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Focus and productivity software for developers
Focus and productivity tools made for developers. 42 products listed. Of these, 28 have a free plan, 9 sell for a one-off price.
- ai-org
A desktop task manager that keeps tasks, habits and goals in plain org-mode files, with an AI assistant and git sync.
Since 2026
Projects and tasks · Individuals and families
- DictatorFlow
Speech to text dictation for Windows, Mac and Linux that runs offline for free, with paid cloud accuracy and an API.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity
- ForkLift
Mac file manager with two panes that also connects to SFTP, S3, cloud drives and network shares and syncs folders.
Free trial · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- HN Companion
A browser extension that summarises Hacker News comment threads and adds keyboard shortcuts for reading them.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Nodea
Chat with Claude on a canvas where any reply can be forked into its own branch and compared side by side.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Notchly
Turns the MacBook notch into a space for music controls and alerts from Codex, Cursor and Claude Code.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- PasteDaemon
A Mac clipboard history that also tidies what you copy, such as stripping link tracking and formatting JSON, as it happens.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Spokenly
A dictation app for Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone that types your speech into any app, offline or with cloud models.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Super Productivity
Free to-do app with timers, a Pomodoro mode and day planning that keeps your data on your own device.
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- Vicinae
A keyboard launcher for your desktop that opens apps, searches files and keeps clipboard history from one shortcut.
Since 2025
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Voicely
Offline voice typing, call recording with speaker labels and audio file transcription on a Mac, ready to paste into AI coding tools.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Wordmate
Free voice typing for Mac that turns speech into text in any app, using local models so audio stays on your computer.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ActivityWatch
Records which apps and websites you use on your computer or phone so you can see where your time goes, stored locally.
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- Aqua Voice
Speech to text that types what you say wherever your cursor is, on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity
- Atua
Mac app that runs your own AI prompts on selected text, screenshots or voice from any app by keyboard shortcut.
Since 2023
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Corner Time
A small Mac app that keeps a clock on screen in fullscreen apps or when the menu bar is hidden
Since 2025
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Headstart
A new tab extension for developers with shortcuts, bookmarks, a command palette and GitHub pull request status.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- HyperPaste
A Mac menu bar app that keeps your clipboard history searchable by keyboard, with pinning and everything stored locally.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- HyprMac
Free tiling window manager for Mac that arranges windows and switches workspaces from the keyboard.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Inset AI
A Mac shortcut opens an AI helper over any app to summarise, translate, draft replies or explain what is on screen.
Since 2025
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Creators and writers
- Itsypad
Mac scratchpad and clipboard history you open with a hotkey, with tabs, syntax colouring and iCloud sync.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- KeyGhost
Mac menu-bar app that makes Caps Lock or another key a launcher: hold it, see your apps on a keyboard overlay, tap a letter to open one.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- MacLayout
A Mac menu bar app that saves window arrangements and brings them back by hotkey or when a monitor connects.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Mimer
A free Mac clipboard history for developers that recognises links, code and colours and can reformat a clip before you paste it.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- OmniWM
A tiling window manager for macOS with scrolling columns, keyboard window moves, a drop-down terminal and scripting.
Since 2025
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Paste
Clipboard history for Apple devices that keeps everything you copy searchable, syncs it through iCloud and feeds it to AI coding tools.
Free trial · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Paster
A keyboard-driven Mac clipboard history with Vim keys and quick previews that keeps all data on your machine.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- PolyGPT
A desktop app that sends one prompt to ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude at once and shows the answers side by side.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- QuickClip
Copy text, links or files on one device and paste them on another, with end to end encryption.
Since 2025
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Rambox
Desktop app that groups your work apps and multiple accounts into workspaces so you switch between tabs less.
Focus and productivity · Freelancers
- RustCast
Free open-source Mac launcher for opening apps, searching files, doing quick sums and running shell scripts from one hotkey.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Scriptarious
A Mac menu bar app for writing, storing and running shell scripts with one click or a hotkey.
Since 2022
Free · Automation and integrations · Individuals and families
- ShortcutFoo
Drills you on keyboard shortcuts for editors and work apps with spaced repetition until they become habit.
Since 2012
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- SnippetCraft
A free Mac app that expands short triggers into saved text, templates and code, with fill-in fields and clipboard history.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Tapflow
Use an iPad or phone browser as a custom button panel for your Mac, so shortcuts, window moves and app switching are one tap.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Tatami
Mac app that groups your apps into workspaces, tiles their windows automatically and brings each layout back when you switch.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Textile
Mac app that builds text from snippets, your clipboard and shell commands, triggered by keyboard shortcuts.
Since 2026
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Textracto
A Mac utility that reads text anywhere on screen so you can search it and click, select or copy it from the keyboard.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Vitals
Mac activity monitor that shows resource use per app rather than per process, keeps twelve months of data and alerts on problem apps.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- Vocalinux
Free open-source voice typing for Linux that turns speech into text in any app, running locally by default.
Since 2026
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ZapCopy
An iPhone app that pulls text from photos of notes, whiteboards or screens so you can paste it into AI chats or editors.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Zmina
Mac clipboard helper that suggests paste actions based on the copied content and target app, such as removing trackers or masking keys.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families