Intro
- πΈ All software listed here are either free or low-cost
- π₯ Some of the items are OS Agnostic, others are not
- π All of them I’ve been using for at least a few months
- π₯ I try and avoid vendor lock-in where it is realistic
- π Hopefully you’ll like them too
- π Yes, the list gets “lazier” as it goes on
- π― Important stuff at the top
- π― Stew is your friend
- π eGet is nice too
- π© Stuff I really like is flagged
Also feel free to check out π https://stackshare.io/jelloeater
Changes
Install Stew π² (Recommended) https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew/releases
eget marwanhawari/stew
chmod 755 stew
sudo mv stew /usr/local/bin
Install eget https://github.com/zyedidia/eget
curl https://zyedidia.github.io/eget.sh | sh
Install deb-get https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get
sudo apt install curl lsb-release wget
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
π’ Services
| Category | Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| π Diary | Diaro | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixelcrater.Diaro | |
| π§ Email Forwarding | ForwardEmail | https://forwardemail.net | |
| π° RSS Reader | π© Inoreader | https://inoreader.com | |
| π Stock Charting | TradingView | https://www.tradingview.com | |
| πͺ Crypto Exchange | Coinbase | https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-COIN/ | |
| π Read-It-Later | Instapaper | https://instapaper.com | |
| π€ AI / LLM | π© Perplexity | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.perplexity.app.android | |
| π’ Podcasts | Podurama | https://podurama.com | |
| π Post-It-Later | Buffer | https://buffer.com/ | |
| π Password Sharing | BitWarden | https://bitwarden.com | |
| β Weather | wttr.in | https://github.com/aandrew-me | |
| π§ VPN Overlay | ZeroTier | https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne | |
| πͺ± Remote File Transfer | Magic Wormhole | https://wormhole.app/ | |
| π Network Uptime | HetrixTools | https://hetrixtools.com | |
| π Remote Health Monitoring | NetData | https://www.netdata.cloud | |
| ποΈ Local Network Monitoring | PRTG | https://www.paessler.com/prtg | |
| π Observability Suite | NewRelic | https://newrelic.com | |
| π€ Observability Suite (but you’re not paying for it) | DataDog | https://www.datadoghq.com |
π₯ OS Agnostic Apps (GUI)
| Category | Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| π Browser | Waterfox π¦ | https://www.waterfox.net | |
| π§ Email | Thunderbird π¦ | https://www.thunderbird.net | |
| π‘ Remote Desktop | NoMachine | https://www.nomachine.com/ | |
| π Notebook | π© Obsidian | https://obsidian.md | |
| π§ Scratchpad | Heynote | https://github.com/heyman/heynote | |
| π To-Do List | From-Scratch | https://github.com/Kilian/fromscratch | |
| π Stargazing | Stellarium | https://stellarium.org | |
| π Crypto Wallet | BlueWallet | https://bluewallet.io | |
| π« Local File Transfer | π© LocalSend | https://localsend.org | |
| π€― Push Notifications | Ntfy | https://ntfy.sh/ | |
| πΎ File Sync | SyncThing | https://syncthing.net | |
| π¬ Matrix Chat | Nheko | https://nheko-reborn.github.io | |
| π Password Vault | π© KeepassXC | https://keepassxc.org | |
| πͺ Virtualization | VMWare Workstation | https://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-hypervisor | |
| π Private Browsing | LibreWolf | https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/browser/linux | |
| π¨ Multi Chat | Ferdium | https://github.com/ferdium/ferdium-app | |
| β Calculator | π© speedcrunch | https://bitbucket.org/heldercorreia/speedcrunch/ | |
| β Calculator (alt) | qalculate | https://qalculate.github.io |
πΏ OS Agnostic Apps (CLI)
| Category | Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| π½ Terminal | π© Wezterm | https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm | |
| π Binary Package (Homebrew) | π© Stew | https://github.com/marwanhawari/stew | |
| π Safer RM/del | π© gTrash | https://github.com/umlx5h/gtrash | |
| π File Content Search | π© RipGrepAll | https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all | |
| π File Pager | π© moar | https://github.com/walles/moar | |
| π Shell | OMZSH | https://ohmyz.sh | |
| π’ Shell History | Atuin | https://atuin.sh | |
| πͺ Shell Theme | p10k | https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k | |
| π€ΉββοΈ Multiplexer (tmux) | Byobu | https://www.byobu.org/ | |
| π File Name Search | π© fd | https://github.com/sharkdp/fd | |
| π Dot Files | YADM | https://yadm.io | |
| π€ GPT/LLM CLI | tgpt | https://github.com/aandrew-me/tgpt |
π€ Dev Tools
π Frameworks
| Category | Name | Language | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Static Sites | hugo π© | Go | https://gohugo.io/ |
| API Server | FastAPI | Python | https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/ |
π§ Linux
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Ubuntu | https://ubuntu.com |
| DE | MATE | https://mate-desktop.org |
| Drop Down Terminal | Guake | http://guake.org |
| Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/zoeyfyi/Boop-GTK |
| App Launcher | π© uLauncher | https://ulauncher.io |
| Clipboard Manager | CopyQ | https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ |
| Screen Shot | Flameshot | https://flameshot.org |
| TimeZone Clock | MATE Menu Bar | date +’%H:%M U’ -u |
| TimeZone Calculator | TZ | https://github.com/oz/tz |
π OSX
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Drop Down Terminal | iTerm2 | https://iterm2.com |
| App Launcher | π© Raycast | https://www.raycast.com |
| Scratch Pad | π© Boop | https://github.com/IvanMathy/Boop |
| Window Snapping | Rectangle | https://rectangleapp.com |
| Meeting Reminder | MeetingBar | https://meetingbar.app |
| Clipboard Manager | Maccy | https://maccy.app |
| Screen Shot | Shottr | https://shottr.cc |
| Time Zone Clock | Clocker | https://github.com/n0shake/clocker |
| RDP Client | Royal TS | https://royalapps.com/ts/mac/features |
| Alt-Tab | Alt-Tab-OSX | https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app |
| Re-map Keys | Karabiner | https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org |
| Mouse Acceleration | LinearMouse | https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse |
β WearOS
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Watch Face | π© Sectograph Day & Time planner | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=prox.lab.calclock |
| Business Card | Biz-Card | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sasyabook.businesscardapp |
| QR Codes | MyQR | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rayadams.myqr |
| Reward Cards | StoCard | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stocard.stocard |
| World Clock | World Clock Tile | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gay.depau.worldclocktile |
| Sleep Tracking | Sleep as Android | https://sleep.urbandroid.org |
| Heart Rate Monitor | Heart Rate Plus | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dungelin.heartrate |
| Workout Tracker | GymRun | https://www.gymrun.app/ |
π€ Android
π€ Android Root
| Category | Name | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Sudo | Magisk | https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk |
| Cleaner | SD Maid | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm |
| Backup | SwiftBackup | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup |
| Battery Saver | Buoy | https://github.com/tytydraco/Buoy |
| Doze | Naptime | https://naptime.en.uptodown.com/android |