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1Password

AgileBits Inc. (1Password) · Secrets management

In-depth entry

Password and secrets manager for individuals, families and businesses with end-to-end encrypted vaults, passkeys, an SSH agent and a developer CLI

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

Alfred

Running with Crayons Ltd · macOS system utilities

macOS launcher and productivity app whose paid Powerpack adds workflows, clipboard history, snippets and custom searches

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Apple Notes

Apple Inc. · Personal knowledge management

Apple's built-in notes app for Mac, iPhone, iPad and iCloud.com with folders, tags, attachments, handwriting, shared notes and on-device search

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

AppleScript

Apple Inc. · macOS automation

Apple's English-like scripting language that drives scriptable macOS applications through Apple events, run from Script Editor, osascript or other automation tools

ProprietaryFreeLocalMaintenanceNov 2, 2026

Automator

Apple Inc. · macOS automation

Apple's long-standing drag-and-drop workflow builder for macOS that produces apps, Quick Actions, folder actions and calendar-triggered automations

ProprietaryFreeLocalMaintenanceNov 2, 2026

Bear

Shiny Frog Ltd. · Personal knowledge management

Markdown note-taking app for Mac, iPhone and iPad from Shiny Frog with nested tags, note links and iCloud sync, free with a Pro subscription

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Bloomberg Terminal

Bloomberg L.P. (FIGI Registration Authority) · Market & fundamentals data

Bloomberg's subscription workstation for market data, news, analytics, messaging and execution, with Excel integration and the BLPAPI library for C++, Java, .NET and Python

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

Bluebeam Revu

Bluebeam, Inc. (Nemetschek Group) · Construction estimating & quantity surveying

PDF markup, measurement and collaboration software for construction documents, with a Windows desktop app plus web and mobile companions

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

Claude Code

Anthropic · Coding agents & AI IDEs

In-depth entry

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDEs, a desktop app, the web and CI, with MCP, hooks, skills and subagents

ProprietaryPaidUsage-basedLocalNov 2, 2026

Craft

Craft Docs Ltd. · Personal knowledge management

Block-based document and notes app with native Apple, Windows and web clients, structured pages, collections and shareable published documents

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Create ML

Apple Inc. · Apple Silicon ML & MLX

Apple's app and Swift framework for training image, text, sound, tabular and activity models on a Mac without writing training code, exporting directly to Core ML

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Cursor

Anysphere · Coding agents & AI IDEs

AI-native code editor from Anysphere, forked from VS Code, with inline edits, codebase-aware chat and agent mode that can run multi-step changes

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

EViews

S&P Global (EViews) · Econometrics & causal inference

Commercial Windows econometrics package for time-series estimation, forecasting and macro modelling, sold as single-user, volume, University and free Student Lite editions

ProprietaryPaidAcademicLocalNov 2, 2026

Keyboard Maestro

Stairways Software Pty Ltd · macOS automation

Commercial macOS macro application that runs sequences of actions from hotkeys, typed strings, application, time, device and system triggers

ProprietaryPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

LM Studio

Element Labs, Inc. · Local LLM inference & serving

In-depth entry

Proprietary desktop app for discovering, downloading and running local LLMs with llama.cpp and MLX engines, a chat UI, an OpenAI-compatible server, CLI, SDKs and a headless daemon

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalBroken

MATLAB

MathWorks · Mathematical & statistical computing

MathWorks' commercial numeric computing environment and language for engineers and scientists, with toolboxes, Simulink integration, apps and MATLAB Online

ProprietaryPaidAcademicLocalNov 2, 2026

Mendeley

Elsevier · Citation management

Free reference manager from Elsevier with a desktop and web app, PDF annotation, a Web Importer, groups and bundled cloud storage

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

Microsoft 365

Microsoft · Productivity suites & task management

Microsoft's subscription suite of Office desktop and web apps, Exchange email, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams with Copilot and Graph APIs

ProprietaryPaidEnterpriseLocalNov 2, 2026

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft · BI & dashboards

Microsoft's business-intelligence suite: free Windows Power BI Desktop for modeling and reports, and the Power BI service in Microsoft Fabric for sharing

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalBroken

Obsidian

Dynalist Inc. (Obsidian) · Personal knowledge management

In-depth entry

Local-first Markdown note-taking app with bidirectional links, graph view and a large community plugin ecosystem; optional paid Sync and Publish

ProprietaryFreePaidLocalBroken

OrbStack

OrbStack (Orbital Labs) · Containers & virtualization

macOS application that runs Docker containers, Linux machines and a local Kubernetes cluster as a lighter replacement for Docker Desktop

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

PlanSwift

ConstructConnect · Construction estimating & quantity surveying

Windows digital takeoff and estimating software from ConstructConnect that measures quantities on plans and prices them through assemblies and Excel

ProprietaryPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Postman

Postman, Inc. · API development & tooling

Commercial API platform for designing, testing, documenting and monitoring HTTP and other APIs through a desktop and web client with cloud-synced workspaces

ProprietaryFreemiumPaidLocalNov 2, 2026

Shortcuts

Apple Inc. · macOS automation

Apple's built-in visual automation app for macOS, iOS and iPadOS that chains app actions, scripts and system functions into runnable shortcuts

ProprietaryFreeLocalNov 2, 2026

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