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Productivity & Workflows

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Local-first note taking, launcher tools, project management, and automation.

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Obsidian#1
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
96.3Score

Sharpen your thinking. Offline-first Markdown knowledge base.

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“The fact that all notes remain simple markdown files on my disk means I will never be locked into a proprietary database.”

— @kepanoHN discussion ↗
3,420mentions2,150users
95% positive
Raycast#2
Productivity & Workflows/Launchers & OS Tweaks
96Score

Blazingly fast, extensible launcher for Mac and Windows

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“Raycast completely replaced Alfred for me two years ago. The extensions ecosystem and speed are unmatched.”

— @swyxHN discussion ↗
1,840mentions1,120users
93% positive
Monica#3
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
95.8Score

n open-source CRM to manage friends and family

CommercialYShow HN2017Website

“Looks neat. As an aside, why is it named after a woman? I'm genuinely curious.”

— @_m8foHN discussion ↗
3,224mentions1,120users
92% positive
Generating fantasy maps#4
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
95.6Score

an interactive exploration

CommercialYShow HN2016Website

“Well done, thanks! BTW, this is a quick way to generate an higher resolution map on the site. Open the developer tools, remove the width from .note (it's the container of the column), inspect the map at the bottom and set the height and width of the canvas to suit your needs. Then click on the Gener”

— @pmontraHN discussion ↗
1,948mentions478users
92% positive
Simpleanalytics#5
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
95.5Score

I made a privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
2,321mentions703users
92% positive
Browsh#6
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
95.5Score

A modern, text-based browser

CommercialYShow HN2018Website

“Can it be made <i>not</i> to show WebGL, embedded video, and so forth? I enjoy a very serene internet using w3m set to monochrome, with mouse and images turned off. Every now and then it's necessary to use a graphical browser, and it's the sensory equivalent of being woken up by a toddler at 5:30 on”

— @sevensorHN discussion ↗
2,449mentions773users
92% positive
Oneviewcalendar#7
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
95.1Score

New calendar app idea

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
1,918mentions566users
92% positive
New calendar app idea#8
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
95.1Score

New calendar app idea

CommercialYShow HN2016Website

“Really neat idea. I'm sad that the site requires JavaScript, but I don't know how this would work otherwise.”

— @wtbobHN discussion ↗
1,918mentions566users
92% positive
Hackerthemes#9
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
95Score

I made an interactive Bootstrap 4 cheat sheet

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
1,879mentions532users
92% positive
Kimono#10
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
94.6Score

Never write a web scraper again

CommercialYShow HN2014Website

“I really like how you guided me in to demoing. Nice job.”

— @ameister14HN discussion ↗
1,797mentions563users
92% positive
Cmx#11
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
94.2Score

a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

CommercialYShow HN2013Website
1,295mentions365users
92% positive
Aboutmybrowser#12
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
94Score

We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

CommercialYShow HN2012Website
1,323mentions418users
92% positive
Davebakker#13
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
93.9Score

One Page Calendar 2020

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,146mentions324users
92% positive
Hellogoodbye#14
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93.8Score

A browser extension which blocks chat/helpdesk widgets

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,415mentions475users
92% positive
Zero#15
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
93.8Score

A fast, zero-configuration server for React, Node.js, Markdown

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,462mentions499users
92% positive
Benhoyt#16
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
93.6Score

I replaced Google Analytics with simple log-based analytics

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,156mentions354users
92% positive
GitBook#17
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
93.5Score

Build beautiful programming books using GitHub and Markdown

CommercialYShow HN2014Website

“This is incredible! Here is the repo if anyone wants to star it: https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook I will definitely use this for the CoderDojoNYC curriculum I'm building.”

— @carlsednaouiHN discussion ↗
967mentions270users
92% positive
Qotoqot#18
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
93.4Score

Automatic private time tracking for OS X

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
1,285mentions451users
92% positive
Nightmare#19
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93.4Score

Simple browser automation

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
926mentions256users
92% positive
Open-Source#20
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
93.4Score

Free, Agile Project Management Tool

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
1,080mentions335users
92% positive
Breach#21
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93.3Score

A modular browser built on Chromium and Node.js

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
1,101mentions365users
92% positive
DevShop#22
Productivity & Workflows/Tasks & Collaboration
93.2Score

Game of Kanban

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
919mentions272users
92% positive
Anonaddy#23
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
93.2Score

I made an open-source anonymous email forwarding service

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
1,099mentions371users
92% positive
Javelin Browser#24
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93.1Score

Javelin Browser

CommercialYShow HN2014Website
962mentions308users
92% positive
Polar#25
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93.1Score

an offline web browser with annotations and tagging

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
839mentions236users
92% positive
Sheetsu#26
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
93Score

Turn a Google Spreadsheet into an API

CommercialYShow HN2015Website
858mentions260users
92% positive
Mathcha#27
Productivity & Workflows/Automation & Utilities
93Score

Online Mathematics Editor

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
768mentions210users
92% positive
ORY Editor#28
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93Score

A rich editor for the browser, built with React and Redux

Open SourceYShow HN2017Website
880mentions265users
92% positive
Dark Reader extension#29
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
93Score

Dark mode for every website

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
1,049mentions358users
92% positive
Copy#30
Productivity & Workflows/Browsers & Reading
92.9Score

Windows 98 in browser

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
1,004mentions340users
92% positive