These are tools that I’ve had with me long enough to merit my personal recommendation. Sure, times change, paradigms shift, technologies come and go. But every single one on this list comes with my highest recommendation for simply proving very useful in its time. No OS and browser battles here. Nor anything obvious like git or F-Droid.
I will try to keep this list updated. Old or defunct stuff no longer useful to me will be removed.
Last updated: 2022-04-04
Coding
Sublime Text
Visual Studio Code
Git Cola
Meld (diff)
Gitea
Writing
Trilium
Zim Desktop Wiki
WordWeb
GoldenDict
ghostwriter
Reading
Tiny Tiny RSS
Foxit Reader
calibre
qpdfview
Foliate
Kiwix
Recoll
Productivity
Autokey
rofi
kanboard
Syncthing
KDE Connect, GSConnect
Yakuake (or any dropdown terminal)
Workrave
Command Line, Networking
rclone
yt-dlp
ffmpeg, mediainfo, exiftool
oh-my-zsh
wmctrl
dd-wrt
Selfhosted Web Apps
pi-hole
Nextcloud
RSS-Bridge
Plex
Airsonic
Online Dev & Design Tools
RegExr.com
Coolors.co
DevDocs.io
explainshell.com
Crontab.guru
gitexplorer.com
keyboard.cool
Browser Extensions
SingleFile
uBlock Origin
Firefox Containers
HTTPS Everywhere
Unhook (YouTube)
Android
Loop Habit Tracker
Tasks.org
DAVx⁵
Moon+ Reader Pro
MiXplorer by XDA
SD Maid
NetGuard
DSub
Poweramp
Windows
cmder
Keypirinha + Everything
Notepad++
BitMeter 2
SpaceSniffer
WinDirStat
iOS
Termius
tiny Reader (TT-RSS)
Yomu EBook Reader
Octal (hacker news client)
Infuse (video player)
Games
Dorfromantik
Type Knight
Infinity Loop
Between the lines
AnkiDroid
Dominion
Services
Neocities
Last.fm
Goodreads
Letterboxd
Trakt.tv
Discogs
Catholic Apps
iMissal
Bible Diary
iBreviary
iPieta
Laudate
DivineOffice