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Firefox

  1. AdBlock - Blocks annoying video ads on YouTube, Facebook ads, banners and much more.
  2. FoxyProxy - Plugin to quickly change the proxy.
  3. TabGroups - Plugin to view all opened tabs like in Safari.
  4. Disable Ctrl + Q - disable the shortcut to close all the tabs.
  5. Ctrl + Shift + T - restore last tab closed.
  6. Ctrl + Shift + E - group tabs view
  7. VideoDownloadHelper - Download video files, from any website
  8. DownThemAll - Download manager for firefox
  9. Firebug - Development tools for firefox, edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page
  10. JsonView - Parses json string into objects and arrays.
  11. FireQuery - Firebug plugin for jQuery development
  12. Hide Caption Titlebar Plus - Hide titlebar in firefox. Maximize your screen space by adjusting Firefox window TitleBar, borders, Tabs, Toolbars, etc!

Chrome

  1. Folder upload option - Upload complete forlders by dragging and droping into chrome, not available in firefox
  2. Prophet - extension to find email ids of people from LinkedIn
  3. Postman - Make different types of request on URL which are not possible through browser like delete, put, post etc. Must have when you are building an API
  4. Proxy switcher - extension to quickly change the proxy.
  5. Save to Pocket - Save articles directly to Pocket read later service from chrome.
  6. Be Limitless - Beautiful dashboard to easily identify where your time is spent and gives productivity.
  7. Momentum - Another beautiful dashboard featuring todo, weather, and inspiration
  8. Hola Free VPN - Access blocked website, youtube videos.

Common to Both Browsers

  1. Incognito mode - Private browsing Ctrl + Shift + N(Chrome), Ctrl + Shift + P(Firefox)
  2. Push Bullet (Chrome) (Firefox) - Sync media, messages across multiple devices.

Websites

  1. Dayt.se, khatrimaza, Couchtuner, Shush, KissAnime - Get all the tv series and movies in HD.
  2. StackOverflow, StackExchange - Best QA sites
  3. GeeksforGeeks - Learn algorithms and data structures
  4. InterviewBit - For programming interview preparation. Complete this before starting of the final year for excellent placements
  5. Bitport.io, Seedr.cc - 2GB of torrent direct download
  6. Appxv - get free paid apps for Android
  7. https://it-ebooks.info/- Download free ebooks.
  8. Filehippo.com - Get all software for free.
  9. Slack - Group chat for projects
  10. Quora, Reddit - sites to read interesting content and get your queries answered.
  11. Search for “index of serial” on Google - you would get one click download option in the results.
  12. Ideone - online code editor.
  13. Oduso - install multiple application in one go, using scripts made by this site.
  14. Tlk.io - site to create a chat room and chat anonymously or sign-in.
  15. IRC - chat site for professionals.
  16. Pushbullet - cross platform notification sharing
  17. Github student’s account, gist, bitbucket
  18. Weiyun, Dropbox, MegaShare, GooglePhotos - 1 TB cloud storage
  19. Urbandictionary - get the meaning of each and every slang/shortform used today.
  20. Xdadevelopers.com - everything related to android.
  21. Heroku, AWS, hostinger - hosting serivies for your projects
  22. Koding.com
  23. Stumbleupon - explore web new pages based on likes and dislikes and save pages.
  24. Google forms - create simple and user friendly forms for submission of entries.
  25. Feedly - RSS feed aggregator
  26. Ssyoutube - download youtube videos.
  27. Pininterest
  28. Tripoto - Trip experience sharing site (TripLived android app)
  29. Music.cliggo.com - Provides music from youtube (app also)
  30. Requestmaker.com - like postman but online.
  31. www.codinghorror.com - Blog of stackoverflow co founder Jeff
  32. https://bento.io/ - Shows you the links and paths of various tools and languages.
  33. Watch video in youtube without login: nsfwyoutube.com/link
  34. SecurityKiss.com
  35. http://www.linuxcommand.org -This site gets you familiar with linux terminal commands.(Beginners should definitely visit this.)
  36. blackboxrepack.com - Download games in one click
  37. kumpulbagi.id- Download music,movies,games.
  38. 8tracks.com- Make and discover playlists.
  39. 10minutemail.com- To avoid spam create a temporary email.

Single Page Web Application

  1. HasteBin (Open Source Paste Bin )
  2. gluPaste (glug nith paste bin )
  3. VolaFile (Live File Sharing and chat)
  4. http://www.koding.com/
  5. Talky (Google Hangout without registration)
  6. Flask.io (To do list without registration)
  7. Pen.io (Write Blog without registration)
  8. Rainy mood - soundrown.com like sites. Listen any youtube video in rainymood:
    1. just open the video on youtube
    2. Replace the www.youtube.com/... link as www.rainymood.com/...
    3. e.g.: Your youtubevideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTHz9ephYTw.Change it to: https://www.rainymood.com/watch?v=NTHz9ephYTw and here you go!!
    4. 4.For more information visit : (http://rainymood.com/howto.html)
    5. Codeshare - Share live code editor without registration

Linux Software and Utilities

  1. Guake - Drop down terminal
  2. Pidgin - Chat client
  3. Proxychains - work behind proxy easily4. Polipo - tunnel to http proxy
  4. Terminator - advanced linux terminal
  5. Genymotion - Fastest Android emulator.
  6. Xdm - Xtreme Download Manager like IDM but free.
  7. Conky, Docky - Lightweight system monitor and dock
  8. Gimp - photo editing software in linux.
  9. Tor Browser - Anonymous web browsing, bypass proxy.11. Sublime, Atom, VS Code editor
  10. Wine - open windows files and softwares in linux
  11. PlayOnLinux: windows files in linux
  12. Ssh - get inside another person’s computer
  13. SSH shuttle - no proxy SSH tunneling
  14. Creating an ad-hoc
  15. Privoxy - Routing everything via tor
  16. VPN - network manager, open VPN
  17. Synaptic package manager
  18. Synapse Launcher - keystroke launcher, open applications, files using ust keyboard
  19. Zsh - an alternative to bash, but much better
  20. Virtual Box - run another OS within a OS
  21. MegaSync - Mega client to sync files with MEGA cloud storage24. Byobu / tmux - Terminal multiplexers
  22. Gparted - Partition editor for graphically managing your disk partition
  23. Unetbootin, YUMI - Live USB creator
  24. Kde-connection manager/creating hotspot(not ad hoc)
  25. Samba - sharing files/folder in linux
  26. Variety - automatically change wallpapers for linux. The source of wallpapers can be customized.
  27. Crontab: Scheduling events
  28. Apptik - A Tool to Backup/Restore Your Favourite PPAs and Apps in Ubuntu
  29. TestDisk Data Recovery
  30. Software For Recovery of data - Grsync, pybackup
  31. Kodi - Complete home theater solution
  32. ppa:noobslab - Best linux themes
  33. Angry IP scanner - Scan IP subnets
  34. gnome-tweak-tool - Tweak gnome
  35. Ambiance - rainy mood alternative for desktop
  36. Screen - used on a remote server to create multiple terminals
  37. Easy Stroke Gesture recorder - control your desktop using mouse gestures
  38. fzf - a genral purpose command line fuzzy finder, install it nd press Ctrl + R or Ctrl + T or ALT + C in terminal to see the magic.

Windows softwares and unilities

  1. Putty - ssh tunnelling in windows.
  2. Rainmeter - cool themes for windows
  3. Cygwin - Linux like environment for windows
  4. Bitvise SSH server - Create free SSH server
  5. Open VPN
  6. Git bash - git command line interface for Windows
  7. Ext2explorer
  8. Virtual Box, VMware - run different OS in windows.
  9. Proxyfire
  10. Privoxy - Routing everything via tor
  11. Saavn,Gaana , Elpis, Audials - Songs related apps
  12. LastPas - Stores password
  13. IDM - Download Manager, faster than browser downloader.
  14. Universal USB installer - create bootable pendrives
  15. Visual Code - Code editor
  16. Creating an ad-hoc
  17. Netscan - easily detect which systems on LAN are open.
  18. Ease US partiion manager and recovery - recovers partition and changes the partition length.
  19. Format Factory - convert any format to any format
  20. Visual Studio Community Edition - Best C/C++ ide for MS Windows
  21. Everything - Super fast Desktop search engine
  22. Team Viewer - Desktop sharing application

IOS

  1. Get wifi working in iphones - Add gdr.local to the search domain of the network connected after adding the proxy.
  2. Alienblue - reddit app
  3. iMusic - Automatically saves youtube video once played.
  4. Fing - Scan services n all the devices that are connected to the same network as your phone(iPhone).

Android applications

  1. OpenVPN Connect - connect to VPN from your phone
  2. CamScanner - Take photos of documents and save them as pdfs
  3. Wunderlist, Any.do - Managing todo lists.
  4. Merriam-webster - offline dictionary
  5. Evernote - Write, manage and sync notes
  6. Hooks - Notification alerts for various events like sports, youtube, tv shows, earthquakes, scores etc.
  7. If - automation app. Defining events which trigger different events like when add a contact save it to google spreadsheet.
  8. **Moneyview **
  9. KingRoot - root your phone(at your own risk).
  10. Google Keep - Write, manage and sync notes
  11. Chromer - open links in floating windows
  12. Define - word meanings from any app
  13. Dropbox, Mega - Cloud storage services
  14. JotterPad - for writing in markdown, with dropbox support
  15. LastPass - Save passwords
  16. Pocket - save articles to read later, even offline
  17. Airdroid, WiFi File Transfer - sync between phone and laptop.
  18. Rotation Control - force a certain rotation on android
  19. Greenify - resource manager for Android.
  20. ShareIt, Xander - File sharing service.
  21. Shazam, Sound Cloud - detects music
  22. MusicX - The best music player. Album arts, synced lyrics
  23. Psiphon - Painless VPN client
  24. Forkhub - Your git repos on your phone
  25. Cleartune - Painlessly tune your guitar
  26. Termux - Terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
  27. LIfe360 - Locate your family and friends using GPS
  28. AdAway - Block most of Ads on your phone
  29. SplitWise - Split bills and expenses with friends

Linux commands and shortcuts

  1. ps -el | grep <application name> - to get the process id of the process.
  2. Kill -9 pid - to kill the process whose pid can be obtained from the previous command.
  3. Killall <process_name> - to kill all the running process
  4. Nohup <command> & - to run the command in background.
  5. fg, bg
  6. Top - to see which process is taking how much memory.
  7. Ctrl + R - to search recursively
  8. Ctrl + U - delete line
  9. Use -E to add PPA
  10. Alt + F2 - run command with suggestions.
  11. Sudo !! - run last command with sudo.
  12. Set brightness
  13. Save a lot of battery - Go to Software and Updates -> Additonal Drivers and install latest stable proprietary release for NVIDIA or ATI
  14. Gnome-screenshot, shutter - Take screenshot easily and with a lot of customization
  15. Ctrl+Prt Sc: Screenshot without confirmation
  16. Alt+Prt S -> Click on any window -> Release Alt: Screenshot of only that window
  17. Shift+Prt Sc -> Select an area ->Release Shift: Screenshot of only that selected area
  18. Add alias for running softwares
  19. Chmod, chown - own a directory
  20. TTY
  21. Nbtscan - network discovery in linux
  22. Middle click - shortcut to paste the current selected text.
  23. cd -- - to get back to previous directory.