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Products that do what Start every terminal session with a vivid reminder of life's value does

Hi! I've been using a similar browser extension for a long time. It kept me motivated. I decided to create the same thing for the terminal where I spend a lot of time.

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   Termtosvg – Record terminal sessions as SVG animations▲767

   2018 · github.com

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   Motivation for Chrome▲74

   Your life is flashing by, get to work.

   2020

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   Fig▲216

   Visual apps and shortcuts for your terminal

   2020

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   Jot: Rapid note management for the terminal, inspired by Obsidian▲146

   2022 · github.com

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   TermHere▲147

   “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

   2016

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   New Tab Motivation▲83

   Motivational quotes each time you open a new tab

   2016

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   Taskade for Chrome & Firefox▲368

   Turn your new tab into a team checklist, note, outline ⚡️✏️✅

   2018

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   Calm Tab (Beta)▲172

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   2023

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   Momentum▲355

   Replace your new tab page with focus goals

   2013

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    Tab Notes▲90

    Turn your browser new tab into a distraction-free notepad

    14d ago · chromewebstore.google.com

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    Highlight▲321

    See and act on your webapp's issues and interactions

    2021

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    BetterTerminal▲184

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    2024

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    Halloween game to show off my new Terminal▲173

    Hi hi, I made a little Halloween themed game this week to show off my new terminal. You can play it in the browser. at https://joel.tools/halloween/ Two years ago, I started building an experiment tracking tool for myself as I have been venturing into ai research, and it has morphed into a terminal with rich content support and a bunch of fancy features. https://github.com/JoelEinbinder/snail/ I can't recommend people start using snail for important stuff today, but I think the game is fun and it shows off a lot of the capabilities of the…

    2023 · joel.tools

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    tabExtend▲235

    Easily save tabs and quickly create notes in your browser

    2021

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    SavedTabs▲153

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    2025

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    Peak Culture Dashboard▲223

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    myVariables▲70

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    Win The Day for Chrome▲163

    Transform your browser to improve focus & boost productivity

    2017

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    Terminal sharing using your browser▲55

    2014 · nutty.io

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    Tab Reminder▲139

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    Simple tool for creating and organizing daily notes on the command line▲74

    2021 · github.com

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    Enhance▲108

    Turn your new tab into a daily boost of calm + productivity.

    Oct 2025

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    jot — a terminal notebook▲19

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    Dec 2025

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    Shox: A customisable status bar for your terminal▲99

    2020 · github.com

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