To-do list extension

Most peoples work happens in browsers like Chrome and Firefox, which is dangerous for productivity.

In order to save your productivity and stay focused on work, here are some of the best Chrome extensions for productivity:

Google Keep

Google Keep is a great extension for Google Chrome, for when you want to keep all your data neatly organized.

Its primary function is to help you take notes and create to-do lists; you can also save images and pages and then add notes to them. You can even take notes by making voice memos that are later transcribed.

Google Keep also lets you set-up location-based reminders for your notes and lists. Say you have to do some on-location research for a travel app. Just make a list of all the details you should keep an eye on, and set a location-based reminder so that Google Keep pulls up your list as soon as you get to the location.

To make your notes even more organized, so you dont have to waste time looking for them, you can color-code them and associate them with labels.

Clockify Time Tracker for Chrome

The Clockify Time Tracker extension for Chrome allows you to track time, just like in the app, only faster, because you dont have to open the app just to start another timer.

You can track the time you spend on activities, and later use these results to analyze your productivity levels, see whether you can make improvements, and have a log of your time for accurate billing.

In addition, you can also work in preset work and break intervals with thePomodoro timer, detect the time you spend idle, integrate with 50+ other business apps, set reminders to track time on tasks, and more.

Todoist

The Todoist Chrome extension is a simple, but useful task manager. With it, you can keep track of your projects, and manage all your tasks, by organizing and delegating them directly from your Chrome.

This extension is also great for when you have a lot of deadlines you want to keep track of because it lets you define due dates, and prioritize tasks accordingly.

To make matters easier, you can color-code your projects, create sub-groups and sub-projects, and really micromanage your daily workload.

Hypercontext

Hypercontext is a solution that empowers over 100,000 managers and their teams to be high-performing by combining quarterly priorities, weekly meetings, and engagement measures, all in one place. Using the app, youre able to build collaborative meeting agendas for one-on-one, team, and cross-functional meetings, access hundreds of conversation starters and hold everyone accountable for sharing feedback every single meeting.

With the freemium chrome extension, you can add to your meeting agenda from any tab, manage your agendas and next steps through Google Calendar, and use your agenda directly in Google Meet. Plus, the extension comes with an optional GSD feature that stops you from getting distracted on social media and prompts you to focus on preparing for your next meeting instead.

Hypercontext helps keep your meetings on track and your team accountable.

Noisli

Noisli is one of those Chrome extensions specifically designed to boost your productivity.

To focus better on the task at hand, you just have to choose the sound combo you find most inspiring. This can be the sound of falling rain, the sound of a storm, coffee shop chatter, wood noises, fire crackling, white noise, the sound of the wind and crickets, and more. The list of sounds is really extensive, and you can combine whatever number of sounds you want.

Noisli is especially useful if youre working in an open office where the background noises are likely to distract you. Just switch on the extension, choose a sound combination you want, and put your headphones on.

StayFocusd

If you lack the willpower to stay away from YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, and other time-consuming websites on your own, StayFocusd is the choice for you.

This extension will help you avoid online distractions by restricting the time youre allowed to spend on them.

Say you want to restrict the time you spend daily on Facebook to 10 minutes. Just add Facebook to your list of blocked sites, choose 10 minutes, and shift attention to your daily work. Youll probably check Facebook occasionally, but you can spend only a total of 10 minutes on it a day. Once your 10 minutes are up, you wont be able to access Facebook, or any other blocked website until the next day.

You also wont be able to change the settings to give yourself more minutes on a website once your time on it has expired, so your willpower wont be tempted.

Another great feature of this extension is the Nuclear Option. Here, you can set the number of hours or days in which you want to be completely restricted from entering certain sites. And, once you turn on this option, there isnt a way you can turn it off, until the time youve entered has expired.

Productivity Owl

The Productivity Owl really makes sure you up your productivity game, and work faster. This extension allows you only a certain amount of time to browse a web page before it closes the web page.

An owl animation will follow you to all the websites youre browsing and count down your time, reminding you to focus on the task at hand. It can also close inactive tabs after 15 minutes if you enable this option.

You can use Productivity Owl to restrict the time you spend on certain time-consuming websites, but you can also block them entirely. Or, you can learn to perform online tasks, such as research, quicker, by training yourself to find relevant information on web pages before the timer goes off.

You can white-list websites you frequently use for work. You can also schedule your free time, and the Owl wont close your pages automatically during this time.

Boomerang for Gmail

Boomerang for Gmailallows you to respond to emails later, by writing them first and setting the time when theyll be sent automatically. You can also track your responses, and know whether the recipient has opened your email or not.

This extension also provides you with an AI to help write your emails, which really saves you time for more important activities. This AI can even analyze your emails and tell you whether your emails are likely to receive a response.

Vimium

Vimium is a Chrome extension that enables you to use the keyboard to navigate all your online work.

By default, you can use J and K to scroll down and up your Chrome page. You can also use Shift+F to indicate that you want to follow a link, so Vimium will show you all the links you can click on that page, and the letters you should type in to open these links in new tabs. You can also easily open google searches, bookmarks, and history by typing O.

In essence, once you install Vimium, youll no longer have to bother with the mouse, as all internet content will be just a keyboard shortcut away.

Win the Day

Win the Day is an extension that transforms your Chrome into a goal-setting tool, where you can set your goals and define your deadlines. Just enter the goal you want to reach, and its deadline [1-13 weeks]. Within that big goal, you can set sub-goals, which you can then tackle on a daily basis.

Once youve set up everything, youll be able to track your progress for this big goal, as this extension will count down the days you have left to finish.

Win the Day can also help you create new habits, by letting you enter up to 3 new habits you want to work on. You can even set a time period when youll extensively focus on a task, by customizing your Focus Mode.

Todobook

Wasting time on Facebook is a reality for many people; but, with Todobook, you can actually make Facebook an ally in your work.

This extension helps you focus on your work by turning your Facebook feed into a simple to-do list. Now, every time you visit Facebook, you wont be able to idly browse through your feed, but youll be reminded of all the chores you have to finish today. Once you have finished all your daily workload, youll be able to access your regular Facebook feed again.

You can customize Todobook so that it only works from 6 am to 8 pm, and you can also define your break time, and the frequency of your breaks.

Although Todobook was first designed for Facebook, you can also use it for YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, and some other similar procrastination websites.

Save to Pocket

When you come across an article youll want to read later, you can save it using the Pocket extension for Chrome. Then, you can read that article on your phone during the commute or while youre waiting for the dentists appointment.

All the articles that you save automatically sync with all your devices, and you can even access them offline.

Strict Workflow

Strict Workflow is an extension based on the famous Pomodoro productivity technique. It lets you define work cycles in order to enforce the 25min/5min workflow that Pomodoro requires.

Another benefit of this extension is that it can block non-work-related sites while your work, and unlock them when youre on your designated 5-minute break.

Productivity Tracker

The Productivity Tracker helps you track your productivity by tracking the number of clicks and keystrokes you make in Chrome. It then displays this data in a graph which you can access anytime you want.

Its especially useful for people who spend too much time on YouTube: if youve spent a lot of time on YouTube within a day, the Productivity Tracker will show you have a low activity in terms of clicks and keystrokes.