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Day 48 since launch
Launched on 25 August 2026
Every resource here is checked by hand, and new ones are added every day.
11 October 2026
Day 48 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-eight days.
- Published the AI and Tech News post for 10 October.
- Added five comparison pages: ChatGPT vs Gemini, Notion vs ClickUp, the best free project management tools, and Loom and Asana alternatives.
- Fixed structured data issues reported by Google Search Console, added redirects for old links that returned 404, and refreshed two guide titles, three resource entries and the Meetings intro.
- Added CoolDock, Pieoneer, Dropover, Presentify and Supaste as Mac utilities: a second Dock with widgets, a pie menu launcher, a drag-and-drop shelf, screen annotation and a visual clipboard history.
- Added screenpipe, a local AI memory of your screen, audio and meetings that AI tools can search.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
10 October 2026
Day 47 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-seven days.
- Published ten new free guides: Claude Dashboards plus Claude Motion, 100 SpaceXAI Grok Bot tips, 100 ChatGPT do’s and don’ts, a vibecoding guide, Higgsfield and Higgsfield Katana guides, and using AI tools to grow on LinkedIn, for personal branding, for branding, and for game development.
- Published the AI and Tech News post for 9 October.
- Added new ways to share and come back: share the current page, a saved list, a tool of the day, an RSS feed, guide contents and exports.
- Added the ScrollLaunch badge in the homepage hero next to Product Hunt, and a new flat website thumbnail with updated stats.
- Added Readdy, Wegic, Durable, Same.new, Anything and 10Web as AI website and app builders.
- Added UX Pilot, Refs.Gallery, Heroicons Animated, Taste Skill and termcn for UI design, inspiration, animated icons, better agent-built frontends and terminal UI components.
- Added App Store Screenshots Generator, img2threejs, Ix and OpenDots for coding agents: store screenshots, code-only 3D models, a queryable codebase graph and a persistent agent template.
- Added Shotreel and Awesome Seedance for looping showcase videos and Seedance 2.0 video prompts.
- Added ProxyBridge, a free open-source proxy client for routing chosen apps through HTTP or SOCKS5 proxies.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
9 October 2026
Day 46 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-six days.
- Published ten new free guides: Claude Dashboards, Claude Motion, Claude Design and Claude Haiku 5.5 guides, saving Claude tokens and ChatGPT usage, spending less on AI tools, Google’s AI tools stack, 100 Claude tips, and 100 SpaceXAI Grok tips.
- Updated older guides: NotebookLM is now called Gemini Notebook, and Claude Docs, Slides and Design are out of beta.
- Added two free collections: Free Anti Brain Rot Websites and Free Anti-Slop Websites and Tools, shown as Free picks at the top of the directory.
- Redesigned the site with a new sticky header, search panel and mobile menu, a rebuilt homepage, flat colour accents and tighter copy.
- Reviewed and updated every legal document, and affiliate links in listings are now labelled.
- Brought back the Product Hunt badge on the homepage and in the footer, and the site font is now self-hosted.
- Added a tech news hub, a productivity tools data report, topic hubs linking related collections and categories, and richer category and resource pages.
- Added Droppy, Shhepit, Maccelerate and Moorline as Mac apps for the notch, calm resets, faster transitions and customer support.
- Added Wasdy for managing Claude Code skills and MCP servers from the menu bar.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
8 October 2026
Day 45 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-five days.
- Published ten new free guides: Grok Bot vs Meta Muse vs OpenAI Dots, making money with AI videos, making money with Meta Muse, 50 do’s and don’ts for vibe coders, the best AI tools for a faceless social media business, businesses and 100 professions AI tools will not replace, Claude vs ChatGPT vs Grok vs Gemini, and the best AI image and video generation models right now.
- Published AI and Tech News for 7 October and 8 October.
- Added a video tour page for the homepage explainer video.
- Fixed Search Console indexing issues.
- Added Better Codex, AI Agent Session Center, skillshare, Meta_Kim, VexJoy Agent, Pi Herdsman, deepseek-harness-jev, video-shotcraft and the gradually.ai Claude Code Skills Directory for running and extending coding agents.
- Added Honeycomb, MIRA OS and Wiki Graph for agent memory and knowledge bases.
- Added String, Uni-CLI, tlgr, OpenMausBot, SpaceO and DeskVNC for agents that operate apps, browsers and computers.
- Added Aceternity UI, Magic UI, Motion Primitives, Uiverse, mcpcn, Koven Animated Icons, 3dicons, Viewport UI and Agent Native Video Graphics for interface components, icons and design inspiration.
- Added NuGuard, WFGY, Awesome AI SRE, bunqueue, Altium Designer MCP and Antigravity CLI Statusline for AI reliability, security and developer tools.
- Added IDEM for business plans and pitch decks, and IELTS Practice for exam preparation.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
7 October 2026
Day 44 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-four days.
- Published nine new free guides: a Google Nano Banana 2.1 guide, Nano Banana 2.1 in any business, a Claude Cowork guide, the 20 best Claude MCPs, ten Claude prompts to create videos, ten Claude prompts to edit videos, ten Grok bots you can build, 20 trending faceless YouTube channel niches, and types of AI-powered one-person businesses.
- Every resource now has its own page with pros, cons, key facts, alternatives and free alternatives, plus a Featured-on badge with embed code.
- Added 38 comparison pages: head-to-head comparisons, best free lists and free alternatives pages, with a new compare hub.
- Guides and articles now link the first mention of each directory resource to its page, and every resource and comparison page has its own share card.
- Added a floating back-to-top button with a reading-progress ring.
- Published AI and Tech News for 6 October.
- Added Dataview, Excalidraw for Obsidian, Copilot for Obsidian, Smart Connections, Templater, Kanban for Obsidian and Tasks for Obsidian for notes and tasks in Obsidian.
- Added GoodCart, Shoot.Design, Pushkeen.AI, abtest.design and Morphin Inspirations for design and product inspiration.
- Added Tween UI, SHIUI, AnimateIcons, page-mascot and React Frontend Skills for interface components and frontend work.
- Added Foremerge, NodeDB, CRG, Ponytail and Meta Skill for coding agents and agent memory.
- Added AI Engineer Headquarters, Awesome Opus 5.5 Videos and OpenASM for learning and security.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
6 October 2026
Day 43 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-three days.
- Published nine new free guides: Grok Bot in any business and for business growth, Claude Code for content creation and for marketing, OpenAI Codex for marketing, AI tools for podcasting, the complete AI tool stack for one-person businesses, the 20 best Claude plugins, and 20 Grok Bot prompt templates.
- Added Pensyve, LaPis, Engraphis, Hermes Bot Forge, Agent Orchestra, Aeon, OpenAgentCore, Anvia, Airbyte Agent SDK, HarnessRouter Starter Kit and Awesome Agentic AI for agent memory, multi-agent work and agent frameworks.
- Added mcptoon, 365 Skills, Agent Rules, Coding Agent Account Manager, Legal Skills Open, FlyAI Skill, Awwwards MCP, Graph-It-Live, open-slide, DaC and audiocn for coding agents, skills and developer tooling.
- Added SiteInspire, DesignSPO, Land-book, Landing.Gallery, SaaS Landing Page and Superdesign for design inspiration and AI design.
- Added Clew, Glyph, Flowsint, Kamra PMS and AnythingLLM Docs for learning, notes, investigations, property management and local AI.
- Every resource now shows a stored icon, with a flat letter tile as a fallback, and guides, articles, collections, categories, types and goals now have topic icon tiles.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
5 October 2026
Day 42 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-two days.
- Published a new AI and technology news post for 5 October.
- Published two new free guides: how to learn any language faster with AI tools, and how to use Grok Bot for job search.
- Published four new free guides: a Meta Muse guide, a Grok Bot guide, a Grok Build guide, and how to build your one-person business with AI tools.
- Added drawio-skill, Claude Agent SDK for Go, funes, ClearAI, OSK System, Obsidian Vault Intelligence, A Fable of Codexes and Claude Code Templates for AI agents, agent memory and Claude Code.
- Added React Grab, Agentation, Mesurer and Tinte for pointing coding agents at your interface, plus openGym, a self-hosted workout tracker.
- Guide cards now show one automatic number each, with no numbers in section titles.
- Tightened the site's security headers and content security policy, and fixed a homepage loading error.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
4 October 2026
Day 41 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty-one days.
- Launched Rearrange PDF Pages, a free tool in Tools I've Built for putting the pages of a PDF in a new order. It runs entirely in your browser and collects no data.
- Published a new AI and technology news post for 4 October.
- Published ten new free guides: Claude 101, a Claude Skills guide, the 20 best Claude Skills, making money with Claude Skills, how to use AI right, website design with Claude Opus 5.5, making Claude write like you, building an app with Claude, old vs new Claude, and building a faceless YouTube channel with AI tools.
- Added growth.engineer, book-to-skill, sem, Motifcode, OnionClaw, Disciplined AI Software Development, Agent Foundation, DreamGraph, three.ws, Inspo, Gridex and Proton Mail Bridge Client for AI agents, coding tools and email.
- Added on.design, Halaska UI, Goated UI, Dockhunt, Briefbox, PersonalSit.es, soundcn and Playlists for design inspiration, interface building and creative practice, plus httpSMS for sending SMS from an Android phone.
- Added Atmosphere, Trending Claude Skills, ReelMimic, Monte Carlo Agent Toolkit, FastMemory, Hallmark, OxiMux, Dely, tty7, kwin-mcp, Runner, Projektor, Awesome Journal Skills, Power BI Agentic Development and Agents Universe today for AI agents, Claude skills and developer workflows, plus CSS Buttons, BoardUI and Planes for interface components.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
- Guide pages now show the Built with love call to action only once.
- Published a new free guide, How to Understand AI’s Economic Future with Anthropic’s Scenarios.
3 October 2026
Day 40 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for forty days.
- Published new AI and technology news posts for 2 October and 3 October.
- Published ten new free guides: creating videos, editing videos and motion design with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, setting up OpenAI Codex, making money with OpenAI Codex and with Claude Code, an OpenAI Codex and Claude Code guide, building a second brain with Claude, building a business brain with AI, and a complete personal knowledge management guide.
- Added Career Agents, Busabase, Tiny Engineer, Oh My Fable, Jido AI, AnythingLLM Mobile, Merrymen, Coven, Docker Skills, Tensorlake, Pinloop CLI, Oh My Claude Code, Wazuh MCP Server, Superloopy, Omniseek and Everywhere for AI agents, coding tools and private AI.
- Added Logopond, Brand Guidelines, Brand New, Abduzeedo, Rebrand Gallery, Spotted in Prod, beUI, Evil Charts and Reverse UI for brand, design and interface inspiration.
- Added ManyBooks, Project Gutenberg, Open Library and Standard Ebooks as free places to read, plus Awesome Code Docs and Virtual Mac for iPad among yesterday's other curated resources.
- Added ZCodium, Garden Desk, Multizen Browser, SztuCode, CubePlex, Agentset, Claude Code Studio and A2A Java SDK today.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
- Sharper page titles for the latest news posts, category pages and the Jev setup guide.
- Launched Extract PDF Pages, a free tool in Tools I've Built for saving selected pages of a PDF as one new file. It runs entirely in your browser and collects no data.
2 October 2026
Day 39 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-nine days.
- Published a new free guide, How to Make Money with OpenAI Dots.
- Published a new free guide, How to Use OpenAI Dots for Job Search.
- Published a new free guide, How to Use OpenAI Dots for Business Growth.
- Published a new free guide, How to Use OpenAI Dots in Any Business.
- Published a new free guide, How to Use AI as Your Personal Tutor.
- Added ccmux, The Pair, Agent Console, OpenCastle, agnix, JFrog Boost, Distill, OpenGUI and Dais for running, watching and configuring AI coding agents.
- Added SmythOS Studio, Tracely, Uber ADR, AFDocs, Atomic Mail Agentic, Awesome Jev Live and vibe-to-ui for building, testing and securing agent systems.
- Added Design for B2B, A1 Gallery, SearchSystem, Umanmade, Logggos, UNCUT.wtf and SparkBites for design and typography inspiration.
- Added Paper Shaders, tweakcn, DialKit, NumberFlow, Anicon and ASCII Magic for polishing interfaces.
- Added Myna Recorder, ReClip, Mirobody, SeaLeap Amazon Skills, Django ORM Lens and OpenDraft among yesterday's other curated resources.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
- Added related-article links, more free guides, a Resource Types page and a generated sitemap so every page is easier to find.
1 October 2026
Day 38 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-eight days.
- Published a new free guide, How to Use AI for Personal Knowledge Management.
- Added Orkas, Cezar, agent-deck, Claude Code Agent Monitor, bloks, Octop, Noodle, Arcbox, Everruns, OmniCoreAgent, Muxi, AgentPipe, Otelyssey and TokenJam for running, watching and scaling AI agents.
- Added obsidian-mind and Operon for Obsidian-based agent memory and tasks, plus PaperGraph MCP, MaverickMCP and Harvard's Machine Learning Systems textbook for research and learning.
- Added Quicksilver, Snapzy, Kap, Xnapper, Compresto, Capsomnia and Macfolio for Mac screenshots, screen recording, compression and discovery.
- Added Shoogle, AI Canvas, Velora UI, VantaUI, UI/UX Pro Max Skill, Minimal Gallery, Sendra, QuickPick, ASCIInator, Gradientool and Clone Wars for interface design and inspiration.
- Added Phil, Lemo Opuscar, Paxeer X Network, FreeToken, Converge and ru-text among yesterday's other curated resources.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
- Launched Protect PDF, a free tool in Tools I've Built that locks a PDF with a password using AES-256 encryption. It runs entirely in your browser and collects no data.
- Launched Rotate PDF, a free tool in Tools I've Built for fixing sideways or upside-down pages. It runs entirely in your browser and collects no data.
- Launched Remove PDF Pages, a free tool in Tools I've Built for deleting pages from a PDF. It runs entirely in your browser and collects no data.
- Renamed Guides to Free Guides and Tools I've Built to Free Tools I've Built, so it is clear every guide and tool is free to use.
- Technical SEO clean-up: shorter page titles and tighter meta descriptions, a new Resource Types page so every type is easy to find, and tidier outbound links. Defunct listings whose sites no longer exist were removed.
29 September 2026
Day 36 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-six days.
- Added fast.ai, Google Machine Learning Crash Course, DeepLearning.AI, CS50 AI with Python, Hugging Face Learn, Kaggle Learn and Elements of AI for hands-on AI learning.
- Added Aweb, Agents Can Communicate, Caliper, Agent Dispatcher, ActiveGraph and Agent Memory for coordinating and evaluating AI-agent work.
- Added Dither Garden, Pointilliser, Dither Me This, Halftone Maker, 8bitcn/ui, Amicro and Shadcn UI Kit for image treatments and interface design.
- Added Skillry Opus 5.5 Videos, DeskRPG, ElevenLabs CLI, SkySend and How To Secure A Linux Server among yesterday's other curated resources.
- Published a new roundup of selected resources added yesterday.
28 September 2026
Day 35 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-five days.
- Added Appllama, Page Flows, Appkittie and Appshots for studying real app designs, user journeys and mobile-app markets.
- Added GAAI Framework, LintLang, AgentReach and Agent Sphere for building, reviewing and coordinating AI-agent workflows.
- Added walkerOS, Stabilize, GCF and RubyLLM for event tracking, workflow execution, structured AI data and Ruby-based AI development.
- Added Coval Benchmarks, Bolna and Aurora for voice-AI evaluation, phone agents and incident investigation.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
27 September 2026
Day 34 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-four days.
- Added What Ships for studying startup launch videos, TaskView for self-hosted task management and Mulmoclaude for local-first personal AI assistance.
- Added Flyto Core, Django Orbit, Threadport, Agentlas OS and Railtracks for verifiable automation, debugging and more organized AI-agent workflows.
- Added Balsa UI, Springs Studio, Meshfont, ForgeUI, Spline, Unicorn Studio, Paper and 21st for design systems, motion, typography and interface building.
- Added CoSAI Risk Map, Agent Rules Skill, AI-First Toolkit, LiveContext CE and more resources for AI safety, skills and automation.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
26 September 2026
Day 33 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-three days.
- Added Agentsmith, Open Supermarkets, Wake, Bento and Context Loader for agent workflows, everyday tasks, offline office work and cleaner coding context.
- Added Prismor, nono, Agent Governance Toolkit, Agent Control Standard, Govern and Writ for controlling and reviewing AI-agent actions.
- Added SkillNet, Skillware, Claude Skills Collection, Knowledge Agent Template and Awesome Multi-Agent Orchestrators for reusable skills and knowledge-grounded agents.
- Added Sentio, Oracle VecDB Python SDK, Sphere SDK, DomA, UniFace, ainovel-cli and more specialist developer and creative resources.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
25 September 2026
Day 32 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-two days.
- Added Excalidraw CLI, Storybook, Motion, GSAP, Coded Visuals and Kombai Selects for diagrams, interface development, animation and design-to-code workflows.
- Added React Bits, Kokonut UI, Toggles.dev, Uizze, Amicons, Unikist and before.click for interface components, icons and visual inspiration.
- Added AgentsDock, Guardana, Wife, Kipi System, Armory, Agent LSP, Pipelex and Sandbase Harness for AI agents, memory, security and reliable development workflows.
- Added catchup, call.md, Kane CLI, Pi Desktop, OMNI, Kong, dshcloud, PureMac, Awesome AI Governance and Awesome Jev Projects across automation, communication, research and developer productivity.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
24 September 2026
Day 31 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty-one days.
- Added Gawkbot, ClawBench, Nirvana-OS Engine, CoCo Super Intelligence and Containarium for AI automation, evaluation, orchestration and safer agent execution.
- Added OneWave Claude Skills, EGC and Awesome Meta Muse Agent for reusable skills, shared coding-agent context and practical automation briefs.
- Added Morflax Studio, Keyline Icons, ObsidianUI, Spectrum UI, Transitions.dev, Godly and Deck.gallery for faster visual design, interface work and presentation research.
- Added StackQL, Bolt Slides, Tiiny Host, Human Atlas, Awesome Jev and Kobra Input OTP across cloud workflows, presentations, publishing, learning and interface development.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
23 September 2026
Day 30 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for thirty days.
- Added oc for turning websites into compact, agent-friendly command-line tools with lower token use.
- Added Open Infrastructure Map for exploring power, telecom, petroleum, water and other infrastructure data from OpenStreetMap.
- Added Genie and gptme for structured autonomous coding and persistent terminal-based AI assistance.
- Added FFmpeg Skill for private local media workflows handled by compatible coding agents.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
22 September 2026
Day 29 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-nine days.
- Added a deep learning and machine-learning study shelf including Dive into Deep Learning, micrograd, nanoGPT, Zero to Hero, Mathematics for ML, Stanford CS 229 cheatsheets and Spinning Up.
- Added design resources including Detail, Toolcraft, Pryzm, Valessa, Book of Shapes and Iconly for product design, backgrounds, 3D visuals, generative patterns and icon inspiration.
- Added AI-agent and developer tools including MatrixOne, Claude Ops, slackcli, Speakr, Stop Slop, Compass, AgentGlass and The Art of Command Line.
- Added self-hosted and systems tools including StateWave, Ossium, Mimik, Raven, agtx, Swarm, Redamon, Portracker, Oya Browser, BrainAPI and vphone-ws.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
21 September 2026
Day 28 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-eight days.
- Added a large collection of AI-agent, terminal and developer resources including navi, Click, Claude Code Game Studios, Fast GraphRAG, snow-cli and handmux.
- Added Dormice, OpenHarness, TokenOps, Self-Media Compliance Review and Composerize for agent sandboxes, harness workflows, token governance and media compliance.
- Added microcharts and Upscayl for inline React charts and free AI image upscaling.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
20 September 2026
Day 27 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-seven days.
- Added UI Skills and uncoverLAB for interface craft, Figma components, app flows and design inspiration.
- Added new AI-agent, research and knowledge resources including Council of High Intelligence, FinAI Research, Awesome Academic Research Skills and Obsidian Second Brain.
- Added practical creator and developer tools including AutoClip, shadercn, Ghostty, MonitorControl, PixelRAG, DeepTeam and pdfcn.
- Published a new roundup of the best resources added yesterday.
19 September 2026
Day 26 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-six days.
- Added Compositor, ServerKit and Superstreamer for image editing, self-hosted app management and video streaming workflows.
- Added Kitaru, ASO Skills, Startup Skill, FFmpeg Skill and Agent Skills Workflow Template for AI evaluation, app growth, startup research and agent-assisted work.
- Added 1000UserGuide, Aliens Eye and several new design, marketing and creator resources.
- Published a new roundup of the best recent directory additions.
18 September 2026
Day 25 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-five days.
- Added Devault — Web to Figma, Agentfiles and Shadcnblocks Vue for design capture, AI-agent workflows and Vue interface building.
- Added eight official Anthropic skills for frontend design, themes, brand guidelines, canvas design, skill creation, web artifacts, algorithmic art and web app testing.
- Added Figma to Code and a broad collection of UI libraries, design references and practical developer resources.
- Published a new roundup of the best recent directory additions.
17 September 2026
Day 24 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-four days.
- Added ResumeMaker.Online, PreviewMyProfile and GeneratePPT for creating job applications, checking social profiles and building presentations.
- Added BrowserSkill, My Brain Is Full Crew and Open Code Review for browser automation, personal knowledge support and AI-assisted code review.
- Added fresh open-source resources for browser agents, voice creation, video workflows and productivity learning.
- Published a new roundup of the best recent directory additions.
16 September 2026
Day 23 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-three days.
- Added a large batch of new directory resources, including free AI and machine learning learning paths, open-source video and agent tools, design and UI collections and classic how-to sites.
- Added a new browser-only Growth Marketing Ideas generator to the tools section.
- Added new visual guides and AI image prompts, plus new website and mobile app design samples.
- Directory links now carry a simple referral tag so listed sites can see the traffic came from here.
- Published a new roundup covering everything added recently.
15 September 2026
Day 22 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-two days.
- Added an Ask AI section with ready-made links for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok, plus direct links to the site's machine-readable resources.
- Added the live DataFa.st dashboard directly above the footer with real-time updates enabled.
- Replaced the previous Product Hunt placements with the latest official badge and product card, and removed the My videos section.
- Published a new roundup covering the newest directory resources and site additions.
14 September 2026
Day 21 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty-one days.
- Added the ScrollLaunch badge to the homepage hero and footer, linking to the Best Productivity Resources listing on ScrollLaunch.
- The badge is included in the server-rendered homepage so it is visible in the raw page source.
- Published a new roundup of the latest additions and site updates.
13 September 2026
Day 20 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twenty days.
- Added Wellmade and Bencho to the directory for curated creative inspiration and interactive UI examples.
- Added four visual guides covering powerful websites, Alex Hormozi lessons, AI image generation and AI video generation.
- Improved Compress PDF so text-first pages keep their original PDF structure while image-heavy pages are compressed.
- Updated the Product Hunt placements and published a new roundup of the latest additions.
12 September 2026
Day 19 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for nineteen days.
- Added ECC Tools, AutoClips, Flick, Rakazo and Shrimply to the directory, each linking directly to its original site.
- Added a private, browser-only Compress PDF tool that reduces PDF file sizes locally without uploading or storing documents.
- Published a new article rounding up the newest resources and site additions.
11 September 2026
Day 18 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for eighteen days.
- Published a new article covering the latest directory resources and recent site additions.
- Added a private, browser-only Split PDF tool that creates separate PDF files without uploading or storing documents.
- Added new AI prompts, AI images, visual guides, website designs, mobile app designs and an interactive 3D pizza project.
- Updated the legal disclosures for browser-only tools and refreshed search and AI discovery files.
10 September 2026
Day 17 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for seventeen days.
- Added Web Dev Resources, Scroll Launch and Product Hunt to the directory.
- Added the Apple Event September 2026 summary to the visual guides section.
- Published a new post rounding up the newest resources and site updates.
- The personal card builder now handles photo uploads much faster.
- Legal pages and search engine details were reviewed again and kept current.
9 September 2026
Day 16 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for sixteen days.
- Sponsored slots are now numbered 1 to 5 on the top and left, and 6 to 10 on the bottom and right, on both desktop and mobile.
- New reading and writing resources were added, including Naval, Dan Koe Letters, High Agency Essays, Dan Curtis Go and Eden.
- Legal pages and search engine details were reviewed again and kept current.
8 September 2026
Day 15 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for fifteen days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
7 September 2026
NoSignups added to the directory
- Added NoSignups, a curated directory of open-source, browser-based tools that require no signup.
- It links directly to the original site and is tagged for privacy-focused productivity and research.
6 September 2026
Six new developer and AI tools
- Added Dropfolio, Nuxt Charts, OpenRun, DashboardStack, UseFastAI and DashboardStack Studio to the directory.
- All six link directly to their original sites and cover portfolios, charts, runbooks, dashboards and AI utilities.
- They also appear in the relevant collections for developers, creators and no-code builders.
6 September 2026
Day 12 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for twelve days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
4 September 2026
New design inspiration and UI resources
- Added Collect UI, Sona UI, Nicefolios, Looogos and Noiced to the directory.
- All five link directly to their original sites and are tagged for design, research and inspiration.
- Recent additions also include Pryzm, Orb, Refero Styles, Design.md, Open Design AI, Aura Build, Neuform AI, DesignMD by Hyperbrowser, TypeUI and Posts.design.
4 September 2026
Day 11 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for eleven days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
2 September 2026
Day 9 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for nine days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
1 September 2026
Day 8 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for eight days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
1 September 2026
Added a support button
- Added a 'Support my work' button that links to a Gumroad coffee page.
- The button appears in the homepage hero, header, footer, directory, contact page, submission page, changelog and Shushant Lakhyani's portfolio page.
- Support is optional and helps keep the directory curated and updated.
31 August 2026
Day 7 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for seven days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
31 August 2026
15 new design and inspiration resources
- Added Design Minis, Posts.design, CollectUI, 60fps.design, OGFolio, Seesaw, Reelfolio, Shotbase, Kitbitz, Rare UI, Morphicons, Hano, Beyond UI, Raylight and a Dan Koe post on focus.
- Published a listicle covering all fifteen and who each one suits.
- The homepage now opens with the ten most recently added resources and a see more option.
- Sidebar navigation is now plain text links without icons for a cleaner look.
30 August 2026
Day 6 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for six days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
29 August 2026
New article: everything you get from Best Productivity Resources
- Published a listicle covering every feature, section and benefit the directory offers.
- Added to the articles index and linked from the latest articles section on the homepage.
29 August 2026
Submissions now go through LinkedIn
- Replaced the submission form with a direct LinkedIn message to Shushant Lakhyani.
- Updated the how to submit page, sidebar, footer, privacy policy and terms to match.
28 August 2026
New resource: Bloop
- Added Bloop, a desktop app for turning product screenshots and clips into polished motion videos.
- Listed under communication and remote-work friendly creator tools.
28 August 2026
New article: Grok Bot cross-posting and video-to-X articles
- Published a breakdown of Nevo David's Grok Bot workflow using Postiz.
- Covers cross-posting X posts to Bluesky and LinkedIn, and turning videos into X articles.
28 August 2026
Five new Grok Bot and AI bot resources
- Added Grok Bot Masterclass, Awesome Grok Bot, Grok Bot Documentation, Use Grok Bot and Bot Directory.
- All five are free to access and grouped under AI productivity.
28 August 2026
New article: 70+ hours with Grok Bot
- Published a plain summary of the viral X post about spending 70+ hours with Grok Bot and why long AI work sessions beat scattered prompts.
- Added practical steps for turning a chatbot into a deep-work collaborator in one 90 minute block.
28 August 2026
10 powerful new productivity resources
- Added Akiflow, Amie, Superlist, Calendly, Fireflies.ai, Trello, Asana, Google Gemini, Cursor and Evernote.
- Published a companion article breaking down who each of the ten is actually for.
28 August 2026
Day 4 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for four days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
27 August 2026
Day 3 since launch
- Best Productivity Resources is now live for three days.
- Fresh resources continue to be added daily and logged here.
- The directory stays curated, link-free and focused on practical productivity.
26 August 2026
Browse by goal and smarter search
- Added a Browse by Goal section with curated bundles for eight outcomes, each with a short playbook.
- Search now understands plain language, so you can describe your problem instead of guessing keywords.
- Search results explain briefly why each resource matched.
- Added a clean public data export of the directory in JSON and CSV.
26 August 2026
Fresh resources added daily
- New productivity resources are now added to the directory every day.
- Every new listing is checked against the directory taxonomy and duplicates are removed before it goes live.
- Existing curated resources stay exactly as they are and always appear first.
- Listings never show where a resource was found, only the resource itself.
26 August 2026
Updated site thumbnail for light mode
- Replaced the social sharing preview image with a light mode screenshot of the website.
- OpenGraph and Twitter Card image tags now point to the new 1200x630 thumbnail.
26 August 2026
Removed the upvote feature
- Upvote buttons and the most upvoted ranking page have been removed from the whole site.
- Resources are now sorted purely by curation, rating and popularity.
26 August 2026
Added a How to Submit page
- Added a short page explaining that all submissions now go through one public Google Form, with a prominent button to open it.
- Every submit link across the sidebar, footer and homepage now opens the form in a new tab.
- If a browser blocks the new tab, the form address is shown inline with a copy button so nobody gets stuck.
- The page is linked in the sidebar and footer.
26 August 2026
Added 10 best ways to make money online
- Added a new page ranking the ten best ways to make money online, each with a score out of 100 and a star rating out of 5.
- Methods are ranked from best to worst based on accessibility, speed to first income, income potential and scalability.
- The page is linked in the sidebar and includes freelancing, content creation, digital products, affiliate marketing, e-commerce and more.
- Published a matching blog post with the full breakdown and no images.
26 August 2026
Day 2: 10 new YouTube videos added
- Added ten recently published YouTube videos worth watching to accelerate your career.
- They cover only self-improvement, AI, technology, learning and online business.
- A new resource type for videos was added so they can be filtered on their own.
- They are also grouped together in a new collection of career-accelerating videos.
- Published a new article summarising all ten and what each one gives you.
26 August 2026
Day 2: 10 new productivity resources added
- Today is day 2 since launch. Best Productivity Resources went live on 25 August 2026.
- Added Raindrop.io, CleanShot X, ClickUp, Fathom, Craft, Focusmate, Rize, Bear, n8n and Tally to the directory.
- Each one was checked on its current website and none of them repeat anything already listed.
- They also appear in the relevant collections for students, creators, remote workers, entrepreneurs, free resources and AI tools.
- Published a new article covering all ten and who each one suits.
- New resources will keep being added daily and logged here.
25 August 2026
Added 10 new productivity resources
- Added Granola, Motion, Reclaim.ai, NotebookLM, Otter.ai, Descript, Tana, Grammarly, Miro and Glasp to the directory.
- Each one was researched and checked on its current website, and none of them repeat anything already listed.
- They also appear in the relevant collections for students, creators, remote workers, entrepreneurs, free resources and AI tools.
- Published a new article covering all ten and who each one suits.
- This is still day 1 of launch, and new resources will keep being added and logged here.
25 August 2026
Added Refero Styles
- Added Refero Styles to the directory under Web App.
- It collects over 2,000 real design systems and turns them into DESIGN.md examples for AI agents.
- Best for developers, designers, creators and no-code builders who want AI-generated interfaces to look polished.
- This is still day 1 of launch, and new resources will keep being added and logged here.
25 August 2026
Added 10 more powerful productivity tools
- Added RemNote, Read AI, Reflect, Screen Studio, AFFiNE, Pieces, Base44, Bolt, Shortwave and Recall to the directory.
- Each one was checked on its current website and none of them repeat anything already listed.
- They also appear in the relevant collections for students, creators, remote workers, entrepreneurs and AI tools.
- Published a new article walking through all ten and who each one suits.
- This is still day 1 of launch, and new resources will keep being added and logged here.
25 August 2026
Added SuperX Blog for Twitter and X growth
- Added the SuperX Blog to the directory under Blogs.
- SuperX shares practical guides for growing on Twitter and X, building an audience and creating better content.
- This is still day 1 of launch, and new resources will keep being added and logged here.
25 August 2026
Added Mindstream newsletter
- Added Mindstream, a daily AI newsletter, to the directory under Newsletters.
- Mindstream helps readers stay informed on the latest AI developments with practical, productivity-focused takeaways.
- This is still day 1 of launch, and new resources will keep being added and logged here.
25 August 2026
Day 1: launch day
- Best Productivity Resources officially launched on 25 August 2026. This is day 1.
- The full hand-verified directory of productivity tools, apps, AI tools, courses, books and other resources is now open to everyone.
- Search, filters, categories, collections, articles, upvotes and this update log are all live from day 1.
- New resources and updates will be added from today onwards and logged here.
24 August 2026
Undo for upvotes
- Upvotes can now be undone with a single tap, so accidental votes are easy to reverse.
- Vote counts update instantly and roll back if something goes wrong.
- Added this public update log and linked it across the site.
23 August 2026
Search that predicts what you need
- Added autocomplete and typeahead suggestions to the sitewide search bar.
- Suggestions cover resources, categories, resource types and tags.
- Full keyboard navigation for the suggestion list.
22 August 2026
Sitewide search and filters
- Introduced a search bar available from every page.
- Added filters for category, resource type, tags and pricing.
- Filters stay in the page address, so a filtered view can be shared or bookmarked.
21 August 2026
Community upvotes
- Replaced saved bookmarks with community upvotes.
- Upvoting works without signing up, with basic protection against repeat voting.
- Most popular sorting now reflects real upvotes.
20 August 2026
Sidebar layout and cleaner navigation
- Moved navigation into a fixed sidebar on desktop and a slide-in menu on mobile.
- Homepage now opens straight into featured resources.
- Tightened alignment and spacing across phones, tablets and desktops.
19 August 2026
Know about Shushant Lakhyani page
- Added a dedicated personal page covering work in AI content, content marketing and no-code building.
- Added quick access to it from the sidebar, footer and homepage.
18 August 2026
Direct-to-source listings
- Every listing now opens the original source directly instead of an in-between page.
- Removed individual pages for tools and resources to keep browsing fast.
17 August 2026
Visual identity
- Locked the site to a pure dark theme.
- Added the mascot portrait as the logo and used it across key sections.
- Added verified badges, emojis and clearer borders for easier scanning.
16 August 2026
Build started
- Work on Best Productivity Resources began ahead of the 25 August 2026 launch.
- Launched with a hand-verified directory of productivity tools, apps, AI tools, courses, books and other resources.
- Shipped browsing by category, resource type and curated collections.