Here’s a quick rundown of the default apps I currently use at home:
| Category | Default |
|---|---|
| 📨 Mail Client | Fastmail web and mobile apps |
| 📮 Mail Server | Fastmail with custom domain |
| 📝 Notes | Obsidian |
| ✅ To-Do | Super Productivity |
| 📷 Photo Shooting | Android camera app |
| 🟦 Photo Management | Immich |
| 📆 Calendar | Fastmail with Fossify Calendar |
| 📁 Cloud File Storage | Dropbox, B2 |
| 📖 RSS | Miniflux |
| 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts | Fastmail Contacts |
| 🌐 Browser | Firefox |
| 💬 Chat | Android Messages, Signal |
| 🔖 Bookmarks | linkding |
| 📑 Read It Later | Obsidian Web Clipper |
| 🧑💻 Code Editor | Cursor |
| 📜 Word Processing | Cursor |
| 📈 Spreadsheets | tidyverse, R |
| 📊 Presentations | reveal.js |
| 🛒 Shopping Lists | Obsidian |
| 💰 Budgeting | Actual Budget |
| 📰 News | The Guardian |
| 🎵 Music | Qobuz |
| 🎤 Podcasts | I’m not into podcasts |
| 🔐 Password Management | Bitwarden |
I’m considering GrapheneOS for my phone, which could affect some of my defaults.
There’s an awesome collection of app defaults organized by Robb Knight - I scraped that data and put together a bird’s-eye view here. I learned about this blogging trend at cobb.land/defaults.