This is a curated list about tools for everything from productivity to hosting to development tools to designing. These tools are all digital i.e. either app, online service, or downloadable software. Most of them are either free or have limited free option that is enough for startups. Feel free to suggest and contribute in this list.
- GitHub - https://github.com
- BitBucket - https://bitbucket.com
- GitLab - https://gitlab.com
- Azure Repos - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/devops/repos
- Amazon AWS CodeCommit - https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/
- Amazon AWS (Free tier available) - https://aws.amazon.com
- Microsoft Azure (Free tier available) - https://azure.microsoft.com
- Google Cloud (Free tier available) - https://cloud.google.com
- Digital Ocean (Free tier available) - https://digitalocean.com
- Vultr (Paid plan) - https://vultr.com
- Heroku (Paid plan) - https://www.heroku.com
- BlueHost (Paid plan) - https://www.bluehost.com
- DreamHost (Paid plan) - https://www.dreamhost.com
- GitHub pages - https://pages.github.com
- Google FireBase - https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting
- Netlify - https://www.netlify.com
- Vercel - https://vercel.com
- Amazon S3 - https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
- Surge - https://surge.sh
- Lark Email - https://www.larksuite.com/en_us/product/email
- CloudFlare - https://www.cloudflare.com/
- ClouDNS - https://cloudns.net/
- Let's Encrypt - https://letsencrypt.org/
- Pingdom http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt pingdom.com - Website monitor
- Google Page Insight https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights
- Web Page Performance Test - http://www.webpagetest.org/
- GTMetrix http://gtmetrix.com/
- Import.io - https://www.import.io/
- Web Hose - https://webhose.io/scraping-tools
- Dexi.io - https://dexi.io/
- Parse Hub - https://www.parsehub.com/
- 80Legs - http://80legs.com/
- Scraping Hub - https://scrapinghub.com/
- Scrapy - https://scrapy.org/
- Scraper - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scraper/mbigbapnjcgaffohmbkdlecaccepngjd
- Web Scraper - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/web-scraper/jnhgnonknehpejjnehehllkliplmbmhn
- Scraping API: https://www.abstractapi.com/web-scraping-api
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Microsoft Visual Studio (IDE) - https://www.visualstudio.com/
- Sublime Text - https://www.sublimetext.com/
- WebStorm - https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/
- NetBeans - http://netbeans.org/
- Eclipse - https://eclipse.org/
- JetBrains IDEs (various): https://www.jetbrains.com/ides/
- VS Code for Web - https://vscode.dev
- CodeAnywhere - https://codeanywhere.com
- Cloud9 - https://c9.io
- Koding - https://koding.com
- Humanitec - https://humanitec.com
- JSFiddle - https://jsfiddle.net
- Plunker - https://plnkr.co/
- CodePen - http://codepen.io/
- JSBin - https://jsbin.com/
- FileZilla - https://filezilla-project.org/
- FreeFileSync - https://freefilesync.org/
- CryptoMator - https://cryptomator.org/
- Laragon - https://laragon.org/
- XAMPP - https://www.apachefriends.org
- WinScp - https://winscp.net
- Putty - http://www.putty.org/
- Sauce Labs - https://saucelabs.com/
- Code Climate - https://codeclimate.com
- Brevo (Ex Sendinblue) - https://www.brevo.com/
- MailGun - http://www.mailgun.com , http://www.mailgun.com/google
- SendGrid - https://sendgrid.com
- MailChimp - https://mailchimp.com
- Mandrill - http://www.mandrill.com/
- AWS SES - https://aws.amazon.com/ses/
- Sweego - https://www.sweego.io/
- Elastic Email - https://elasticemail.com/
- ForwardEmail - https://forwardemail.net/
- MX Toolbox - https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx
- DMarcian - https://dmarcian.com/dmarc-tools/
- Mail Trap (for testing only) - https://mailtrap.io/
- Email Validation API - https://www.abstractapi.com/email-verification-validation-api
- OneSignal - https://onesignal.com
- Pusher - https://pusher.com
- Twilio - https://www.twilio.com
- Headway - https://headwayapp.co/
- AreYouInterested - https://areyouinterested.co/
- SurveyWave - http://surveywave.xyz/
- WordPress - https://www.wordpress.org
- Drupal - https://www.drupal.com
- Joomla - https://www.joomla.org
- WooCommerce for WordPress - https://www.woocommerce.com
- Magento - https://www.magento.com
- OpenCart - https://www.opencart.com
- Prestashop - https://www.prestashop.com
- Shopify - https://www.shopify.com
- Google Analytics - https://analytics.google.com
- New Relic https://newrelic.com/
- Inspectlet http://www.inspectlet.com/plans
- Zoom Analytics http://zoomanalytics.co/
- LiveSession - https://livesession.io/
- Amplitude - https://amplitude.com/
- Microsoft Clarity - https://clarity.microsoft.com
- Wave Apps - https://www.waveapps.com
- HubSpot CRM - https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm
- Capsule CRM - https://capsulecrm.com
- Insightly - https://www.insightly.com
- Bitrix24 (CRM version) - https://www.bitrix24.com/tools/crm/
- Google Contacts (can be used as lightweight CRM) - http://contacts.google.com
- Slack - https://slack.com/
- Microsoft Teams - https://teams.microsoft.com/
- Mattermost - https://mattermost.com/
- Rocket.Chat - https://rocket.chat/
- Twist - https://twist.com/
- Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) - https://www.zopim.com/
- Olark - https://www.olark.com/
- Facebook Messenger - https://web.facebook.com/business/products/messenger-for-business
- WhatsApp for Business - https://www.whatsapp.com/
- Facebook - http://facebook.com
- Twitter - http://twitter.com
- LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com
- Instagram - http://instagram.com
- Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/
- YouTube - http://youtube.com
- HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/
- Website Grader by HubSpot http://grader.com
- Buffer App - https://buffer.com
- HootSuite - https://hootsuite.com
- TweetDeck - https://tweetdeck.twitter.com
- CrowdFire - https://www.crowdfireapp.com
- Ubersuggest - http://ubersuggest.org/
- Visual Website Optimizer - https://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/
- Tweriod - http://www.tweriod.com/
- My Site Auditor - http://mysiteauditor.com
- Free traffic increase - http://www.10khits.com/
- WooBox - http://woobox.com/
- Add Shoppers - http://addshoppers.com
- BuzzSumo - http://buzzsumo.com/
- Static html app - https://statichtmlapp.com/
- Hashtagify - http://hashtagify.me/
- Ritetag - http://ritetag.com/
- Tagboard - https://tagboard.com/
- Trendsmap - http://trendsmap.com/
- Shortstack - http://www.shortstack.com
- Post Planner - http://www.postplanner.com/
- Carousel Hero - https://carouselhero.com/
- Cello - https://cello.so/
- Microsoft OneNote - https://www.onenote.com (part of MS Office - https://www.office.com)
- Google Keep - https://keep.google.com
- Pocket - https://getpocket.com
- Atlassian Confluence - https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence
- Microsoft Word - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/word (part of MS Office - https://www.office.com)
- Google Docs - https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/
- Microsoft Excel - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel (part of MS Office - https://www.office.com)
- Google Sheets - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/
- Microsoft OneDrive - https://onedrive.com
- Google Drive - https://drive.google.com
- Amazon S3 - https://aws.amazon.com/pm/serv-s3/
Good for personal tasks
- Todoist - https://todoist.com
- Microsoft Todo - https://todo.microsoft.com (Previously Wunderlist)
- Any.do - https://www.any.do
- Tick Tick - https://ticktick.com
- Meister Task - https://meistertask.com
- Google Tasks - Mobile app or as part of Google Calendar
Good for team projects
- Jira - https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
- Trello - https://trello.com
- Asana - https://asana.com
- Airtable - https://airtable.com
- Teamwork - https://teamwork.com
- ClickUp - https://clickup.com
- Wrike - https://www.wrike.com
- Monday - https://monday.com
- ActiveCollab - https://activecollab.com
- Basecamp - https://basecamp.com
- Pivotal Tracker - https://www.pivotaltracker.com
- Shortcut - https://www.shortcut.com
- Paymo - https://www.paymoapp.com
- Toggl - https://toggl.com
- Clockify - https://clockify.me
- TimeCamp - https://www.timecamp.com
- Everhour - https://everhour.com
- My Hours - https://myhours.com
- Paymo - https://www.paymoapp.com
- Jibble - https://www.jibble.io
- Connecteam - https://connecteam.com/employee-time-clock-app/employee-time-tracking-app/
- Pomodoro Technique - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
- GTD - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/getting-things-done
- Eisenhower Matrix - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix
- Biteable - https://biteable.com
- Powtoon - https://www.powtoon.com
- Animoto - http://animoto.com/
- Openshot - https://www.openshot.org
- Video captions - https://subsvideo.com
- Unsplash - https://unsplash.com
- Pexels - https://www.pexels.com
- Shopify Burst - https://burst.shopify.com
- Place Image (Stock photos generator) - http://placeimg.com
- Undraw - https://undraw.co/illustrations
- DrawKit - https://www.drawkit.io
- Excalidraw - https://excalidraw.com
- Icons8 - https://icons8.com
- Favicon Generator - https://favicon.io
- Shopify Logo Maker - https://www.shopify.com/tools/logo-maker
- Logo Joy - https://logojoy.com
- Logaster - https://www.logaster.com/
- Cool Text - http://cooltext.com/
- Online Logo Maker 24 - http://onlinelogomaker24.com
- Free Logo Services - http://freelogoservices.com
- Graphic Springs - http://graphicsprings.com
- Design Mantic - http://designmantic.com
- Zillion Designs - http://zilliondesigns.com
- Logo Maker - http://logomaker.com
- Pagemodo http://www.pagemodo.com
- Canva - https://www.canva.com
- Snappa - https://snappa.com
- Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
- Photoshop Express - http://www.photoshop.com/tools
- Pixlr - https://pixlr.com/
- Fotor - http://www.fotor.com/
- Create GIF - http://gifbrewery.com/
- Stamp creator - http://www.speedystamps.co.uk/
- Method Draw (SVG Editor) - http://editor.method.ac
- AConvert (Image to SVG Converter) - https://www.aconvert.com/image/png-to-svg/
- Image Compression and Optimization API - https://www.abstractapi.com/image-processing-optimization-api