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Explore Productivity & Automation resources in Software & Online Tools.
uBlacklist is a browser extension that prevents specified sites from appearing in Google search results. Rules can be added from search result pages or by clicking the toolbar icon, using match patterns or expressions with regular expressions and variables. Rulesets can be synchronized across devices via cloud storage or browser sync, and public rulesets can be subscribed to.
r/GetMotivated points to a Reddit community or thread with discussion, guides, updates, or shared resources.
ActivityWatch is a free and open-source automated time tracker for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android. It automatically tracks how time is spent on devices, including app and website usage, and keeps all data on the device rather than uploading it to the cloud.
BreakMessage is a web tool for creating a "break message" that lets others know when the user will be back. The resume time is parsed by the browser, and ending a break is done by double-click or pressing X, which also toggles full-screen mode with F.
BreakTimer is break reminder software for Windows, macOS and Linux. It reportedly lets users set how often breaks happen and how long each one lasts, customize app colours and messages shown during breaks, configure working hours, and receive notifications when breaks are about to start.
ComicsFlow is an app for organizing and scheduling creative workflow and managing art projects. It describes itself as an alternative to spreadsheets and to-do lists, and lets users create a project and define pages, choosing from models such as manga or American comics or creating their own.
EveryTimeZone is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
Focumon is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
A desktop organizer for Linux, Windows and Mac OS that groups work by projects and workflows. Widgets provide access to web apps, files, search queries, to-do lists, terminal commands, timers and notes, with workflow tabs and a shelf for common items.
Habitica is a free habit and productivity app that treats real life like a game. It is presented as a tool to help users achieve goals and become healthy and happy.
one sec is a screen time management application that uses scientifically backed methods to help users reduce their screen time. It can limit social media use, block websites and apps, and interrupt scrolling habits to break the cycle of social media dopamine hits. The application’s approach has been studied in partnership with the Max Planck Institute and Heidelberg University.
timebleed is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
UnDistracted helps discover apps, SaaS products, no-signup tools, clones, or software alternatives.
Untools is a curated collection of thinking tools and frameworks. The site lists tools such as the Six Thinking Hats, Ishikawa Diagram and Eisenhower Matrix, described as aids for solving problems, making decisions and understanding systems.
VisualizeHabit is a tool focused on helping users build small, consistent habits to reach their goals. It offers a free calculator that shows the cumulative results of tiny habits over a year, suggests habits for users to adopt, and visualizes how habits compound over 1 or 10 years to motivate users and help them avoid procrastination and failed New Year's resolutions.
WHPH, short for Work Hard Play Hard, is a free, open-source, cross-platform productivity application available for Android, Windows, and Linux. It combines task management, habit tracking, and time optimization features, including intelligent task scheduling, progress visualization, and time insights, and is designed with a focus on user privacy.
WorldTimeBuddy is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
Zoneless is a free, visual tool for scheduling remote meetings across time zones. It requires no login and presents an alternative to doing mental math when finding overlapping meeting times.
Forest is a Firefox browser extension designed to help users reduce internet addiction and stay focused. When a user starts a 30-minute focus session, they plant a virtual seed that grows into a tree; if they access websites on their blacklist during the session, the tree withers. The extension includes features to support personal time management and allows users to share their grown trees.
Cold Turkey is a free website blocker for studying or focusing on work. It blocks distracting websites and applications, including social media, games, YouTube and the entire internet. Blocks can be scheduled and locked. A Pro lifetime license adds application blocking, application passwords and all locking features. Supported on Windows and macOS; Linux, ChromeOS, Android and iOS are not supported.
ProductivePrivacy is a curated directory of privacy-focused applications and tools. It lists software that prioritizes data security, is open-source, or offers end-to-end encryption, including note-taking apps, collaborative editors, database tools and other productivity software. Users can filter and sort the listed applications by category and other attributes.
skāl.es is a work-life balance calculator. Users add work and life values to a weekly balance chart with activity hours per day and days per week, and receive a Skāl.es score. Rows can be enabled or disabled. The site also presents statistics on remote work and work-life balance.
Time and Date is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
Time Tracker is a miscellaneous web resource for discovery, directories, archives, web culture, or useful tools.
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