Productivity

Top 23 Productivity Open-Source Projects

  • ohmyzsh

    🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

  • Project mention: Terminal commands I use as a frontend developer | dev.to | 2024-03-09

    That’s the minimum terminal setup. You can modify the look and add plugins such as autocompletion to your terminal by installing ohmyzsh and using themes such as powerlevel10k. I am already using them.

  • excalidraw

    Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams

  • Project mention: Creating Animated Diagrams for LinkedIn | dev.to | 2024-04-22

    ExcaliDraw - https://excalidraw.com/

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

    SurveyJS logo
  • Files

    Building the best file manager for Windows

  • Project mention: Files | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-18
  • jsoncrack.com

    ✨ Innovative and open-source visualization application that transforms various data formats, such as JSON, YAML, XML, CSV and more, into interactive graphs.

  • Project mention: JSONCrack Codebase Analysis - Part 5 - Toolbar and Bottom bar | dev.to | 2024-01-09

    They are used in Editor component. Part 4 explains about Editor component.

  • ShareX

    ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.

  • Project mention: The fastest tool for measuring anything on your screen | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-06
  • N1

    :love_letter: An extensible desktop mail app built on the modern web. Forks welcome!

  • Pake

    🤱🏻 Turn any webpage into a desktop app with Rust. 🤱🏻 利用 Rust 轻松构建轻量级多端桌面应用

  • Project mention: Pake – Turn any webpage into a desktop app with Rust | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-29
  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

    InfluxDB logo
  • dash

    Data Apps & Dashboards for Python. No JavaScript Required.

  • Project mention: dash VS solara - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/dash | 2023-10-13
  • config

    Apps/CLIs/configs I use on macOS/iOS. Fish, Karabiner, Cursor.. (by nikitavoloboev)

  • nnn

    n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

  • Project mention: Directory navigation on Helix | /r/HelixEditor | 2023-12-06

    If you want a file full browser experience choose nnn: https://github.com/jarun/nnn . If you have a desktop file for Helix you can use the Gnome Files program to make all your programming language files open in Helix.

  • Kap

    An open-source screen recorder built with web technology

  • Project mention: Show HN: Cap – open-source alternative to Loom | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-28

    I thought it was Kap for a moment https://getkap.co/ similar name, similar product (but that one is ready to use).

    Also a bit confused as it seems there is nothing there besides an idea and a landing page.

  • awesome-python-applications

    💿 Free software that works great, and also happens to be open-source Python.

  • dashy

    🚀 A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more!

  • Project mention: Dashy: A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-17
  • bash-it

    A community Bash framework.

  • Project mention: Question about Customizing Bash After a Fresh Install | /r/archlinux | 2023-11-27
  • noodle

    Open Source Education Platform

  • Project mention: Moodle: Open-Source LMS | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-16

    There is a (hillariously named) alternative noodle [1] that aims to compete in this space. It is under development but looks polished.

    [1] https://noodle.run

  • activitywatch

    The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.

  • Project mention: Basic computer logon tracking/monitoring tools? | /r/sysadmin | 2023-12-08

    But have a look at https://activitywatch.net/

  • it-tools

    Collection of handy online tools for developers, with great UX.

  • Project mention: DevToys–A Swiss army knife for developers | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-29

    Or https://it-tools.tech

  • screenity

    The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥

  • Project mention: Free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-10
  • Zettlr

    Your One-Stop Publication Workbench

  • Project mention: Obsidian 1.5 Desktop (Public) | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-26
  • nyxt

    Nyxt - the hacker's browser.

  • Project mention: Google Common Lisp Style Guide | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-16

    If someone invents another browser, Nyxt will be ready to wrap it with Common Lisp: https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt

  • espanso

    Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust

  • Project mention: You don't have to type faster to type faster | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-03

    If you want a standalone cross platform text expander I currently enjoy using Espanso[1]

    [1]: https://espanso.org/

  • omnivore

    Omnivore is a complete, open source read-it-later solution for people who like reading.

  • Project mention: Show HN: I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-14
  • super-productivity

    Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracking capabilities. It also comes with integrations for Jira, Gitlab, GitHub and Open Project.

  • Project mention: Super Productivity is a todo list app with Timeboxing and time tracking | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-16
  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

    WorkOS logo
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

Productivity related posts

Index

What are some of the best open-source Productivity projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 ohmyzsh 168,701
2 excalidraw 72,707
3 Files 31,870
4 jsoncrack.com 28,426
5 ShareX 27,635
6 N1 24,788
7 Pake 22,794
8 dash 20,472
9 config 20,283
10 nnn 18,170
11 Kap 17,545
12 awesome-python-applications 16,200
13 dashy 15,339
14 bash-it 14,024
15 noodle 11,311
16 activitywatch 10,814
17 it-tools 10,637
18 screenity 10,210
19 Zettlr 9,597
20 nyxt 9,521
21 espanso 9,115
22 omnivore 8,924
23 super-productivity 8,313

Sponsored
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
workos.com