Best productivity tools from indie makers
Apps for planning, focus, notes and getting through the day.
These are the productivity tools indie makers have launched on IndieTide, ranked by the votes each one has earned.
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Postmoderno
Schedule social posts by asking ChatGPT, Claude or any MCP client
Postmoderno is a social media scheduler with no compose box. Connect it to ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client, then ask for posts in the chat: "schedule the launch post for Tuesday 09:00". Your agent drafts the post, adapts it for each network, and shows you the time in your timezone and in UTC before you say yes. Postmoderno publishes it on time to your accounts on popular platforms, and retries on its own when a network has a bad moment. It keeps writing notes that any connected AI client can read: your voice, your audience, what to avoid, facts about your product, how often you post, and what worked before. Switch from Claude to ChatGPT and the notes come with you. Each key you give an agent carries only the permissions you switch on, and you can pin it to certain accounts. The free plan needs no card. Built and run from Cyprus, in the EU.
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Scanly
Free, open-source Android scanner. Clean PDFs, fully offline.
Scanly is a free, open-source document scanner for Android. Turn receipts, notes, forms and ID cards into clean, multi-page PDFs on your phone. No account, no ads, no watermark and no subscription. Capture a page or import photos, correct the crop, apply filters and organize documents into folders. Recognize text on your device, search scanned pages, add signatures and export PDFs or image ZIPs. Built-in PDF tools let you merge, compress and password-protect files. Scanning, editing, OCR and storage happen on your device. Your documents stay local until you choose to export or share them. The source code is available on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 license.
- 3
Novastart
The Infinite Canvas Whiteboard OS
Novastart brings apps, shared canvases, and AI agents together on an infinite canvas. Instead of switching between isolated windows, individuals and teams can organize their work visually in a flexible whiteboard workspace. Built with Rust and based in Los Angeles, Novastart offers a Free plan, Pro at $10/month, and Team at $20/month per user.
How we rank
Every product here launched on IndieTide’s weekly board. They’re ordered by the total votes they’ve received from signed-in members since launch, and ties go to the product that was submitted first. Categories come from what makers list when they submit, and the order updates as new votes come in.