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Fathom Analytics Landing Page
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Fathom Analytics

Simple, trustworthy website analytics (finally)
Pricing:
- Open Source
- $14.0 / Monthly (100,000 Pageviews)
A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Open Source #Analytics #Privacy 58 social mentions
Contrast Landing Page

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Contrast

A macOS app for quick access to WCAG color contrast ratios

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Project Management #Action #Task Management 3 social mentions
Sip Landing Page

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Sip

A better way to collect, organize & share your colors.

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Color Tools #Color Picker #Color Palette Generator 12 social mentions
Transmit Landing Page

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Transmit

Transmit is an FTP client for Mac OS X and Mac OS Classic (which is unsupported).

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 21 social mentions
Nova Code Editor Landing Page

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Nova Code Editor

Nova Code Editor is software that is used for writing and editing codes.

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Development #Text Editors #IDE 39 social mentions
Writer Pro Landing Page

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Writer Pro

Note. Write. Edit.

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Markdown Editor #Writing #Knowledge Management 36 social mentions
PixelSnap Landing Page

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PixelSnap

Measure every pixel on your screen with ease ✨

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Design Tools #Photos & Graphics #Productivity 8 social mentions
CleanShot X Landing Page

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CleanShot X

Capture your Mac’s screen like a PRO ⚡️

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 74 social mentions
Balsamiq Landing Page

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Balsamiq

Balsamiq. Rapid, effective and fun wireframing software.

A few apps that are a joy to use: https://ia.net/writer for writing. https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast. https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors. https://nova.app/ for editing code. https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots. https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen. https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS. https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers. https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics. https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes. What else?

#Prototyping #Design Collaboration #Design Tools 30 social mentions
Obsidian.md Landing Page

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Obsidian.md

A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

Https://obsidian.md/ mainly for personal notes and journaling.

#Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1454 social mentions
zsh Landing Page
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zsh

The Z shell (Zsh) is a Unix shell that can be used as an interactive login shell and as a powerful command interpreter for shell scripting.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cryptocurrencies #Blockchain #Developer Tools 1 social mentions
yadm Landing Page
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yadm

Yet Another Dotfiles Manager
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Linux Tools 50 social mentions
jq Landing Page

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jq

jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured...

#CLI #Data Management #File Manager 155 social mentions
Neovim Landing Page
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Neovim

Vim's rebirth for the 21st century
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 96 social mentions
Git Landing Page
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Git

Git is a free and open source version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It is easy to learn and lightweight with lighting fast performance that outclasses competitors.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 214 social mentions
fd Landing Page
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fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 118 social mentions
Bat Landing Page

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Bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

#Developer Tool #Terminal Tools #REST API 103 social mentions