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Productivity Software

Updated: February 7, 2026

Essential tools and utilities for productivity.

# Use Case App / Tool URL
1 Externalizing memory: capturing fleeting ideas, takeaways, reminders, and saving useful links on the go; reflections App developed by me
2 Note taking, knowledge base Trilium https://triliumnotes.org/
3 Mind maps Freeplane https://docs.freeplane.org/
4 Kanban board WeKan https://wekan.github.io/
5 Data exploration and Data visualization Apache Superset https://superset.apache.org/
6 Data grid AG Grid https://www.ag-grid.com/
7 Spreadsheet Grist, NocoDB https://www.getgrist.com/
https://nocodb.com/
8 Backend-as-a-Service Directus https://directus.io/
9 Digital handwriting Xournal++ https://xournalpp.org/
10 Infinite canvas Lorien, Excalidraw https://github.com/mbrlabs/Lorien
https://excalidraw.com/
11 Diagrams draw.io https://app.diagrams.net/
12 PDF manipulation PDFelement https://pdf.wondershare.com/
13 E-book management Calibre https://calibre-ebook.com/
14 Reference management Zotero https://www.zotero.org/
15 Typesetting Typst, LaTeX https://typst.app/
www.latex-project.org
16 Presentation Reveal JS & Chart.js https://revealjs.com/
https://www.chartjs.org/
17 Document viewer Okular https://okular.kde.org/
18 Spaced-repetition Anki https://apps.ankiweb.net/
19 Tasks Google Tasks https://workspace.google.com/products/tasks/
20 Events Fossify Calendar https://fossify.org/apps/