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Hello, I would like to hear your open source alternatives for programs that we use everyday.

For me:

  • Youtube music on phone -> metrolist
  • Google maps -> ~~organic maps~~ Now it's coMaps
  • Windows -> linux
  • Android -> grapheneos
  • Reddit -> lemmy (racoon client on phone)
  • Youtube on phone -> ~~newpipe~~ Now it's libretube
  • Youtube on pc -> youtube-tui with mpv
  • Music offline -> yt-dlp
  • Clients for offline music -> pc: rmpc phone:gramophone
  • communication -> signal, might change to molly
  • usage of localsend and syncthing, but syncthing is little buggy for me with long name files and permissions :/
  • amplitube plugin for guitar -> guitarix, which i used to under rate
  • want to move from discord -> element, but i have to try screensharing with audio and etc.
  • maybe will try to move from yt to peertube, but i think it lacks content. I have to dig deeper

Thats my list, tell me yours :)

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  • OS - - > Linux OpenSuSE with KDE

  • YouTube - - > Freetube - opensource, private YouTube client for Linux, MacOS and Windows

  • Downloading music/videos --> yt-dlp

  • Downloading videos/images --> gallery-dl

  • Email - - > Thunderbird (really moved forward in last few years)

  • Notes - - > Joplin

Selfhosting (mine is on raspberry pi) :

  • Streaming library - Jellyfin

  • Photo library - imich

  • Downloads - qbittorrent, prowlaar, radaar, sonaar, lazy librarian in a docker stack with VPN

  • smart home - Homeassistant

  • filesync - - > Syncthing (I don't have problems with long file names - maybe a Windows issue or Linux FS? I use EXT4 on all my devices and don't use Windows anymore)