Opera Air is Opera's free wellness browser for Windows and macOS, with guided breaks and binaural Boosts sitting in the sidebar. Who it suits, and who gains nothing.
Password manager, VPN, and email alias: normally three extensions. Maxthon bundles them into one browser, from a developer with a China data-sharing history.
Where Chrome and Firefox keep tabs in a single flat row, Vivaldi stacks, tiles, and groups them, alongside a mail and calendar app most browsers skip entirely.
The browser that came with your machine is fine until a site breaks. Google Chrome is what the web gets tested against, and what that costs in blocking and privacy.
Webmail tabs and the built-in Mail app fall short once you're juggling several accounts. Mailspring answers with a native client and unlimited free accounts.
Cryptomator adds client-side encryption to any cloud folder you already sync. Free and complete on desktop, read-only on phones until you pay once.
KeePassXC is a free, open source password manager for people who would rather hold their own encrypted file than trust a company's vault. Sync and mobile stay in your hands.
Bitwarden is a free, open source password manager that stores unlimited logins across unlimited devices. One real question decides whether Premium is worth adding.
Notepad++ is the free, open-source text editor most Windows users install the day plain Notepad stops being enough. Fast, tiny, and endlessly extendable.
7-Zip is a free, open-source file archiver that opens almost everything and compresses tighter than most paid rivals. A plain interface is the only real cost.
One long read on the week's biggest shift, every Sunday.
