553 tools · 141 open-source · 412 SaaS
The best productivity tools. Ranked by real activity.
The top-ranked open-source productivity tool on Enlisted is PowerToys (139k GitHub stars), followed by Stirling PDF and Ladybird. Among SaaS products, other tools on Enlisted are most often compared with Google Workspace, TickTick and Harvest.
Enlisted lists 553 productivity tools: 141 open source and 412 SaaS. 134 of the open-source ones can be self-hosted on your own server or computer. The most common open-source licences here are MIT (40 tools), AGPL-3.0 (31) and GPL-3.0 (27). The open-source ones are most often listed as alternatives to Feedly, TickTick and Google Chrome.
Last updated October 3, 2026 · ranked by GitHub stars, growth and recent commits
The top 48 of 553 productivity tools
PowerToys
Productivity
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customi
MITvs Alfred★ 139k
Stirling PDF
Productivity
A free, private PDF editor you can run on any infrastructure.
OSSvs Adobe Acrobat★ 93k
Ladybird
Productivity
Truly independent web browser
BSD-2-Clausevs Google Chrome★ 66kRSSHub
Productivity
🧡 Everything is RSSible
AGPL-3.0★ 46k
Files
Productivity
A modern file manager that helps users organize their files and folders.
MIT★ 46k
Zen Browser
Productivity
Welcome to a calmer internet
MPL-2.0vs Google Chrome★ 45k
Stats
Productivity
macOS system monitor in your menu bar
MIT★ 42k
ShareX
Productivity
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any a
GPL-3.0vs Snagit★ 40k
Servo
Productivity
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embe
MPL-2.0★ 38k
Glance
Productivity
A self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place
AGPL-3.0★ 37k
OCRmyPDF
Productivity
OCRmyPDF adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched
MPL-2.0vs Adobe Acrobat★ 35k
Homepage
Productivity
A modern, fully static, fast, secure, fully proxied, highly customizable application dashb
GPL-3.0★ 33k
Flameshot
Productivity
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:
GPL-3.0vs Snagit★ 31k
Rectangle
Productivity
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
OSSvs BetterTouchTool★ 30k
Karakeep
Productivity
Karakeep is the open-source bookmark manager for links, notes, and images. Automatically o
AGPL-3.0vs Raindrop.io★ 29k
ArchiveBox
Productivity
ArchiveBox is a self-hosted app that lets you preserve content from websites in a variety
MIT★ 29kUngoogled Chromium
Productivity
Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
BSD-3-Clausevs Google Chrome★ 28k
Dashy
Productivity
🚀 A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, th
MIT★ 27k
Chromium
Productivity
The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source
BSD-3-Clausevs Google Chrome★ 25k
Brave Browser
Productivity
Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
MPL-2.0vs Google Chrome★ 24k
Cap
Video Editing
Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
OSSvs Loom★ 23k
Dark Reader
Productivity
Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension
MIT★ 22k
Neko
Productivity
A self hosted virtual browser that runs in docker and uses WebRTC.
Apache-2.0★ 22k
Super Productivity
Productivity
Super Productivity is an advanced todo list app with integrated Timeboxing and time tracki
MITvs Todoist★ 22k
Univer
Productivity
The Office Harness for AI Agents — Spreadsheets, Docs, Slides, Canvas, Relational Tables,
Apache-2.0vs Microsoft Excel★ 22k
Maccy
Productivity
Lightweight clipboard manager for macOS
MITvs Paste★ 22k
Linkwarden
Productivity
Collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters. Open-source, self-hostable bookm
AGPL-3.0vs Raindrop.io★ 20k
Obtainium
Productivity
Get Android app updates straight from the source.
GPL-3.0★ 20k
ActivityWatch
Productivity
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-
MPL-2.0vs RescueTime★ 19k
DocuSeal
Productivity
Free and Open source tool to streamline document filling and signing. Create custom PDF fo
AGPL-3.0vs DocuSign★ 19k
Screenity
Video Editing
The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥
GPL-3.0vs Screencastify★ 19k
FreshRSS
Productivity
FreshRSS is lightweight, easy to work with, powerful, and customizable.
AGPL-3.0vs Feedly★ 16k
BentoPDF
Productivity
The Privacy First PDF Toolkit
AGPL-3.0vs iLovePDF★ 16k
Flow Launcher
Productivity
:mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
MITvs Raycast★ 16k
Zotero
Productivity
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and shar
OSSvs Readwise★ 15k
Documenso
Productivity
Sign everywhere with Documenso. Build workflows, create templates, and integrate seamlessl
AGPL-3.0vs DocuSign★ 15k
Espanso
Productivity
A Privacy-first, Cross-platform Text Expander written in Rust
GPL-3.0vs TextExpander★ 15k
Trek
Productivity
A self-hosted travel/trip planner with real-time collaboration, interactive maps, PWA supp
AGPL-3.0★ 15k
Habitica
Productivity
A habit tracker app which treats your goals like a Role Playing Game.
OSSvs Todoist★ 14k
Mealie
Productivity
Mealie is a self hosted recipe manager and meal planner with a RestAPI backend and a react
AGPL-3.0★ 13kAriaNg
Productivity
AriaNg, a modern web frontend making aria2 easier to use.
MIT★ 13k
Firefox
Productivity
The official repository of Mozilla's Firefox web browser.
OSSvs Google Chrome★ 13k
Wallabag
Productivity
With wallabag, archive the web freely. wallabag is a self hostable application for saving
MITvs Instapaper★ 13k
Homer
Productivity
A very simple static homepage for your server.
Apache-2.0★ 12k
Qutebrowser
Productivity
A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.
GPL-3.0vs Google Chrome★ 12k
Linkding
Productivity
A self-hosted bookmarking service that is designed to be minimal, fast and easy to set up.
MITvs Raindrop.io★ 11k
ScreenToGif
Video Editing
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a
MS-PLvs Snagit★ 28kVimium
Productivity
The hacker's browser.
MIT★ 27k
Productivity tools: questions
- What is the best open-source productivity tool?
- PowerToys is the top-ranked open-source productivity tool on Enlisted, with 139k GitHub stars. It is followed by Stirling PDF, Ladybird and RSSHub.
- What are the best free productivity tools?
- The top-ranked open-source productivity tools with a standard licence are PowerToys (MIT), Ladybird (BSD-2-Clause) and RSSHub (AGPL-3.0), so their code is free to use. 210 of the 412 SaaS products here have a free plan, including TickTick, Harvest and Raindrop.io.
- Which productivity tools can be self-hosted?
- 134 of the 141 open-source productivity tools on Enlisted can be self-hosted on your own server or computer; the top-ranked are PowerToys, Stirling PDF and Ladybird.
- How are these productivity tools ranked?
- Open-source tools are ordered by a score built from GitHub stars, star growth over the last 30 days and how recently the code changed; 118 of the 141 had new commits or a release in the last 30 days. SaaS products have no public repository, so they get a fixed baseline score. GitHub data is refreshed daily, and nobody can pay to move up.