Digital Tools I am Using and Why

When you update this, also update Backup Policies and Digital Tools I am Recommending and Why

• {Pin X} are pinned apps on X platform
• {Priv} means privacy invading
• /App mentions alternative apps I recommend
• Mobile Apps are Italic. Those with the PWA keyword are web apps.
• Do not give personal sensitive data to these apps and keep deleting data that you think they might use to track you. Delete online accounts you don't use.
  • As a one time effort, we will delete our online accounts according to My Online Accounts to Delete
• Those that are highlighted are non-recommended for beginners, with altrnatives mentioned optionally after "/"

1. Desktop Apps

A. System & Utility Tools

• File & System Management:
  • File Explorer
  • Settings
  • App Center
  • Syncthing
• Basic OS Utilities:
  • Ghostty/Terminal
  • Calculator
  • Clock
  • AnyDesk
  • Feem
  • Fish Shell + Starship
  • StayFree
• Browser / Synching:
  • Brave
  • Drive PWA
• Terminal Utils
  • check in bootstrap-wsl.sh

B. Productivity & Office

• Task & Note Management:
  • ClickUp
  • Obsidian
  • Zoho Cal
• Document & Reference:
  • LibreOffice
  • GoldenDict
• Office Suite:
  • Sheets PWA
  • Docs PWA
  • Google Calendar PWA for Work
  • Excalidraw PWA

C. Development & Coding

• Developer Tools:
  • Zed
  • Others
    • UV
    • Git
    • Python and modules
    • GH
  • OpenCode

D. Media, Creativity & Communication

• Creative & Media Applications:
  • Camera
  • Voice Recorder
  • Canva
  • VLC
  • Filmora/Shotcut
• Communication & Conferencing:
  • WhatsApp
  • Meet
  • Slack
• Email
  • Gmail PWA
  • Zoho Mail PWA

E. AI Tools (Includes Websites as Well)

• Gemini App
  • Image Gen
  • Veo3
  • NotebookLM
  • Live Voice Mode
  • Deep Research
• OpenCode with Codex Sub and Go
  • Writing
  • Everyday Tasks
  • Coding
• Canva AI
• Zed AI for Autocomplete
• Typeless for Voice Typing

F. Specialized / Other Tools

• Download & Internet Helpers:
  • QBitTorrent
• Privacy / Security:
  • OOSU10
• Finance
  • ? Wise replacement==

3. Brave Plugins

Productivity & Content

• Loom Extension
• Obsidian Web Clipper
• StayFree
  Security & Privacy
• uBlock
• Vault Extension
• Duck Protection Extension

4. Most Visited Sites

A. Video & Streaming

• Youtube
• BiliBili
• SyncTube

B. Education & Courses

• Coursera
• Alasna
• edX
• DeepLearning.ai

C. Blogs & Media

• Blogs & Personal Sites:
  • Muslim Skeptic
  • My Blog
  • Cal Newport
• General Media:
  • Medium
  • TechRadar

E. Developer & Tech Sites

• Colab
• Hugging Face
• Vercel
• LM Arena
• Namecheap
• Google Cloud or other cloud
• Open AI, Google AI and other dashboards

F. Professional & Networking

• LinkedIn

G. Research & Community

• Reddit
• IslamQA
• Obsidian Forum
• InternetArchive

H. Search Engines & Utilities

• DuckDuckGo (DDG)
• Fast.com

I. Shopping & E-commerce

• Daraz
• Ali Express
• PriceOye
• Ronin
• OLX.com.pk
• Zameen.com

J. Teaching & Learning Tools

• Menti
• Scratch
• Google Forms

N. Sports, News & Reference

• UFC
• Wikipedia
• Forbes

5. Mobile Apps

(Your smartphone applications—with subgroups by primary function.)
System & Utilities

• Contacts, Phone, PlayStore, Niagara Launcher, Google Maps, Material Files, Gboard
  Communication & Media
• Messages, Photos, Snaptube
  Productivity & Finance
• Adobe Reader, Aard 2, Sadapay, Meezan, OneAuth, InDrive/Yango

6. Operating Systems

• Ubuntu (Laptop)
• Graphene (Phone)

7. My Online Accounts

Italic represent temporary accounts

1. Office Productivity
   1. Zoho
   2. Personal Google (Slowly being not used)
      1. We will keep checking it for any important mail for 3 years starting form 2025-10-18 and then we will disable it
   3. Loom (On Uni Email)
   4. Canva
2. Learning
   1. Rekhta (not crearted yet)
   2. Alasna
   3. Sapience Inst
   4. Basira Eductaion and Canvas
3. Gaming
   1. Balistica
4. Profesional
   1. LinkedIn (cant login, change email)
   2. Upwork
5. Dev and Hosting
   1. Github
   2. Netlify
   3. CloudFare
6. Shopping and Bankng
   1. UBL and Meezan/Alfa
   2. Sadapay
7. Utils
   1. inDrive
   2. Niagara Launcher
8. Work:
   1. Slack
   2. Jira
   3. Notion
   4. Work Google
      1. For Gmail, Meet, Docs, Authenticator, WhatsApp Backup, Drive, Play Services, Phone Contacts and Call Logs Backup
9. Social
   1. WhatsApp
   2. Signal