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title: "My default apps of early 2025"
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  A list of my current default apps in a wide number of categories.
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I have not finished my `/uses` page, but following [Sascha's post](https://sascha.sh/posts/my-default-apps-of-early-2025/), here's my list:

* **Mail Client**: [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/)
* **Mail Server**: Postfix + Dovecot
* **Notes**: [Obsidian], Scratch[^1]
* **To-Do**: [Obsidian]
* **iPhone Photo Shooting**: Camera, NightCap
* **Photo Management**: Apple Photos, [Sigal](https://sigal.saimon.org/), [fgallery](https://www.thregr.org/wavexx/software/fgallery/)
* **Calendar**: Calendar.app, [Fantastical](https://flexibits.com/fantastical)
* **Cloud File Storage**: [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) on my own server
* **RSS**: self-hosted [Stringer](https://github.com/stringer-rss/stringer)
* **Contacts**: Contacts.app synced with Google and my own CardDav
* **Browser**: [Firefox Nightly](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/), [Firefox iOS](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/mobile/ios/)
* **Chat**: the whole lineup
* **Bookmarks**: self-hosted [linkding](https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding)
* **Read It Later**: [Instapaper](https://www.instapaper.com/)
* **Word Processing**: Obsidian, Google Docs, vim
* **Spreadsheets**: Numbers.app, Google Sheets
* **Presentations**: [Deckset](https://www.deckset.com/)
* **Shopping Lists**: Reminders.app
* **Meal Planning**: n/a
* **Budgeting and Personal Finance**: n/a
* **News**: various websites
* **Music**: Apple Music, [soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/), [mpd](https://www.musicpd.org/) with a huge music collection locally
* **Podcasts**: [Overcast](https://overcast.fm/)
* **Password Management**: [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/)

[Obsidian]: https://obsidian.md/

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

* **Backup**: (needs work)
* **Code Editor**: [Neovim](https://neovim.io/)
* **Document management**: [Paperless-ngx](https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/)
* **Launcher**: [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/)
* **Photo editing**: [Acorn](https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/)
* **Screenshots**: my own scripts uploading to my server
* **Social**: [Ivory](https://tapbots.com/ivory/), [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/)
* **Terminal**: [WezTerm](https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/)
* **VPN**: [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/), [Viscosity](https://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/)
* **Weather**: [Yr](https://www.yr.no/nb)

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_Footnotes_:

[^1]: iOS app, apparently not available in the app store anymore