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What HN commenters recommend, ranked by distinct recommenders. Under each: what people praise most and the most common caveat, or the strongest quote where there is no summary yet.
- 1.Loved for Device integrations, Local and private · Caveat Maintenance effort
- 2.Loved for Linux gaming, Library and ease · Caveat DRM and ownership
- 3.Loved for AI agent workflows, Better than Jira · Caveat Slow loading
- 4.Loved for Window management, Screen overlays · Caveat Steep ramp-up
- 5.Loved for Window management, Spotlight replacement · Caveat AI direction
- 6.Loved for Self-hosting, Business automation · Caveat Limited logic
- 7.Loved for Spotlight replacement, Long-term favorite · Caveat Full disk access
- 8.Loved for Task running, Simpler than Make · Caveat Narrow scope
- 9.Loved for Mouse remapping, Window management · Caveat Missed on macOS
- 10.Loved for Utility collection, Command bar · Caveat Windows only
- 11.Loved for Simplicity, Long-term use · Caveat Slower app loading
- 12.Loved for Smart appliance upgrades, Custom DIY builds · Caveat 433 MHz radio
- 13.Loved for GOG on Linux, Epic games
- 14.Loved for AI agent tracking, Simple kanban · Caveat Small teams only
- 15.When I need "async" in a http cycle flow, I use celery and run it in background.
- 16.Strongly recommend getting BetterTouchTool for this - changed my life.
- 17.Ive been using mouseless for a while now and I've been enjoying it!
- 18.projectivy launcher which allows me to set a customized and very clean interface with the just the apps I use and nothing else. I definitely recommend it.
- 19.I use Niagara Launcher because of the simplicity and quick access to every app. I highly recommend to everyone
- 20.Nova remembers app locations when I change phones.
- 21.It takes some fiddling to get set up, but then it just becomes a part of how I use my Mac.
- 22.Replacing the Google launcher (I used ATV Launcher Pro) was one of the best quality of life upgrades I've ever done, if you haven't already I highly recommend it.
- 23.Vikunja https://vikunja.io/ - todo list manager, I use it on all my computers, and phone
- 24.I used the Rewind app on Mac and it was very nice to have the ability to search almost anything you did / saw on the computer.
- 25.Tasker to automatically activate my wifi hotspot for the car's Android headunit
- 26.I switched to Kvaesitso from Nova about a month ago and it's been amazing and it's open source.
- 27.we love Browser-Use <3 and we still work together closely!
- 28.I'm specifically suggesting Selenium because it's been around so long so I assume there's a lot of Selenium in the LLMs training data
- 29.I love and use lutris, and I'm extremely grateful that the creator took the time to build it
- 30.Now I come full circle to replace raycast with it on the work machine
- 31.use git-bug https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug in addition to migrating to another forge like Codeberg.
- 32.Everyone loves to hate on Jira, but it is a mature platform for managing large projects.