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Services
Free
Obsidian - Note-taking & project management
Todoist - Task manager
Bitwarden - Password manager
Komoot - Route planner & navigation
Trakt.tv - Movie & TV show tracking
Last.fm - Music tracking
Tailscale - Mesh VPN
GitHub - Git repository
Uni’s Easy - Study+AI organization
ControlD - DNS
Coinbaseref - Cryptocurrency exchange
Revolutref - Banking & finance
Thunderpickref - Esports betting
Cloudflare
Paid
Perplexity - AI chat & search
PurelyMail - Email
Hetznerref - Cloud hosting
Surfsharkref - VPN
Cloudflare & 
OVH - Domains
Selfhosted
Karakeep - Bookmarking
n8n - Personal automations
Shlink - URL shortener
Synology NAS with:
Synology Drive - File drive
Immich - Photo management
Jellyfin - Media streaming
Home Assistant - Home automation
Paperless-ngx - Document management
Apps/Programs
Free
- Operating Systems
ZorinOS - Laptop daily driver
NixOS - Desktop daily driver
i3wm - Window manager
Arch Linux - Alternative daily driver
Ubuntu - Servers
Firefox - Browser- Dev
Visual Studio Code - Code editor
Neovim - Config editor
Alacritty - Terminal emulator
fish shell - Shell
Starship - Shell prompt
- Others
Syncthing - File synchronization
Excalidraw - Diagrams & notes
DaVinci Resolve - Video editing
Tenacity - Audio editing
Affinity - Image editing
LibreOffice - Office suite
mpv & 
VLC - Media players
Grayjay - Media consumption
Thunar & 
Amaze - File managers
Kvaesitso - Android launcher
KDE Connect - Phone integration
Beeper - Unified chat
Thunderbird - Email client
AntennaPod - Podcast player
Organic Maps - Maps & Navigation
Harmonic - Hacker News client
Paid
Hevy - Workout tracker
Sleep as Android - Sleep tracker
Symfonium - Music player
MacroDroid - Android automation