Everyday software for documents, PDFs, notes, email, files and the desktop, for individuals and IT-managed teams.
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5ireAI Assistants & ChatFree Electron desktop client for Windows, macOS and Linux that connects OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama and other providers to MCP tools, prompts and resources, with per-tool approval, a local bge-m3 knowledge base and usage analytics.Open sourceSoftware
AlacrittyCode Editors & IDEsAlacritty is an Apache-2.0 GPU-accelerated terminal emulator for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows. It offers vi mode, scrollback search, regex hints and multi-window IPC, configured in TOML, and leaves tabs and splits to tmux.Open sourceSoftware
AlexandrieNotes & Knowledge ManagementAlexandrie is an open-source, self-hosted knowledge base with Markdown editing, offline access, search, team workspaces and backup tools.Open sourceSelf-hosted
AlterSendFile Sharing, Sync & ManagementAlterSend is a free, open-source app that sends files peer to peer between devices with end-to-end encryption, no accounts and no cloud storage.Open sourceWeb platform
AmicalAI Voice, Speech & TranscriptionMIT-licensed desktop dictation app that pastes speech into any focused app, using local Whisper models offline or the hosted Amical Cloud model, with optional AI formatting, vocabulary, snippets and transcription history.Open sourceSoftwareFreemium
AnarlogAI Voice, Speech & TranscriptionAnarlog is an MIT-licensed AI meeting notepad for macOS, Windows and Linux. It captures meetings without a bot, transcribes on-device or with your chosen provider, and keeps notes in local SQLite with optional encrypted sync.Open sourceSoftwareFreemium
AnchorNotes & Knowledge ManagementAnchor is an AGPL-3.0 note taking app. One Docker container runs the server, PostgreSQL and web app; Flutter apps for Android and iOS (beta) keep notes in a local database, work offline and sync with that server.Open sourceSelf-hosted
AnkiNotes & Knowledge ManagementAnki is a free AGPL-licensed flashcard program for Windows, macOS and Linux that schedules reviews with SM-2 or FSRS. It supports cloze and image occlusion cards, add-ons, free AnkiWeb sync and a self-hosted sync server.Open sourceSelf-hosted
AnytypeNotes & Knowledge ManagementAnytype is a local-first knowledge and collaboration app from the Swiss Any Association. Data lives in an encrypted vault on each device and syncs peer-to-peer, through the Anytype Network or through a self-hosted any-sync network.CommercialSelf-hostedFreemium
AppFlowyNotes & Knowledge ManagementAppFlowy is an AGPL-3.0 open-source AI workspace for projects and wikis, with desktop and mobile apps and a self-hosting option.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemium
ArchiviaProEmail Clients & ArchivingArchivia is a commercial, Swiss-hosted email archive for former employees and active mailboxes, with search, retention, legal holds and open-format export.CommercialWeb platformPaid
Beaver NotesNotes & Knowledge ManagementOpen-source desktop notes app that stores notes on your own device, with no account and no analytics. It offers a Markdown-aware editor, labels, folders, note links, locked notes, Mermaid and math blocks, and optional sync through a folder you choose.Open sourceSoftware
BentoPDFPDF & Document ToolsBentoPDF is an open-source browser toolkit for editing, organizing, converting and processing PDFs without server-side document processing. It supports self-hosting and visual PDF workflows.Open sourceSelf-hosted
BillionMailMarketing & SEOAGPL-licensed mail server and newsletter platform for Linux. Docker Compose deploys Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, Roundcube and a Go console for domains, contact lists, campaign tasks, a transactional sending API and delivery analytics.Open sourceSelf-hosted
BlinkoNotes & Knowledge ManagementBlinko is a GPL-3.0 note-taking server for quick card notes and longer Markdown notes, with RAG search, AI chat, MCP and an OpenAPI interface. It runs from one Docker image on PostgreSQL; a hosted Blinko Cloud edition is also offered.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemium
book-to-skillAI Skills & Pluginsbook-to-skill turns books, documentation folders, and related sources into agent skills with chapter references, glossaries, patterns, and decision rules that load on demand.Open sourceSelf-hosted
BoxFile Sharing, Sync & ManagementBox is a cloud content management platform for file collaboration, shared links, AI document tools and workflow automation, with APIs and SDKs.CommercialSoftwareFreemium
BoxBoxFile Sharing, Sync & ManagementBoxBox is an MIT-licensed, self-hosted file manager for Linux homelab and NAS servers, with chunked folder uploads, previews, a Monaco editor, share links and background jobs. It ships as a GHCR image and a Linux desktop app.Open sourceSelf-hosted
BragDocNotes & Knowledge ManagementBragDoc is an MIT-licensed achievement tracker that runs on your own machine, collects evidence from screenshots, files and merged GitHub PRs, exposes an MCP endpoint for coding agents and exports Markdown for self-reviews.Open sourceSelf-hosted
Browser OperatorBrowsers & ExtensionsBSD-licensed AI browser for macOS and Windows: an AI Chat panel runs search and research agents, remembers context, connects to OpenRouter, OpenAI, Groq or local models through LiteLLM, and has an HTTP agent server.Open sourceSoftware
BusabaseAI Coding Assistants & Agent ToolingMIT-licensed workspace for AI agents and people: typed Bases, Markdown docs, skills, AirApps and workflows, with every agent write recorded as a diffed Change Request. Runs locally on embedded PGlite, self-hosted or on Busabase Cloud.Open sourceSelf-hostedFreemium
Cal.diyTeam Chat & MeetingsCal.diy is the MIT-licensed community edition of Cal.com with the enterprise code removed. You self-host the Next.js and PostgreSQL app to publish booking pages, sync calendars and connect video, payment and CRM apps. No hosted version exists.Open sourceSelf-hostedExplore collections with tools relevant to this category, grouped by deployment, source model or workload.
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Documents and productivity software covers the tools people use all day: notes and wikis, office suites, PDF editors, email clients and archives, file sync and transfer, browsers, screen capture and desktop utilities. For IT teams the questions are about standardizing on a few tools, controlling where data is stored and supporting both managed devices and personal workflows. Each subcategory goes deeper into one of these jobs.
What belongs in this category: This parent category gathers end-user software for creating, organizing, exchanging and reading information on the desktop or in the browser, and each product is filed under the subcategory matching its main job.
iThub lists 174 tools in Documents & Productivity. 162 of 174 are open source, 93 of 174 can be self-hosted, 171 of 174 have a free, freemium or open-source pricing model and 94 of 174 offer an API.
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