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Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About (lemmy.ml)

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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:

Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
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!

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[-] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 3 points 1 hour ago

fzf fuzzy finder. Great tool to quickly find those files you were looking for.

[-] lemmy_ng@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 hours ago

alternativeto.net is great for finding these

[-] KarnaSubarna@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 hours ago

NextCloud - Self hosted personal cloud solution that you can run on Docker or bare metal.

https://nextcloud.com/

[-] Artisian@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

Librera (android pdf+ reader).

I spend a lot of time reading pdfs on my phone, this has done an excellent job. Well featured, responsive, and seems respectful of the battery.

Ads or payment if you buy from the playstore, but free on F-droid and source code is here.

[-] zeca@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Its good, i started using it because it allows you to inverts the colors, so you can turn your pdfs into white text on black background.

[-] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 hours ago

CoolerControl - Fan control for Linux based on any available sensors.
I find it much easier to use than fancontrol included with lm_sensors and much more reliable for me.

[-] CrystalRainwater@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago

Mihon Manga reader for android. Allows auto aggregation from web sources to make tracking and reading manga smooth and easy

[-] CaJoasca_Baloon@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 hours ago

Eternity for Lemmy (somewhat.. inactive? can't tell though) for Infinity Reddit App but for Lemmy, as it has the best UI for me out of all others, IMO and Quillpad, for note taking purposes, I love its notebook system, and the look of it.

[-] EvanescentWave@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 15 hours ago

VLC (VideoLAN media player): play media files, DVDs, network streams and more. Just works,

[-] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Unfortunately VLC is also stale
So I've been trying out mpv.net
https://github.com/mpvnet-player/mpv.net
There's a linux version as well in your favorite package manager

[-] helix@feddit.org 2 points 7 hours ago

You can also stream and encode with it!

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 36 points 16 hours ago

Inkscape - the best vector graphics program out there. So easy to use, and so powerful.

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[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 35 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

LibreOffice - simply the best office suite there is (IMHO). I was a MS-office user for years, but since I switched, I haven't looked back...

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 29 points 16 hours ago

GIMP - unlike Krita - which is made for drawing - this is made for photo-editing. It's like Photoshop. The learning curve is a bit steep, but it is really powerful.

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 27 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Firefox - the original private webbrowser. Even though some people don't like the options in it (like those that let you stream Netflix and other DRM content). If people care about privacy, they use this browser, or one that is made from it...

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 26 points 16 hours ago

Krita is a fantastic program for drawing. It's made for making beautiful paintings and animations.

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Thunderbird - a brilliant e-mail program, which also handles contacts, newsfeeds, calender and more. It's available for multiple platforms, like Android, Windows, Linux and so forth...

[-] notarobot@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago

I switched to outlook at work. I had a lot of wierd issues with thunderbird. Like how i would sort them newest fisrt, and grouo by conversation. But then when i got a coversation and expanded it. I had to scroll all the way to the bottom to se the latest. Of the last update I got that deleted everything.

I might go back to it. But it's not perfect

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

First of all, you don't have to go back. Second of all, being perfect is a pretty high bar for any software - can you mention any on this list, or even commercial ones, that have no flaws or bugs, or could not be better? Third. I've used it since it was part of Navigator, and I have never lost any data. Without being tech-support for Thunderbird, I might think that you have somehow installed either a different version of Thunderbird, which makes a new user-folder. Your data might still have been there.

Sorting is done the same way in Outlook and Thunderbird, by clicking on the subject you want to sort it by. How you couldn't do that, is beyond me...

But, as I said at first - you don't have to go back. I guess you felt like making this post about complaining - something I don't think that any software in this list (or beyond this list) could be above...