Awesome Freelance

A curated list of awesome resources, tools, and communities for freelancers and independent professionals.

Working for yourself is hard enough. This list collects the genuinely useful — tools that save you hours, resources worth your time, and communities that won't waste it.

Contents

• Getting Paid
  • Invoicing & Billing
  • Payment Processing
  • Late Payment Recovery
• Contracts & Legal
• Time Tracking
• Project & Client Management
• Accounting & Taxes
• Finding Work
  • Job Boards
  • Marketplaces
  • Direct Outreach
• Productivity
• Learning
  • Books
  • Newsletters
  • Podcasts
  • Courses
• Communities
• Health & Insurance
• Workspace
  • Coworking
  • Home Office
• Travel & Nomad Life
• Country Guides
  • VAT & Tax
  • Late Payment Law
• Open Data
• Related Lists
• Contributing

Getting Paid

Invoicing & Billing

• Docz.me - All-in-one for freelancers: contracts, invoices, time tracking, and auto-chase.
• Bonsai - Contracts, invoices, and proposals in one app.
• FreshBooks - Cloud accounting with strong invoicing.
• Invoice Ninja - Open-source invoicing platform.
• Wave - Free invoicing and accounting.

Payment Processing

• Mollie - European payment methods (iDEAL, SEPA, Bancontact).
• Payoneer - Cross-border payouts and marketplace integrations.
• Stripe - Card payments, recurring billing, global coverage.
• Wise - Multi-currency receiving accounts in 10+ currencies.

Late Payment Recovery

• Chaser - Automated invoice chasing with templated escalation.
• Satago - Credit risk scoring plus chasing.

Contracts & Legal

• Bonsai Contracts - Lawyer-vetted freelance templates.
• DocuSign - Industry-standard e-signature.
• Docz.me Contracts - Templates, e-signatures, storage in one workflow.
• HelloSign - E-signatures by Dropbox.
• StationeryHQ - Free contract templates by industry.

Time Tracking

• Clockify - Free unlimited time tracking.
• Harvest - Time tracking with built-in invoicing.
• RescueTime - Automatic time tracking and focus reports.
• Toggl Track - Clean, fast timer plus reports.

Project & Client Management

• ClickUp - Project management with invoicing add-ons.
• Linear - Issue tracking that doesn't suck.
• Notion - All-purpose workspace; client portals via shared pages.
• Trello - Visual kanban for solo workflows.

Accounting & Taxes

• FreeAgent - UK-focused, MTD-ready.
• Keeper Tax - Auto-categorize expenses for taxes.
• QuickBooks Self-Employed - US-focused, integrates with TurboTax.
• Xero - Strong international support and bank feeds.

Finding Work

Job Boards

• Remote OK - High-volume remote jobs.
• We Work Remotely - Remote-first job board.
• Working Nomads - Curated remote jobs.

Marketplaces

• Codementor - Developer-focused, mentorship and freelance gigs.
• Contra - Commission-free freelance platform.
• Toptal - Top-3% screened freelancers, premium rates.
• Upwork - Largest general marketplace.

Direct Outreach

• Apollo - Lead database plus outreach.
• Hunter - Find verified email addresses.
• Lemlist - Cold email automation with personalization.

Productivity

• Arc - Browser built around tabs-as-workspace.
• Bartender - Tame your macOS menu bar.
• Cron - Calendar built for power users.
• Raycast - Spotlight replacement with extensions.

Learning

Books

• Company of One by Paul Jarvis - Why staying small can be the goal.
• The Freelancer's Bible by Sara Horowitz - Comprehensive intro.
• The Pricing Roadmap by Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt - B2B pricing strategy.
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield - On creative resistance.

Newsletters

• Freelance Brain - Weekly tips for freelancers.
• Indie Hackers - Weekly digest for indie founders.
• The Hustle - Daily business news for self-employed.

Podcasts

• Being Freelance - Long-running freelance interview show.
• Indie Hackers Podcast - Founder interviews.
• The Freelance Podcast - Weekly freelancer interviews.

Courses

• Double Your Freelancing by Brennan Dunn - Pricing and positioning.
• Freelance Bold - End-to-end freelance business curriculum.

Communities

• European Freelancers Movement - EU advocacy and policy.
• Freelancers Union - US-based advocacy and benefits.
• Indie Hackers - Founder community with active forums.
• r/digitalnomad - Nomad-focused subreddit.
• r/freelance - General freelancer subreddit.

Health & Insurance

• Genki - Travel and health insurance for nomads.
• SafetyWing - Global insurance for nomads and remote workers.
• Stride Health - US health insurance for self-employed.

Workspace

Coworking

• Coworker - Global coworking directory.
• Croissant - Pay-per-use access across coworking spaces.
• The Hive - Asia-Pacific coworking network.

Home Office

• BenQ ScreenBar - Monitor lighting that actually works.
• Wirecutter Home Office Guide - Reviewed gear by category.

Travel & Nomad Life

• Nomad List - City data for nomads (cost, internet, weather).
• Nomads.com - Community plus meetups.
• Remote Year - Curated nomad programs.

Country Guides

VAT & Tax

• HMRC VAT Guidance - UK official.
• TaxJar Sales Tax Guide - US sales tax by state.
• VAT Rates by Country - Open dataset, MIT-licensed.

Late Payment Law

• EU Late Payment Directive - Official EU 2011/7.
• Late Payment Fees by Jurisdiction - Open dataset.
• UK Late Payment Act - Statutory rates and recovery costs.

Open Data

Datasets we maintain for the freelance community:

• freelance-vat-rates - VAT/GST/sales-tax rates by country.
• late-payment-fees - Statutory late-payment rules by jurisdiction.

Related Lists

• Awesome Indie - Resources for indie makers.
• Awesome Remote Job - Remote work resources.
• Awesome Self Hosted - For freelancers running their own infra.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

License

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