HN Atlas
← All topics

Personal productivity apps

Task managers, planners, notes, time tracking, and personal work-management software.

6,543 stories · 115 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

The pace of conversation

Posts per month

2020-01: 89 posts2020-02: 87 posts2020-03: 85 posts2020-04: 109 posts2020-05: 109 posts2020-06: 101 posts2020-07: 103 posts2020-08: 83 posts2020-09: 72 posts2020-10: 90 posts2020-11: 81 posts2020-12: 89 posts2021-01: 53 posts2021-02: 58 posts2021-03: 64 posts2021-04: 63 posts2021-05: 54 posts2021-06: 65 posts2021-07: 58 posts2021-08: 72 posts2021-09: 67 posts2021-10: 59 posts2021-11: 62 posts2021-12: 54 posts2022-01: 80 posts2022-02: 64 posts2022-03: 52 posts2022-04: 64 posts2022-05: 68 posts2022-06: 69 posts2022-07: 50 posts2022-08: 60 posts2022-09: 54 posts2022-10: 60 posts2022-11: 66 posts2022-12: 56 posts2023-01: 58 posts2023-02: 53 posts2023-03: 62 posts2023-04: 63 posts2023-05: 77 posts2023-06: 61 posts2023-07: 75 posts2023-08: 59 posts2023-09: 54 posts2023-10: 87 posts2023-11: 69 posts2023-12: 60 posts2024-01: 87 posts2024-02: 62 posts2024-03: 74 posts2024-04: 95 posts2024-05: 65 posts2024-06: 78 posts2024-07: 89 posts2024-08: 98 posts2024-09: 82 posts2024-10: 97 posts2024-11: 86 posts2024-12: 68 posts2025-01: 86 posts2025-02: 74 posts2025-03: 97 posts2025-04: 94 posts2025-05: 100 posts2025-06: 107 posts2025-07: 101 posts2025-08: 85 posts2025-09: 96 posts2025-10: 88 posts2025-11: 97 posts2025-12: 123 posts2026-01: 157 posts2026-02: 141 posts2026-03: 144 posts2026-04: 88 posts2026-05: 92 posts2026-06: 99 posts2026-07: 126 posts2026-08: 115 posts2026-09: 104 posts
2020-012026-09

Posts per month · first and latest months may be partial.

01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,066 stories
The Twelve-Factor App (2025)↗ 12factor.net · HN · 172 comments · 317 points · Aug 27, 2026
A dot a day keeps the clutter away↗ scottlawsonbc.com · HN · 168 comments · 585 points · Mar 31, 2026
I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard↗ hawksley.org · HN · 369 comments · 1616 points · Feb 22, 2026
Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery↗ github.com · HN · 167 comments · 577 points · Feb 01, 2026
Your app subscription is now my weekend project↗ rselbach.com · HN · 378 comments · 544 points · Jan 18, 2026
20251,148 stories
Show HN: Timelinize – Privately organize your own data from everywhere, locally↗ timelinize.com · HN · 163 comments · 630 points · Oct 07, 2025
I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file↗ al3rez.com · HN · 799 comments · 1402 points · Aug 11, 2025
Scrappy – Make little apps for you and your friends↗ pontus.granstrom.me · HN · 147 comments · 463 points · Jun 18, 2025
Show HN: Kan.bn – An open-source alterative to Trello↗ github.com · HN · 220 comments · 509 points · Jun 02, 2025
Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life↗ johnnydecimal.com · HN · 291 comments · 578 points · Feb 21, 2025
2024981 stories
Use a work journal↗ fev.al · HN · 293 comments · 1083 points · Jul 13, 2024
Show HN: I am building an open-source Confluence and Notion alternative↗ github.com · HN · 217 comments · 551 points · Jun 29, 2024
I keep a WTF notebook (2021)↗ simplermachines.com · HN · 128 comments · 564 points · Apr 18, 2024
Show HN: I made an app that consolidated 18 apps (doc, sheet, form, site, chat…)↗ nino.app · HN · 258 comments · 810 points · Jan 07, 2024
An app can be a home-cooked meal (2020)↗ robinsloan.com · HN · 288 comments · 1051 points · Jan 05, 2024
2023778 stories
Show HN: Inko Cat – Lego Blocks to Build Your Productivity Space↗ inko.cat · HN · 17 comments · 20 points · Dec 30, 2023
Ask HN: What are your favorite tools?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 41 comments · 29 points · Dec 24, 2023
A structured note-taking app for personal use↗ github.com · HN · 151 comments · 210 points · Dec 22, 2023
A Clutter-Free Life: Going Paperless with Paperless-Ngx↗ nerdyarticles.com · HN · 6 comments · 20 points · Oct 07, 2023
Zotero Better Notes – Knowledge management solution inside Zotero↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 22 points · Jun 25, 2023
2022743 stories
Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.↗ upbase.io · HN · 456 comments · 632 points · Nov 13, 2022
Show HN: A tool to help you remember shit you are interested in↗ recall-app.com · HN · 173 comments · 493 points · Nov 01, 2022
Obsidian 1.0 – Personal knowledge base app↗ obsidian.md · HN · 565 comments · 1329 points · Oct 13, 2022
Software I’m thankful for (2021)↗ crawshaw.io · HN · 509 comments · 813 points · Sep 23, 2022
2-in-1 calculator app adds up to surprise hit for retired engineer↗ mainichi.jp · HN · 312 comments · 979 points · Sep 19, 2022
2021729 stories
My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file (2020)↗ jeffhuang.com · HN · 202 comments · 523 points · Dec 23, 2021
The open calendar, task and note space is a mess↗ stevenvanbael.com · HN · 344 comments · 543 points · Aug 30, 2021
Orbit: an experimental platform for small tasks repeated over time↗ github.com · HN · 57 comments · 388 points · May 05, 2021
Changes at Basecamp↗ world.hey.com · HN · 792 comments · 883 points · Apr 26, 2021
Focalboard – a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion, and Asana↗ focalboard.com · HN · 175 comments · 694 points · Mar 18, 2021
20201,098 stories
Six Months of Tiny Projects↗ tinyprojects.dev · HN · 143 comments · 872 points · Nov 18, 2020
I wrote Task Manager and I just remembered something↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 102 comments · 827 points · May 25, 2020
Zotero: Personal Research Assistant↗ zotero.org · HN · 206 comments · 945 points · Mar 26, 2020
Using Anki to remember what you read↗ superorganizers.substack.com · HN · 304 comments · 901 points · Mar 05, 2020
My productivity app for the past 12 years has been a single .txt file↗ jeffhuang.com · HN · 402 comments · 1545 points · Feb 08, 2020
Scroll through time ↕

02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

The Twelve-Factor App (2025)↗ 12factor.net · HN · 172 comments · 317 points · Aug 27, 2026
My last six months at Evernote↗ alexkras.com · HN · 34 comments · 67 points · Sep 12, 2026
Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities↗ owntime.app · HN · 67 comments · 118 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: I made an automated day-by-day itinerary organizer for my trip to Spain↗ petrelvoyage.com · HN · 9 comments · 17 points · Sep 13, 2026
Show HN: Set, offline Markdown note-taking app with device-to-device sync↗ app.writewithset.com · HN · 4 comments · 11 points · Sep 19, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities↗ owntime.app · HN · 67 comments · 118 points · Sep 01, 2026
My last six months at Evernote↗ alexkras.com · HN · 34 comments · 67 points · Sep 12, 2026
Show HN: I made an automated day-by-day itinerary organizer for my trip to Spain↗ petrelvoyage.com · HN · 9 comments · 17 points · Sep 13, 2026
Show HN: Set, offline Markdown note-taking app with device-to-device sync↗ app.writewithset.com · HN · 4 comments · 11 points · Sep 19, 2026
Show HN: Pipnote – Share a reminder they can't peek at until it arrives↗ pipnote.app · HN · 5 comments · 10 points · Sep 08, 2026
How I turned Granola action items into to-do list↗ runnrr.io · HN · 9 comments · 8 points · Aug 29, 2026
Show HN: Gote – a CLI note-taking management tool for plain Markdown↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 3 comments · 6 points · Sep 07, 2026
Show HN: Text-me: a personal agent that learns your pace↗ aiworthusing.com · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 19, 2026
Show HN: Reader – I made a Mac workspace for books, browser tabs, notes, and AI↗ github.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 19, 2026
Show HN: A4 list. Two weeks, folded small↗ a4list.enzom.dev · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 18, 2026

10 stories shown.

Help shape Hacker Atlas

Useful, confusing, or missing something? I’d love to hear.

Your feedback is private. Your email is only used to reply, never to sign you up for a newsletter.