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Software

This is a grand list of software that I use for various things over many computers and environments. This list will be in an accidental order. When I see something I should add here, I will add it wherever.

Software OS Category Description
1Password Everywhere Security Password manager. Apparently secure.
GoLand Desktop Programming Go IDE, very good
Obsidian Everywhere Note taking A brilliant application for note taking with vim keybinds and Markdown support. Originally used to write this very list.
Neovim Desktop Text editing Vim is good. Nvim is even better.
Rider Desktop Programming dotnet IDE, much better than VS or VS code
Todoist Everywhere Productivity A todo list application
bat Terminal Terminal Like cat, just better
fish Terminal Terminal Shell, alternative to bash, best served with chips
lazygit Desktop Terminal, Programming A better way to use git
delta Desktop Terminal, Programming A better way to view git diffs
virt-manager Linux VM Virtual machines thing for Linux
Many Synology things ? ? I have a Synology NAS. It comes with a lot of good and useful software. Not only for backup.
gitea Web Programming A lightweight self-hosted git server
docker-mailserver Web Servers Self-hosted email solution
pi-hole Web Servers Self-hosted DNS with extra protection (combined with cloudflared can even support DoT/DoH/DoWHAT?)
GitHub Web Programming Git server, better with cli
rofi Linux Desktop Application launcher thing
ynab Web Productivity Budget keeping app
NoScript Chromium Security Blocks unwanted JavaScript on websites
Privacy Badger Chromium Security Blocks… something, I guess
Vimium Chromium Productivity Use web browser with vim keybinds
Net Analyzer Android Network Network analysis and debugging
Poweramp Android Music player Best music player on mobile.
Sound Assistant Android (Samsung) Productivity Available on the Galaxy Store, let’s you set many more sound options than default Android
Authy Android Security Application for 2FA codes, with backup.
Aqua Mail Android Productivity Brilliant Android email client
httpie Desktop Terminal, Programming, Servers An easy way to create web requests in terminal
smtp4dev Desktop Programming Mock email server
docker Desktop/server Programming, Servers It does everything. As long as there’s a container for it.
exa Linux Terminal Like ls, but saner
Fd Terminal Terminal Like find, but actually usable
Baikal Web Productivity Calendar and contacts sync
yq Terminal Terminal Easy yaml, json and xml processor
pavucontrol Linux OS Volume management tool (because for some reason I’ve decided it was a good idea to stop having volume controls on toolbar).
lxappearance gtk-chtheme Linux OS Well… one of the 2 allows you to change Linux window theme to dark mode, alongside the gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1 in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
i3 Linux Window manager The desktop environment I use that let’s me not use mouse even for windows
sharplab Web tool C# decompiler thing
ssl-cert-check Linux tool A handy tool for checking the validity of tls certificates
sampler Linux Terminal A nice thing to display other nice things in terminal
msmtp-mta Linux tool Fake MTA for when the software REALLY wants to be able to send emails
terminator Linux terminal A really nice terminal emulator
QMK firmware Keyboard Keyboard A custom firmware for keyboards, allows for everything you’ve ever wished for and probably more.
changedetection.io Web Productivity? This app monitors websites and alerts you of changes.
Ganymede Web Fun Have you ever wanted to record Twitch streams from people that don’t save replays? No, it’s just me? Oh well…
PowerToys Windows Productivity Productivity toolbox that allows you to disable Chrome tab closing with ^W.
ShareX Windows Productivity A screenshot taking app also available on Steam for some inexplicable reason.
Homebrew MacOS Package manager Something like APT on Ubuntu, but somewhat better and more up to date.
Tmux Terminal Productivity A thing to create terminal “tabs” without needing the terminal emulator support for that.
Skhd MacOS Productivity A small program that sends terminal commands based on key combinations pressed anywhere in the system.
Yabai MacOS Window manager Tiling window manager that actually works, as opposed to FancyWM.
Raycast MacOS Productivity Like Finder but better.
iTerm MacOS Terminal A competent terminal emulator.