My default apps of early 2026

A /uses page still does not exist, so let's update the list. Not much changed from last year's list, but I filled some gaps and switched out a few things.

• Mail Client: Thunderbird
• Mail Server: Postfix + Dovecot Stalwart
• Notes: Obsidian, Scratch¹
• To-Do: Obsidian
• iPhone Photo Shooting: Camera, NightCap
• Photo Management: Apple Photos, Sigal, fgallery, self-hosted Ente.io (in progress)
• Calendar: Calendar.app, Fantastical
• Cloud File Storage: Syncthing on my own server
• RSS: self-hosted Stringer
• Contacts: Contacts.app synced with Google and my own CardDav (need to get this back self-hosted)
• Browser: Firefox Nightly, Firefox iOS
• Chat: the whole lineup
• Bookmarks: self-hosted linkding
• Read It Later: Instapaper
• Word Processing: Obsidian, Google Docs, vim
• Spreadsheets: Numbers.app, Google Sheets
• Presentations: Deckset
• Shopping Lists: Reminders.app
• Meal Planning: n/a
• Budgeting and Personal Finance: n/a
• News: various websites
• Music: Vinyls, Apple Music, soundcloud, mpd with a huge music collection locally
• Podcasts: Overcast
• Password Management: Bitwarden

In addition to the “official” list, I would like to add a few more

• Backup: Vorta Backup
• Code Editor: Neovim
• Document management: Paperless-ngx
• Launcher: Alfred
• Photo editing: Acorn
• Screenshots: my own scripts uploading to my server
• Social: Ivory, Pinafore
• Terminal: WezTerm
• VPN: Tailscale, Mullvad Viscosity
• Weather: Yr

Footnotes:

1. iOS app, not available in the app store anymore ↩