Favorites

AVNC

VNC client for Android to view and control your computers remotely, with SSH tunneling and a touch-friendly UI.

The drag mouse mode is sooo convenient.

Claude Code

AI coding agent that works in your terminal: it reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and handles git for you.

I do much more than just coding with it. In fact, I prefer it over chat, especially because I can use it with Termux or in remote SSH sessions.

CLI only

ego lite

Chromium browser built for AI agents like Claude Code and Codex, letting them automate sites with your logged-in sessions.

A game changer when paired with Claude Code or other agents. It automatically imports your current Google Chrome profile, so you’re good to go.

ES-DE

EmulationStation Desktop Edition: a game library frontend that launches all your emulators from one polished interface. The Android version is paid.

When you scrape your games with ScreenScraper, it’s so cool to see game manuals and box art before playing them. It completely changes the experience.

FreshRSS

Self-hosted RSS reader that follows all your feeds in one place and syncs with mobile apps.

Probably the app I use the most. At first glance it’s just a reader, but configured well with RSS-Bridge, it can monitor all kinds of things. It helps me avoid doom scrolling.

Healthchecks.io

Monitors cron jobs and scheduled tasks: each run pings it, and it alerts you when a ping is late or missing.

It’s a must-have for self-hosting. Things just go wrong sometimes. You can send alerts everywhere.

Hugo

Fast static site generator: write in Markdown, get a complete website of plain HTML files you can host anywhere.

This website is made with Hugo.

CLI only

Immich

Self-hosted photo and video backup, like Google Photos on your own server, with face recognition, maps and shared albums.

My family photos aren’t indexed by big tech yet, I think…

iTerm2

Feature-rich Terminal replacement for macOS with split panes, hotkey window, search, autocomplete and shell integration.

I’ve used terminal emulators everywhere. Like, a lot. And this one is by far the best made, in my opinion.

LuLu

Firewall that asks before any app connects out to the internet, so you can block unknown or unwanted connections.

Maccy

Lightweight, keyboard-driven clipboard manager that keeps your copy history searchable from the menu bar. Paid on the App Store.

Why macOS doesn’t do this natively is a mystery. But out of all platforms, Maccy has the best UX for it.

NXStation

Fast, customizable homebrew game frontend for the Nintendo Switch, with a RetroArch backend and ES-DE media support.

I discovered it when I wanted an ES-DE for the Nintendo Switch.

Obsidian

Markdown notes stored on your own disk, linked together into a personal knowledge base.

I used it before the AI boom, and I’m glad: Markdown files are so easy to index compared to apps like Samsung Notes, Notion and others.

Oh My Zsh

Framework for managing your Zsh configuration, with hundreds of plugins and themes for a nicer, faster terminal.

I love the “mortalscumbag” theme. Yeah, that’s the name of it.

CLI only

PDFgear

PDF editor with no watermarks or sign-up: edit, convert, merge, compress, sign and fill forms.

It lets me edit PDFs offline and much more, for free, which is super rare.

Sofa Time

Keeps track of every show and movie you watch, reminds you when new episodes come out, and lets you see what everyone else thought of them.

I migrated here from the now-defunct TV Time. It’s like a social network for movies and series. It’s really fun to watch something and then see other people’s reactions to it.

Super Productivity

To-do list with time tracking, timeboxing and Pomodoro, plus Jira, GitHub and GitLab issue integrations.

Once you take the time to really understand the flow, it’s a great companion. It helps me a lot to avoid forgetting stuff, and it integrates well with Linear, Jira and Google Calendar.

Syncthing

Continuously syncs folders between your own devices, peer to peer and encrypted, with no cloud in the middle.

Vorssaint

One menu bar icon doing the job of a dozen paid Mac apps. Local-first.

I’m not kidding: this replaced four other utility apps on my Mac.

Windy

Interactive weather map with wind, rain, temperature and waves, comparing forecasts from several global models.

It plays a sound with every lightning strike, and on phones it vibrates too, which is very cool. I love the Android home screen widgets.

Zotero

Collects, organizes and cites your research sources. The browser connector saves papers and pages in one click.

I don’t use it for academic purposes; I use it as my central hub for reading and saving good blog articles.