ClickUp – Project management on steroids
Todoist – Minimal but powerful to-do manager
Trello – Kanban king for teams & solopreneurs
Evernote – Your second brain for note-taking

Zapier – Connect & automate 6000+ apps
Make (Integromat) – Visual automation workflows
IFTTT – Simple "if this, then that" automations
n8n – Open-source Zapier alternative
Alfred (for Mac) – Productivity launcher like a tech ninja

Slack – Team communication hub
Microsoft Teams – Especially if you live in the MS ecosystem
Google Meet / Zoom – Duh. Video call essentials
Loom – Record and share screen videos instantly
Krisp – AI-powered noise cancellation during calls

Canva – Design anything, even if you suck at it
Figma – UI/UX designers’ playground
Photopea – Free Photoshop in your browser
Remove.bg – Remove image backgrounds in 2 sec
TinyPNG – Compress images without killing quality

GitHub – For all your version control drama
Visual Studio Code – The coding bae of millions
Postman – Testing APIs like a boss
Netlify / Vercel – Deploy your site in seconds
StackBlitz / CodePen – Instantly run & share web code

ChatGPT –
Obvious flex. Content, code, ideas — all done.

Grammarly – Write like Shakespeare but better
Clockify – Time tracker for the productivity nerds
Calendly – Schedule meetings without the awkward back-and-forth
Miro – Whiteboarding tool for creative chaos & planning