and-drop workflow tool.
TallyTally is a form builder from a small Belgian team: type like writing a doc and insert question blocks with slash commands. The free plan includes unlimited forms and submissions, conditional logic, e-signatures and Stripe payments.
WhimsicalWhimsical is an online whiteboard and docs tool: draw flowcharts, wireframes and mind maps on an infinite canvas, write connected docs, and generate diagrams with a built-in AI agent. Founded 2017; free plan, paid plans per editor.
CraftCraft is a design-led document and notes app with block editing, tasks, calendar and daily notes, offline-first sync, web publishing and cloud or on-device AI. Launched 2020 by a Hungarian team; free tier, Plus from $6.4/month yearly.
ReclaimReclaim is an AI calendar assistant for Google Calendar and Outlook that auto-schedules tasks, habits, meetings and focus time, reshuffling when plans change. Founded 2019 in Portland, acquired by Dropbox in 2024; free Lite plan.
Superhumansuperhuman.com is home to Superhuman, the AI productivity company renamed from Grammarly in 2025. Its flagship Superhuman Mail is a premium, keyboard-first email client for Gmail and Outlook — from $30/month, no free tier.
RaycastRaycast is a keyboard-first launcher and productivity suite: app and file search, clipboard history, window management, a store of community extensions and a paid AI assistant. Founded 2020 in London; on macOS, Windows and iOS.
SunsamaSunsama is a guided daily planner that pulls calendars and tasks from tools like Asana, Jira, Gmail and Slack into one view, with a daily planning ritual, time blocking and focus mode. No free plan; 14-day trial, no card required.
AttioAn AI-native CRM built on a flexible data model: sync email and calendar to auto-build a live relationship database, then layer automations, sequences, call intelligence and reports. Founded in London in 2019; free tier for up to 3 seats.Creative Tools
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ExcalidrawAn open-source virtual whiteboard with a hand-drawn feel — sketch diagrams for free without signing up, with real-time collaboration and end-to-end encryption.
TypstTypst is a markup-based typesetting system and collaborative online editor from a Berlin team, matching LaTeX's power with simpler syntax, instant preview, and helpful errors; the compiler is open source under Apache-2.0.
GammaAn AI-powered content design platform that turns a prompt, outline, or imported file into presentations, documents, webpages, and social assets, with export to PPT/PDF and one-click web publishing.
Shenyan Dayi (深言达意)Shenyan Dayi is a free writing aid from DeepLang AI: describe what you mean and get matching Chinese words, idioms, quotes and example sentences, with cross-lingual English lookup. It evolved from THUNLP's WantWords reverse dictionary.
OverleafA collaborative online LaTeX editor that runs entirely in the browser, created as WriteLaTeX in 2011 and merged with ShareLaTeX in 2017; the company reports over 20 million users.
FlowithInfinite-canvas AI workspace by a Shanghai team: branchable multi-thread chats and multimodal generation with 40+ models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more, plus the Agent Neo creative agent. Free tier, credit-based.
HeyGenHeyGen is an AI avatar video platform that turns scripts into presenter-led videos with your digital twin, a photo, or stock avatars, plus video translation with voice cloning and lip sync in 175+ languages and developer APIs.
PitchPitch is a Berlin-built online presentation tool known for its design-forward editor, real-time collaboration and share-link analytics, now with AI across the deck lifecycle. Free plan, unlimited presentations; paid seats from $13/month.
Screen StudioScreen Studio is a macOS-only screen recorder that automatically adds smooth zooms, cursor effects, captions and styled backgrounds, turning raw captures into polished demos in minutes. Indie-built, launched late 2022, subscription-based.
RiversideRiverside records remote podcasts and video interviews in the browser by capturing each participant locally in separate tracks, so spotty internet never degrades the 4K/48kHz result. With text-based editing, AI clips and hosting; free plan.Developer Tools
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IT ToolsAn open-source, free collection of 86 online tools for developers and IT professionals: hashing, encoding, format conversion and network calculators, all running in the browser. No signup; self-hostable via one Docker command.
GitHubThe largest code-hosting and collaboration platform, launched in April 2008 and a Microsoft subsidiary since 2018; as of 2026-09-02 it serves 225M+ developers and 800M+ repositories, with free repos plus Actions and Copilot.
RSSHubAn open-source RSS generator created by DIYgod in 2018 that turns websites without native feeds into standard RSS sources; the code is on GitHub under AGPL-3.0, with an official demo instance and encouragement to self-host.
n8nA workflow automation and AI agent orchestration platform from Berlin's n8n GmbH: wire apps, databases, and LLMs on a visual node canvas, drop into JS/Python anywhere, self-host or use the cloud. Fair-code licensed (not open source).
CursorAnysphere's AI-native code editor: a VS Code fork with codebase-wide coding agents, Tab autocomplete, its own Composer model, a CLI and cloud agents. A SpaceX subsidiary since Aug 2026; free tier, paid from $20/mo.
GhosttyGhostty is a free, open-source terminal emulator pairing GPU-accelerated rendering with platform-native UI on macOS and Linux. Started by HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto, written mainly in Zig, MIT licensed.Career Development
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Website Builders
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SoftrA no-code business app builder by Berlin-based Softr Platforms GmbH, launched in 2020. Turns Airtable, Sheets, Notion or its native database into portals and internal tools with login and permissions. Free plan; paid from $19/month.
GlideA no-code app platform by US company typeguard, Inc., launched in 2019. Turns spreadsheets and business data into mobile and desktop web apps. Two product lines: AI-driven GlideOS and Glide Classic, both with free tiers.