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Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About

We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

  1. Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
  2. No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
  3. Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

Check out last year's post for more inspiration: Last Year's Post

Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

I advise you to post any recommendations to the original post, I was just sharing it here so others can find it! I also wanna see those recs myself so that's the motive for posting this πŸ˜…

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[–] QuestionMark@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Florisboard. Android keyboard, doesn't have spell checking yet but I've been using it for years, you might not need autocorrect as much as you think! (Note for Samsung users: Samsung Keyboard keeps adding items to its clipboard history whether it's default or not. Clipboard history is also accessible through Edge Panels. Your passwords might end up and sit there for a long time... you can use adb to disable com.samsung.android.app.clipboardedge and com.samsung.clipboardsaveservice.)

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 15 hours ago

Just to post an alternative (correct me if there is something wrong with the app) but I have been using Futo keyboard for a week now and I've been pleayed. Clipboard disabled by default, drag typing, local autocorrect that you can load any dictionary (as a file), can use local text or voice ML model that you have to download yourself (their site has a browser), customizable quick actions, smart key hitbox enlarging (increases key hitbox according to how likely it is to come next). It is free, but asks for a support of about 9€.

[–] QuestionMark@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago

Delta Chat, for messaging. Sign-up is extremely easy using the default server, and I've convinced some of my contacts to join.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 14 points 1 day ago

Immich!

Keeping personal photos off someone else's server and stopping google and apple from training their AI on your nudes.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (3 children)

LibreWolf is what FireFox was supposed to be: no VPN ads, no telemetry, no AI, uBlockOrigin built in. It's literally the latest FF release, but with the crap ripped out and decent privacy installed.

https://librewolf.net/

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Honestly, soft forks of either Firefox or Chrome by a small team are a stop-gap hack and not anything truly effective at fixing the issues because they are entirely dependent on the large teams developing the upstream browsers. As hard as they work, they simply don't have the in-house expertise to develop the browser, and can even make mistakes when ripping things out. It's certainly a trade-off for better privacy now, but with other risks.

Some of the more clean-slate browsers out there seem more interesting, even if they lack features, because the developers can actually make design decisions and develop codebase expertise.

[–] hobata@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They went too far in pursuing their foolish dogma and castrated a decent browser to the point where you don't want to work with it at all. For example, they removed the interface element that allows you to save passwords, even though the password manager is still there.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

What are you even talking about? I use LibreWolf with the Mozilla password manager. It's a one click enable

https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm still looking for a Librewolf or similar Android fork, has that ever made it close? I know the original project devs dont seem interested.

[–] xyx@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] cibicibi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I would simply reccomand GNU privacy guard (GPG) to encrypt files from the terminal. It works also on Android with Termux.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Matrix is good for communication.

[–] infjarchninja@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There is also signal-FOSS as an alternative to signal and Molly

Signal-FOSS

https://www.twinhelix.com/apps/signal-foss/

A fork of Signal for Android with proprietary Google binary blobs removed. Uses OpenStreetMap for maps and a websocket server connection, instead of Google Maps and Firebase Cloud Messaging.

add the repo to your app store to F-droid basic

https://fdroid.twinhelix.com/fdroid/repo/

The twinhelix repo is in the droidify and neostore repo list.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 day ago

Why the fuck is signal using Google maps

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Surrey for the tangent, that might be my favourite comic of all time. I think it's an incredibly valuable lesson menu pepper still and always will need to learn at some point in their lives

[–] beSyl@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] berty@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

CoMaps, formerly known as Organic Maps.

[–] tekato@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Not formerly known. CoMaps is different from Organic Maps. This is the same as saying β€œLibrewolf, formerly known as Firefox”.

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

XMPP. It replaced WhatsApp in my family that signal failed to do.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious, I've never had the chance to really use Signal much, and I've never used an XMPP client before. What made you dislike Signal and use XMPP instead? I wish I could convince my iMessage loving mom to jump to anything else.

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had no issue with signal (except phone number verification) but according to my family members signal uses a lot of ram and battery. Non of them have Google play services. XMPP doesn't use that much resources and it's simple, no unnecessary bloat.

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Sure all family members dont have play services...

Also bullshit that Signals drains ram or battery, i wouldnt notice and never heard this before.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Maybe Signal drains battery when it can't use Google Play Services for notifications and falls back to keeping a connection alive to Signal servers instead?

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have signal installed direct using obtanium, with the background connector enabled. I've not yet had an issue with it.

[–] Stomata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah thats the reason.

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[–] CCRhode@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I recommend my python script, Tonto2.

What does Tonto2 do?

It keeps lists.

You can use lists to keep in touch with family, friends, and cow-orkers.

Tonto2 keeps four kinds of lists:

  • You can use an address list to keep track of contacts' phone numbers, mailing addresses, and eMail addresses.

  • You can use a calendar to remind you about events and appointments including date, time, and duration. You can add notes about finding the location and other prerequisites to attendance.

  • You can keep separate passwords in a password list for every website you visit and every piece of gear you own.

  • You can keep links to favorite websites in a bookmark list.

Additionally you can make a list of bibliographic entries for writing research papers and for saving well-formatted footnotes for Web sites, but this is an arcane topic that will probably not be of general interest.

The information in these lists is at your fingertips.

You own it, and you can keep it. You can share it piecemeal with other people and computers without having to trust anyone or any thing with the whole enchilada. This is the idea of Tonto2.

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Any Linux distro

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

The best Portmaster (Windows, Linux) and InVizible Pro for Android and forks (LinageOS, /e/OS....), apart common sense (PEBCAK license)

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago

GNU Jami, when I can get it to work and not jank up the sound too much. https://jami.net/

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

VeraCrypt, Clonezilla, Joplin, Futo voice and Futo keyboard, Sentry, Wasted, Untracker, WTMP app, Fossify app suite.

[–] BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Futo Voice and Futo Keyboard are rad and getting better (Swipe needs more time in the oven). Ive used VeraCrypt for a while and dig it

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

I haven't ever found a better open source keyboard or voice type than futo. It really is that good. With so many languages. I'm unsure why some of them got downvoted but oh well. I'm sure there's a ton more to add that are privacy focused open source apps but those were off my head.

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