Obsidian
Local-first markdown notes with a powerful link graph.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.8Visit
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Best productivity desktop apps
71 picks. Every curated desktop app in the productivity directory, hand-picked and kept up to date.
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Ghostty
A fast, feature-rich, cross-platform terminal emulator with native UI and GPU acceleration.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.9Visit
Upscayl
Free and open-source AI image upscaler for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Desktop AppFreeLinux, macOS
4.8Visit
navi
An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-line.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.8Visit
Scrivener
Your complete writing studio.
Desktop AppPaid but AffordablemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit
Warp
The AI-powered terminal for serious developers.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Linux
4.7Visit
gptme
Your agent in your terminal, equipped with local tools.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
Logseq
A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base that works on local files.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
Cursor
An AI-first code editor that understands your whole codebase.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
brag
Turn the project you just built into a shareable launch video with one command.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit
Dolt
A SQL database you can branch, diff, merge and clone, like Git for data.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.6Visit
Screen Studio
Screen recordings that look professionally edited by default.
Desktop AppPaid but AffordablemacOS, Windows
4.7Visit
PostHog Desktop
Multiplayer workspace where product teams and AI agents work with product data.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
Anki
Spaced repetition flashcards that make learning stick.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
Arc Browser
The internet, your way.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Bento
The office suite that fits in a file.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
Wake
All your AI agent sessions in one place — browse, search, resume.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.6Visit
agtx
The blackboard for coding agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.5Visit
Cline for Desktop
The open-source Cline coding agent as a native desktop app.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
cumora
Where agent teams gather — cross-platform team chat where AI agents are first-class teammates.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Pi Desktop
Local-first AI coding agent desktop app.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
navop
A native, all-in-one workspace for databases, SSH, SFTP, terminals, remote desktop, monitoring and AI.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Orca
An agent development environment for managing a fleet of parallel coding agents.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
snow-cli
Agentic coding in your terminal — simultaneously compatible with OpenAI, Gemini and Claude.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
OpenMausBot
An open-source team of AI bots you chat with, each with its own computer.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Akiflow
Pulls every task and event into one daily timeboxed plan.
Desktop AppExpensivemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Cron / Notion Calendar
A fast, keyboard-driven calendar for busy weeks.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Anytype
The local-first, privacy-focused alternative to Notion.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Bloop
Turn product screenshots and clips into polished motion videos.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Routine
The all-in-one workspace for your time.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Descript
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
AgentsDock
An open-source IDE designed for agentic AI research.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Headroom
Track Claude, Codex, Cursor and Grok usage and spend from your menu bar.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, iOS
4.4Visit
klaatcode
Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal with Claude Code-grade accuracy and smart model routing.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Rize
Automatic time tracking that shows where the day really went.
Desktop AppPaid but AffordablemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit
Atlas
A native, local, blazing-fast moodboard and inspiration library for Mac.
Desktop AppPaid but AffordablemacOS
4.4Visit
Genie
Wishes in, PRs out — a CLI agent that interviews you and ships code.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
ProxyBridge
Open-source Proxifier alternative that routes any app's traffic through a proxy.
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit
TUICommander
The IDE that understands AI agents, with parallel agents on isolated branches.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.4Visit
ChatCut Desktop
AI video editor that edits from natural language while keeping a real timeline.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
slackcli
Slack CLI for humans and AI agents — read, send, search and reply from the terminal.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Minimal
Run your agent in a Minimal box — isolated sandboxes on your own computer.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
agent-deck
A terminal session manager for AI coding agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.4Visit
BagIdea Office
A living desktop office for Claude Code agents to work and collaborate.
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit
bloks
A local-first desktop workspace for personal AI agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Claude Code Agent Monitor
A real-time monitoring dashboard for Claude Code and Codex.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Dais
Your desktop AI staff: run several agent tasks at once with MCP tools and skills.
Desktop AppFreeWindows, Linux
4.4Visit
Everywhere
An on-screen aware AI assistant for your desktop.
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit
OpenGUI
An open-source desktop and web coding agent with durable sessions.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform, Web
4.4Visit
The Pair
Two AI agents cross-check each other's code so you get reviewed, validated work.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.4Visit
Cerebro
A productivity booster and a global search tool.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
Freedom
Block distracting sites and apps across all your devices.
Desktop AppPaid but AffordablemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
ChatCLI
A terminal chat application that brings Anthropic, OpenAI and other LLMs into your command line.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
paneflow
Cross-platform GPUI app for running parallel coding agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
hypernovum
Agent Ops for your second brain — a 3D IDE for Obsidian built on Three.js.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
oc
Turn any website into a compact CLI tailored for AI agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
Recordly
Create polished demo videos without editing skills on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
Termany
The agent-native terminal: run many coding agents in one window.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
Glyph
A private desktop workspace for notes, documents and ideas, with Markdown and built-in AI.
Desktop AppFreemacOS
4.3Visit
Graph-It-Live
See your codebase as a graph in VS Code, the CLI and your AI assistant.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.3Visit
Gridex
An AI-native database IDE for macOS, Windows and Linux with a built-in MCP server.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.3Visit
Runner
A workspace where Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI and pi work together on one mission.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.3Visit
tty7
A GPU-rendered terminal whose shells survive quitting the app, and where agents can drive other agents.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.3Visit
Pace
The AI tool that helps you focus.
Desktop AppFree planmacOS, Windows
4.2Visit
AI Agent Session Center
One dashboard for all your Claude Code and Codex sessions, with live terminals and alerts.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Web
4.3Visit
Shrimply
A simple yet powerful open-source cross-platform video editor.
Desktop AppFreeCross-Platform
4.2Visit
Harness Mix
A local kernel that connects many coding harnesses into one Codex Desktop native UI.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.2Visit
Gold Band
A desktop app for harness engineering, loop engineering and graph engineering in local AI-agent workflows.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.2Visit
gpty
Godot-based Rust multi-PTY emulator desktop application.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.2Visit
Better Codex
A task board and multi-agent system that runs inside the Codex desktop app.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.2Visit
DeskVNC
One native client for VNC, RDP and SSH, with an MCP control plane for AI agents.
Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.2Visit
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