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Productivity
Desktop & browser utilities: the tech stack of 18 real products
Menu-bar apps, launchers, tab managers, file organisers and other small utilities.
What sets them apart
Picks at least twice as common here as among products overall, in decisions at least 10 of them show.
The typical stack
The leading pick where at least 8 of them show the decision and the leader has at least a quarter of it.
| Decision | Most common pick | Share | At default usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontend Framework |  React | 6 of 11 · 55% | — |
| Payments | Lemon Squeezy | 5 of 11 · 45% | fees on revenue · $700 on $10,000/mo |
| Transactional Email |  Resend | 5 of 8 · 63% | $20/mo · Pro 50k |
What they chose, decision by decision
Among the desktop & browser utilities that show each choice, from makers' products and open-source code alike.
Small samples, fewer than 8 products: Hosting (Cloudflare 3, Netlify 1) · Database (Supabase 2, Firebase 2) · Web Analytics (Umami 4, Cloudflare Web Analytics 1) · Image & Video Hosting (sharp 3, Cloudinary 1) · LLM API (OpenAI API 3, Claude 3) · Error Monitoring (Sentry 3)
Desktop & browser utilities we track
14 makers' products and 4 open-source projects. Makers' products first.
Side Space#1 AI Assistant for Your Tabs
LoadFast Snippet ExpanderLightning fast text expansion, unlimited snippets, modern UI
ZushAI file renamer for Mac & Windows — cloud, BYOK or local
Fexity ProAll in one productivity extension.
Smart Chrome Tabs Smart tab grouping for a clutter-free browsing experience.
TidyYour Mac tidies itself — and names files by what's inside
Clipboard Canvas v2.0A Designer’s Toolkit for Your Clipboard
DockDuckThe native macOS file manager Finder should be
InfiniDeskInfiniDesk is a Mac menu bar app that switches between project-specific desktops, each showing its own folders, files and shortcuts.
PocketCorderRemote control your mac from smartphone
MacYapsBattery dying? WiFi gone? Your Mac finally talks back.
SubstageA natural language command bar for your Mac's Finder window
Tab OrganizerReduce tabs clutter in Chrome
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