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Nando's
Nando’s stands out as the best fast-food restaurant by successfully combining casual dining with high-quality, flavourful food that boasts a unique cultural heritage. Renowned for its flame-grilled piri-piri chicken, the restaurant’s roots in Southern African-Portuguese cuisine provide a distinctive spicy twist that sets it apart from typical fast-food offerings. Nando’s emphasises freshness and quality, marinating their chicken for 24 hours in their signature "peri-peri" sauce which customers can select based on their preferred spice level. This personalised spice choice, coupled with a vibrant and welcoming ambiance, makes Nando’s not just a place to eat, but a culinary experience. The brand's commitment to sustainability and ethical sourcing, including their use of higher welfare chickens and eco-friendly practices, resonates well with a globally-conscious clientele, further establishing its reputation as not only a food chain but a responsible corporate citizen.
Portuguese Cuisine
Portuguese cuisine stands as a prime contender for the title of the best food in the world, thanks to its rich culinary traditions, emphasis on fresh ingredients, and a harmonious blend of flavours that reflect its historical maritime prowess. Here's a compelling argument that underscores why Portuguese food deserves this accolade: Diversity Influenced by History and Geography Portuguese food is a palimpsest of the various cultures that have interacted with Portugal over centuries. From the Age of Discoveries when Portuguese explorers brought back spices from Africa and Asia, to the integration of New World crops such as tomatoes and potatoes, the cuisine reflects a synthesis of global flavours uniquely blended with traditional Iberian techniques. This historical melding of east and west, north and south, makes Portuguese cuisine not only diverse but uniquely rich and varied. Focus on High-Quality, Fresh Ingredients At the heart of Portuguese cuisine is the use of fresh, high-quality ingredients. The country's extensive coastline provides an abundance of fresh seafood, from sardines and bacalhau (dried and salted cod) to octopus and various shellfish, which are staples in the Portuguese diet. The emphasis on fresh, local produce and the traditional farming and fishing techniques enhance the natural flavours of the ingredients, allowing for dishes that are both simple and profoundly satisfying. Culinary Techniques that Enhance Flavour Portuguese cooking methods themselves are a testament to a culinary tradition that prioritises flavour. The use of 'cataplana' (a clam-shaped cooker) seals in the flavours and juices of the ingredients, while techniques such as grilling over charcoal infuse dishes with a smoky richness that is hard to replicate. The simplicity of seasoning, primarily using piri-piri (small fiery chillies), garlic, and olive oil, underscores the natural tastes of the ingredients rather than overpowering them.
East of Eden
In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden “the first book,” and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California’s Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families—the Trasks and the Hamiltons—whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
Uni Kuru Toga
Reveal your creativity in captivating detail with the self-sharpening Kuru Toga Mechanical Pencil
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
From wikipedia: Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. Meditations are worth reading if only to get a glimpse at the thoughts of a man who lived a life in truly extraordinary circumstances of being a Roman Emperor. It's surprising how relevant the themes of his diaries are two thousand years later.
Chinese Ebooks on Amazon Kindle
That's right, the Kindle can a great tool for learning Mandarin. You can download a free Chinese dictionary called CC-CEDICT. Then you can tap on any word to get the English translation and the pinyin. There are plenty of Chinese ebooks you can find online for free or purchase on Amazon. I used this method earlier this year to read a few chapters of Harry Potter and now I'm reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
GoFullPage
GoFullPage is a simple extension for taking full-page screenshots of websites. It handles all the scrolling and at the end allows you to export the website to png, jpg, or pdf.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT is still the best AI in 2024. I use it for coding pretty much every day and occasionally for one-off tasks and recipes. It's worth the $20/month fee.
Chinese Grammar Wiki
This was my go-to page at the early stages of learning Mandarin. Chinese Grammar Wiki has an articles of each of the main aspects of Chinese grammar. For example, there are articles on how to use 一下, 在, 要, 就是, 才and many other Mandarin grammar points. Each word gets its own article with examples in pinyin and characters and, of course, English translations. You can also get website as a physical book or an ebook.
Google Gemini
Integrate Gemini with your gmail and start talking to your email!
Cakewalk AI
Awesome tool that helps organize your AI work with workspaces and dynamic prompts. This lets you build prompts using {{variables}}!.
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, he is the only musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music
Duolingo
Duolingo is an app and website designed to help people learn languages in a simple and engaging way. It’s free to use, though there are paid options that remove ads and offer extra features. The lessons are short and interactive, with exercises that involve matching words, listening to sentences, speaking, and translating. A green owl named Duo acts as the app’s mascot—offering encouragement when you stay on track and reminders when you don’t. The platform offers a wide range of languages, from widely spoken ones like Spanish, French, and Chinese to less common choices like Welsh, Hawaiian, and even fictional languages like Klingon and High Valyrian. Lessons focus on practical, everyday communication—like ordering food or asking for directions—though you’ll occasionally encounter quirky sentences that are memorable in their oddness. Duolingo adapts to your progress: if you’re struggling, it slows down; if you’re doing well, it introduces more challenging material. There are game-like features—points, streaks, and levels—that keep learning motivating and fun. For those looking to go beyond basic lessons, Duolingo also offers podcasts, stories, and interactive exercises to improve listening and reading comprehension. Convenient and easy to use, Duolingo fits into almost any schedule—you can practice on the bus, during a lunch break, or before bed. While it’s not a complete substitute for full immersion or in-depth study, it’s a useful tool for beginners and a good way to keep language skills fresh.
PowerToFly
PowerToFly is all about diversity. They list job offers from companies that are committed to creating inclusive environments. Not all jobs are remote but there is a 'remote' filter.
Working Nomads
Working Nomads is a job board with only 100% remote jobs. It has a mix of tech and non-tech jobs. You can filter by location, keywords, contract type, and category.
Pangian
Pangian specializes in remote jobs at leading, reputable companies. They have a database of 400,000+ jobs in over 150 countries. You can filter the jobs by cateogry, country / location and keywords. Some jobs are only accessible at the Pro tier that costs $14.99/month or $99 annually.
JustRemote
JustRemote is a classic job board. It offers remote jobs in a variety of categories, including software engineering and development jobs. They also offer a service called PowerSearch that costs $6 and gives you access to a private database of companies that are hiring remotely at the moment, even if the jobs aren't advertised on job boards.
Arc
Arc isn't exactly a job board. It's more of tool where you create a profile and it matches you with companies offering remote jobs. You need to pass a vetting process to qualify but after that you get direct invitation to interviews. Their AI automatically matches you with the jobs that best fit your profile.
Italki
Italki is a platform connecting language teachers, mostly native speakers, with students. You can book, pay, and schedule your classes directly through their website. The classes are one on one, just you and the teacher, and conducted over a video call. I used Italki successfully before going to Thailand for the first time. My wife who is Thai gave me an Italki gift card. There are plenty of teachers to chose from and the rates are affordable. You'll pay anywhere from $10 to about $20 for a class.
ThaiPod101's Live YouTube Channel
Learning a new language is hard, you need a lot of repeated exposure to the same words to make them stick. Here's the trick I use. I open ThaiPod101's live channel and let it run in the background while I do something else. For example, I can have it open while cooking dinner or tidying up. Even if I look at the screen only occasionally, I still get the benefits of being repeatedly exposed to Thai vocabulary. This works particularly well in combination with other learning methods. If you have a smart TV or a Chromecast, you can even play it on your TV instead of regular TV channels. The channel runs 24/7 and replays ThaiPod101 lessons.
Sunday Signal
Sunday Signal is a weekly selection of AI highlights with over 40,000 subscribers. In addition to the highlights, there is a weekly topic that's described in more depth. Written by Alex Banks.
Indietool
Indietool is a directory for apps and tools built by indie hackers and solopreneurs. You receive a dofollow link to help you with SEO.
Buy Or Skip
Buy or Skip is a curated collection of deeply researched SaaS tools with the best deals available on the internet. We offer SaaS Reviews, Software Comparisons, and Company Insights to help you make an informed decision.
Drops
Drops is a language learning app that focuses on teaching vocabulary through quick, visual-based games. The idea is to make learning feel more like playing, with short sessions you can fit into your day. Instead of grammar-heavy lessons, it leans on matching words with pictures, swiping, and tapping to help words stick in your memory. The app covers over 40 languages, from common ones like Spanish and French to less common ones like Hawaiian and Ainu. You get common, everyday words and phrases to start with—things you’d actually use in conversation. It’s built for people who want to learn at their own pace, and there are features like reminders and streaks to keep you coming back. Drops keeps lessons short—usually five minutes—so it’s easy to squeeze in some learning while waiting for coffee or riding the train. There’s a free version with ads and limits on daily use, or you can pay for Premium to get rid of ads, unlock all content, and use it offline. Overall, it’s not going to teach you complex grammar or how to hold a full conversation right away, but if you’re looking to build your vocabulary in a fun, no-pressure way, it does the job.
r/nocode
Description: "Community dedicated to building cool things without needing to be a developer." r/nocode is ok with posting promotional posts as long as they follow the subreddit's rules. It has 30K and is among the top 4% of subreddits by size.
r/alphaandbetausers
Description: "Our innovators need people to use their products to give them feedback! It is hard enough to develop a product. Let's make it easier for them to recruit the critical early users that they need to tell them how to make their products better." r/alphaandbetausers has 14K members and is among the top 6% of subreddits by size.
r/NicheWebsites
Description: "Information and discussions related to building and monetising niche websites/blogs. We discuss and share information on how to build the best content and get organic traffic from Google, SEO, blog monetisation, display ads, Amazon affiliate marketing." r/NicheWebsites has 1.8K members and is among top 16% of subreddits by size.
r/GrowthHacking
Description: "Startup Growth Hacking Community. Welcome to world's largest Growth Hacking Reddit Community. A place for Growth Hacking practitioners and professionals to discuss and debate Growth Marketing. Share novel marketing experiments, new tools and startup growth marketing stories. Actively moderated by Rohan Chaubey." r/GrowthHacking has 45K members and is among the 3% of subreddits by size.
r/ProductHunters
r/ProductHunters is a subreddit for discussing products listed on Product Hunt. It's a good place to write a post to accompany your PH launch. r/ProductHunters has 7.5K member and is among the top 8% of subreddits by size.
r/Startup_Ideas
Description: "Startup ideas - for inventors, entrepreneurs and investors. This subreddit is for sharing innovative startup ideas. Links and discussion about startups and descriptions of startups are welcome! Share ideas. Improve ideas. Expand upon other ideas. Combine ideas. Implement ideas." r/Startup_Ideas has 73k members and is among top 2% of all subreddits by size.
r/advancedentrepreneur
Advanced Entrepreneur is a community for established entrepreneurs to share tips, tricks, and fundamentals on growing your business to the next level. It has over 40k members and is among top 3% of all subreddits by size.
10words
10words will publish your startup on their website, Twitter / X, and their newsletter. The catch? You have to explain it in 10 words or less. It's free to submit your startup.
Self-Hosted Software List
Self-Hosted Software List is a directory of the top self-hosted solutions in various categories. List there if you're working on a product that the users can host themselves. Submitting your products to Self-Hosted Software List is free.
MVP Wizards
MVP Wizards is a directory of all freelancers and small teams that build MVPs at a fixed price. If you're a freelancer or an agency owner, this is a place to list. MVP Wizards is free to submit.
AI Tools
AI Tools is a directory of all AI-driven products. It features AI assitants, SEO AIs, eCommerce AIs, programming AIs and many more. It's easy to submit your tools and it's free to use.
SaaS Software
SaaS Software is a directory of all software-as-a-service products. It includes regular, open source, and AI-bases SaaS. There is a ton of category-based filters such as billing, fashion & style, CMS, video etc. It's free to submit your own product.
All LLM
All LLM is a directory of Large Language Models - both closed and open source. You can filter to show open-source models only. They're divided into categories such as zero-shot, few-shot, audio, text, seq2seq, transformer-based etc.
Shnoco
Shnoco offers a directory of no-code tools. If your product allows users to build and develop software and products without code, it's the place to get listed. They get 27,500+ visitors a month, mostly bootstrapped entrepreneurs, solo founders and no-code enthusiasts.
Futurepedia
Futurepedia is a directory of AI work tools. If you're working on an AI, GPT or LLM that would help professionals with their jobs, this is the place to list. They get over 400k visitors a month. It costs money to make a listing.
DevHunt
DevHunt is a directory designed specifically for launching developer tools. They accept open source, APIS & SDKs, frameworks, libraries, IDEs, code editors, testing tools, monitoring and tracking tools etc. Winners are promoted in their newsletter and on social media channels.
Capterra
Capterra is a large directory focus on business software. It collects verified reviews from its users to help businesses find better software. They boast over 2 million verified reviews at the time of writing. It's a great place to list your b2b software but it will take time and effort to prepare a good listing and get accepted.
AlternativeTo
AlternativeTo is a directory of software alternatives. If your app is a good alternative to some existing app, AlternativeTo is a great place to list to. They accept all types of software products - from websites to mobile and tablet apps and classic computer software.
BetaList
BetaList is a large and well-known startup directory but it's also very selective. They review each submission before they decide whether to allow it on the platform. Your startup should be pre-launch or recently launched without substantial press coverage, needs a custom designed, decent-looking landing describing the product and a way for people to sign up.
Under 1000 MRR Tools
A directory of the products that have under $1000 MRR (monthly recurring revenue). You need to pay to submit your product.
Early
Early is a directory of early stage and pre-launch startups. It's free to use but you may need to pay to skip the queue.
Insanely Cool Tools
This directory boasts 20,000 subscribers and if you get featured, you get a backlink. You'll also be featured in the newsletter. Insanely Cool Tools is free to use but you may need to pay if you want to skip the queue.
Tiny Startups
Tiny Startups is free to use but you need to pay a fee to skip the queue. It doesn’t matter whether you’re building a SaaS, marketplace, mobile app, productized service, newsletter or something else — all are welcome!
Product Hunt
Product Hunt is the biggest product directory there is. If you prepare your launch well, you can expect thousands of visitors and lots of backlinks from secondary services, blogs, and newspapers that scout Product Hunt for products.
MicroLaunch
MicroLaunch is a modern launch platform for early products: get feedback, traction and first customers over a month. Both ideas and product are scored separately. Your products get eventually roasted or boosted.
Uneed
Uneed is a platform where people can both discover new products and promote their own. It works a bit like Product Hunt, giving creators a way to get their products noticed. Every day at midnight PST, between 10 and 20 new products launch on the homepage. On launch day, products get prime visibility, but users can keep voting for them anytime afterward. Products are ranked daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. The top three products in each ranking get badges—gold, silver, or bronze—displayed on their product pages. Popular products also get featured in Uneed’s weekly newsletter, which reaches over 9,100 subscribers. If you want to launch a product, you make an account and fill out the details. There are two ways to get your product live: wait in a free queue (and get assigned a random launch date) or pay $30 to skip the line and pick your date. Success comes from a strong launch day, keeping your page up-to-date, and encouraging people to vote. Adding special deals can also earn you a badge and keep interest alive. The community side of Uneed is built around upvoting products. The more you vote, the more power you gain. For example, a 5-day voting streak doubles your vote’s power, and a 100-day streak triples it while unlocking an avatar border. At 150 days, you get a free line skip; at 500 days, you get discounts on advertising; and at 1,000 days, your votes count as five. The platform covers categories like development, design, marketing, business, and personal life products. It’s just one person running Uneed, and you’re encouraged to vote for your own product. If you have questions, they’re easy to reach via email. In short, Uneed is a straightforward way to launch a product, gather feedback, and build an audience—without needing a massive following upfront.
TypingMind
Typing Mind is the most advanced Chat UI frontend for AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and open-source models. Created by Tony Dinh.
r/SaaS
This subreddit is all about SaaS (Software As a Service) companies. You can bring up your product as long as it's useful and relevant to the discussion. r/SaaS has 103k members and is among the top 2% of subreddits by size.
r/startups
r/startups is a subreddit for everything related to startups. Here is how they describe themselves: The community for ventures designed to scale rapidly. Welcome to /r/startups, the place to discuss startup problems and solutions. Startups are companies that are designed to grow and scale rapidly. r/startups has 1.6 million members and is among the top 1% of subreddits by size.
r/Entrepreneur
Subreddit description: A community of individuals who seek to solve problems, network professionally, collaborate on projects, and make the world a better place. Be professional, humble, and open to new ideas. Our community supports side hustles, small businesses, venture-backed startups, lemonade stands, 1-person-grinds, and most forms of revenue generation! However, no one cares about your blog. Please do not come here to self-promote your consulting, book, podcast, MLM, website, dropshipping guide, or $$$ scheme. r/Entrepreneur has 3.2 million members and is among the top 1% subreddits by size.
r/InternetIsBeautiful
r/InternetIsBeautiful is a large subreddit with over 17 million members. This subreddit is all about websites and everything internet so it's a great place to share your unique web project.
r/webdev
r/webdev is community dedicated to all things web development: both front-end and back-end. This subreddit has 2.1M and is within the top 1% of subreddits by size.
r/SmallBusiness
r/SmallBusiness explicitly does not condone advertising your own products. This is how they describe themselves: This sub is not for advertisements! Questions and answers about starting, owning, and growing a small business only. That said, if you have real questions or are able to provide value, you can probably still find some users or feedback there.
r/SideProject
r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects. It has 148k members and is among the top 1% of subreddits by size.
AWS Cognito
Amazon Cognito is an identity platform for web and mobile apps. It’s a user directory, an authentication server, and an authorization service for OAuth 2.0 access tokens and AWS credentials. With Amazon Cognito, you can authenticate and authorize users from the built-in user directory, from your enterprise directory, and from consumer identity providers like Google and Facebook.
Remote Jobs
Remote Jobs is a simple job board that lets you filter jobs by time zone and salary range.
Built In
Built In is a large job board for remote and non-remote tech jobs at startups and leading companies. You can filter jobs base don its remote status, date posted, experience, company size etc.
NoDesk
NoDesk focuses on remote jobs at leading remote companies and startups. They add new jobs daily.
4 Day Week
The 4 Day Work Week job board is a site that lists jobs where you work fewer days—usually four—without losing pay. Most jobs are around 32 hours a week, giving people more free time while still earning the same salary. The main pitch is better work-life balance without sacrificing income. The site is pretty simple to navigate. You can browse jobs by categories like Customer Support, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales. Engineering seems to have the most listings. There are filters for remote work, location, seniority, and hours. Most of the jobs are remote and based in places like the USA, UK, Canada, and Europe. Companies offering these roles vary, but the listings show salary ranges and schedules (often "4 x 9hr days" or "4 x 8hr days"). Some roles are high-paying, especially in tech or product management, while others offer decent mid-range salaries. The job board also offers extras like free resume reviews and email alerts. There’s a big focus on helping you land a job faster, with things like AI tools for resumes and cover letters. They even have FAQs that cover common concerns—like whether benefits are the same (they usually are), or if working four days means you’re lazy (spoiler: no). Overall, it’s aimed at people who want to work smarter, not longer, without taking a pay cut.
Himalayas
Himalayas let's you filter jobs by time zone, visa, skills, company, salary, tech stack, and more. You can set up a profile and let companies discover you as well.
FlexJobs
FlexJobs is a paid job board. It starts at $2.95 for a two-week trial or $9.95/month for a 3-month full access. It boasts over 40,000 hand-screened remote jobs.
Remote.com
Remote.com has a simple job board where a couple dozen jobs are added each day. Most of the jobs are in tech and quite a few of them are engineering jobs.
Remote.io
Remote.io lets you browse thousands of remote job listings at startups and leading companies.
We Work Remotely
We Work Remotely (WWR) is an online job board dedicated exclusively to remote work opportunities. Since its launch in 2013, it has become one of the largest platforms of its kind, drawing around six million visitors each month and fostering a sizable global community centered around remote work. For employers, WWR provides a straightforward way to connect with remote talent. Posting a job costs $299, and the platform claims that over 90% of listings are successfully filled. Companies can expect a high volume of applications, with filtering tools available to streamline the hiring process. WWR also offers bundle packages for businesses looking to post multiple listings, and jobs posted on the platform are distributed to a network of partner sites, including Google Jobs and several niche job boards. Job seekers can explore thousands of listings across various industries, with a strong presence of technology, design, and marketing roles. The platform prides itself on hosting positions directly submitted by employers rather than pulling listings from other sources, ensuring that the jobs are current and relevant. At its core, WWR serves as a bridge between companies seeking remote talent and individuals looking for the flexibility that remote work offers. With over a decade of experience in the space, it has established itself as a go-to resource for both hiring managers and job seekers navigating the evolving landscape of remote work.
Otta
Otta is different from the other job boards in that it only shows you jobs that fit your profile. You set your preferences, such as location (or remote-only), desired salary, tech stack, role, visa status etc. Then, you get new jobs daily, all of which are selected to match your profile and are of high quality. You also get to see the company's average response time and response rate. You can apply with Otta or on the company's website.
Remotive
Remotive is a pay-to-play remote job board. It boasts over 30,000 jobs at the time of writing. Membership costs €79.00 for lifetime access. Some jobs are publicly available so you can get some use of it even without paying for the membership.
Wellfound
Formerly known as Angel List Talent, this job board focuses on startup jobs. You can filter by location, remote preferences, salary, equity percentage, years of experience, remote-first companies, investment stage, company size etc. Wellfound allows you to save and name your searches and filters to make job search easier. Finally, you can create a profile and apply for most jobs directly from Wellfound, and companies can discover your profile and reach out to you directly.
Y Combinator Jobs
This job board only has offers from companies that received funding from Y Combinator. You'll mostly find early-stage startup jobs, although a few more established companies also post their offers there. Quite a few offers are for first hires and most jobs offer equity. You can filter by years of experience required, job type, location, required visa status etc. You can also create a Y Combinator profile so that companies can find you. There is a limit to the number of jobs you can apply for each week, depending on your experience. It’s about 5-10 jobs a week.
Remote OK
Remote OK is a popular job board with a mix of engineering and non-engineering jobs. There are a few dozen new jobs posted each day and you can filter by location, job type, salary, benefits etc. There is a mix of very small companies, startups and occasional enterprise and FAANG. You can sign up for their mailing list and receive new job offers by email.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The great thing about this book is that it takes a big-picture view of human history. It attempts to explain the main themes of human history without getting bogged down in the details. Sapiens also debunks many popular myths about human history, including the one that people today live happier lives and have better diets than our hunter-gatherer predecessors. It comes with an epilogue about the future of humankind in light of ever-accelerating technological progress. With the recent advances in AI it is more relevant than ever. If you're going to read one book on history this year, read this one.
Link Hints
Click with your keyboard. Have a bad touchpad? Trouble using a mouse? Love keyboard shortcuts? Link Hints is a browser extension that complements the built-in keyboard shortcuts with ones for clicking. Press Alt+J (Ctrl+J on macOS). This makes little yellow boxes with letters, called hints, appear next to links (and other clickable things). Type the letters to click the link. Alternatively, hold Shift and type a bit of the link text. The keyboard shortcuts and hints are fully customizable. Alt+J: Click links, buttons, etc. Alt+K: Open link in new tab. Alt+L: Open link in new tab and switch to it. Alt+Shift+J: Click many things. Alt+Shift+K: Open many links. Alt+Shift+L: Select element.
News Feed Eradicator
News Feed Eradicator removes feeds from social media websites to help you use them more purposefully. Feeds are the most addictive parts of most website so this extension really helps you reduce mindless scrolling. News Feed Eradicator supports removing feeds from Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News, and GitHub. You get to pick which feeds to block and which to allow.
Limit
Limit allows you to put time limits on distracting websites. You get to choose how many minutes a day you're allowed to spend on each. After that, the website is blocked. It's a simple and effective tool for avoiding distractions and rabbit holes.
Block & Focus
This dead-simple extension allows you to block distracting websites for a period of time your specify. You get to decide which websites to whitelist and which ones to blacklist. Block & Focus comes with statistics, keyboard shortcuts, breaks, and a few other functionalities but is overall a really simple and effective tool.
Momentum
Momentum replaces your default new tab screen with a beautiful, personalized dashboard. It shows you the time, current weather, and a beautiful landscape photo. It comes with simple productivity tools such as a pomodoro timer, to-do lists, focus time, link lists etc. Even if you don't use the productivity tools, it's just gorgeous to look at.
AdBlock
This strictly speaking isn't a productivity extension but ads are way too distracting. This extension helps you purge them from your browser. Enjoy a calmer browsing experience!
GoPasswordless
GoPasswordless is an authentication service and SDK that focuses on enabling passwordless authentication flows in web apps.
Lucia Auth
Lucia is an open source auth library that abstracts away the complexity of handling sessions. It works with any JS runtime - Node.js, Bun, Deno, Cloudflare Workers. It's also fully typed. It integrates with MongoDB. PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and with their respective ORMs and query builders.
Supabase
Supabase is the open-source alternative to Firebase. Like Firebase, it's a complete app development platform with user authentication, cloud functions, APIs, Postgres database, storage, vector embeddings, and other features. Supabase projects come with PostgreSQL's policy engine for fine-grained user access rules. It has social login integrations with Google, Facebook, GitHub, Azure (Microsoft), Gitlab, Twitter, Discord, and many more. They offer a customizable authentication component for React. Phone login and MFA can be added through third-party SMS providers such as Twilio or Bird. The free tier comes with 50,000 monthly active users. The Pro plan, at $25/month, comes with 100,000 MAUs and $0.00325/MAU beyond that.
Clerk
Clerk is a comprehensive user management and authentication platform designed to streamline how developers handle user accounts within web and mobile applications. It offers a suite of embeddable UI components—such as <SignIn/>, <SignUp/>, <UserButton/>, and <UserProfile/>—that integrate seamlessly into your application without redirecting users off-site. These components are fully customizable to match your brand, making the user experience cohesive and frictionless. Under the hood, Clerk provides a robust API and SDKs compatible with modern frameworks like Next.js, Remix, React, and Expo. It handles the entire authentication lifecycle, supporting multifactor authentication (MFA), session management, passwordless sign-in (via magic links or one-time passcodes), and traditional password-based methods with breach detection. The platform also integrates social sign-on (SSO) with over 20 providers, enabling quick user onboarding while adhering to security best practices. Clerk’s security posture includes SOC 2 Type 2 certification and CCPA compliance, with continuous third-party audits and penetration testing. Fraud prevention measures, like disposable email blocking and bot detection powered by machine learning, are built-in to reduce spam and abusive sign-ups. For B2B SaaS applications, Clerk provides advanced multi-tenancy features, enabling organization-based user management with custom roles, permissions, auto-join functionality based on email domains, and invitation systems—all accessible through both code and an admin dashboard. Developers benefit from rapid integration, significantly reducing the time spent on building authentication systems from scratch. Clerk acts as the single source of truth for user data and integrates seamlessly with popular backend services like Supabase, Firebase, and Convex. With free access for up to 10,000 monthly active users, it’s positioned as a scalable solution that grows with your application’s needs.
Auth0 by Okta
Auth0 is an identity and access management (IAM) platform designed to simplify authentication and authorization for applications. It provides a flexible solution that allows developers to implement secure login systems without having to build them from the ground up. Auth0 supports various authentication methods, including username-password credentials, social logins (like Google, Facebook, and GitHub), enterprise identity providers (such as Active Directory and SAML-based systems), and passwordless options. The platform is highly adaptable, offering over 30 software development kits (SDKs) that cater to a wide range of languages and frameworks—JavaScript, Python, .NET, iOS, Android, and more. This makes integration straightforward regardless of the tech stack. Beyond basic authentication, Auth0 offers advanced features like multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO), and fine-grained authorization. These tools enable organizations to enforce complex access control policies, supporting both role-based (RBAC) and attribute-based (ABAC) models. Auth0 also addresses enterprise needs through features like user provisioning, directory synchronization, and support for B2B, B2C, and B2E use cases. It’s designed with scalability in mind, making it suitable for both startups and large enterprises. The platform’s extensibility allows developers to customize authentication flows, implement rules for conditional access, and integrate third-party services. Since its acquisition by Okta, Auth0 operates as a product unit under the Okta umbrella, complementing Okta’s broader suite of identity solutions while maintaining a developer-first focus. This combination brings together Okta’s enterprise-grade security with Auth0’s developer-centric approach, offering a comprehensive solution for modern identity challenges.
Okta
Okta is an identity provider for organizations. It offers enterprise solutions for managing workforce and employee identities. It's HIPAA BAA and PCI compliant.
Gluu Server
Gluu offers various authentication solutions based on open-source software. There is a self-hosted solution, a managed solution, and a free fully open-source solution based on the Linux Foundation Janssen Project.
Keycloak
Keycloak is an open source identity and access management solution. It supports Keycloak single-sign-on and OpenID Connect or SAML 2.0 Identity Providers (Google, Facebook, GitHub etc).
Firebase
Google's Firebase is an entire app development platform that's packed with features.It comes with storage, cloud functions, monitoring and, of course, user authentication. The free tier comes with 50,000 MAUs. Beyond that pricing start at $0.0055/MAU and goes down to as low as $0.0025/MAU as you scale to millions of users. Firebase authentication supports email and password auth, phone auth, magic links, two-factor authentication and social identity providers - mainly Google, Google Play Games, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter, GitHub and OAuth access tokens.
Amazon Cognito
The biggest advantage of Cognito is that it's a part of the AWS ecosystem and integrates well with other AWS services. The free tier comes with 50,000 MAUs and the price for each additional MAU starts at $0.0055/month and goes down to as low as $0.0025/month as you scale to tens of millions of users. It integrated with four federated identity providers - your users can sign up with Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon.
Auth.js
Formerly known as NextAuth. It's is an open-source authentication library originally built for NextJS. Auth.js is free to use and comes with over 80 integrations for various third-party identity providers such as Google, Facebook, Auth0, Apple etc. You can use it with your own database if you choose to. It works with MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and MongoDB. Auth.js is compatible with Next.js, SvelteKit and SolidStart as of March 2024.
Appwrite
Appwrite is an open-source platform for building scalable applications. It comes with authentication, databases, storage, and functions. It's basically a complete development platform. They have an extremely generous free plan with 75,000 MAUs free of charge and their Pro plan is only $15/month. Appwrite offers email and password login, phone auth, magic links, email OTP, anonymous login, JWT login, SSR login, custom tokens, and two-factor authentication.
Ory
Ory is an API-first identity manager. They offer authentication, analytics, access control, machine-to-machine authentication and more. They have SDKs for the major languages: - Dart - .NET - Elixir - Go - Java - JavaScript - PHP - Python - Ruby - Rust Unfortunately, they don't offer a free tier. Pricing starts at $29/month and includes 1,000 daily active users. Then it's $30 / 1,000 additional DAUs.
Kinde
Kinde has a generous free plan with up to 10,500 MAU free of charge. Their Pro plan costs $25/month and the price for each additional MAU over 10,500 is $0.0175.