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submitted 3 days ago by liop7k@lemm.ee to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

Hello, I’d like to know your top open-source apps that you use every day. Here are mine:

Signal AntennaPod RadioDroid Which ones do you use most often?

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[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

On my laptop:

  • Void Linux
  • GNOME (desktop environment)
  • gThumb (image viewer that can do simple edits)
  • Firefox (the famous web browser)
    • uBlock Origin (content blocker that blocks ads, trackers, etc. out of the box)
    • SponsorBlock (automatically skips sponsor segments in YouTube videos)
  • Betterbird (fork of the Thunderbird email client, with various QoL tweaks)
  • GIMP (image editor)
  • Kdenlive (video editor)
  • virt-manager (manage QEMU virtual machines)
  • Celluloid (media player)
  • yt-dlp (command-line utility for downloading YouTube videos, and the basis of some graphical apps as well)
  • Bottles (if you want to use Wine to run Windows apps, without too many headaches)
  • Foliate (.epub ebook reader)
  • OBS (for screen recording and livestreaming)
  • Code - OSS (code editor, "clean" version of Visual Studio Code without "Microsoft-specific customizations")
  • Tenacity (fork of the Audacity audio editor without opt-out telemetry)

On my Android phone:

Cross-platform:

If we can count FOSS modifications of proprietary apps:

  • YouTube Revanced (the official YouTube app, but you don't get ads, you can play videos in the background, you get SponsorBlock, etc.) (follow this guide for auto-updates)
  • Vesktop (desktop client for Discord, has Vencord preinstalled and supports Linux screen sharing)
  • Prism Launcher (Minecraft: Java Edition launcher that allows you to easily manage different "instances" of the game. Good for playing with different mods and/or versions)
  • Fabulously Optimized (modpack for Minecraft: Java Edition, that improves performance and adds some minor QoL features)

addendum: I'd like to use Matrix (via the Element client) and Signal more, but most of the people I know are on Discord and WhatsApp instead.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Here is a short list.
Pc: Cachyos(Preformant linux distro based on arch),Cinnamon (fork of Gnome 3),Librewolf (web browser)
Android phone:F-Droid(Appstore),Clipious(YouTube client but network is nonfree),aurora store(replaced Google play store with this and network nonfree),Iceraven (Web browser,Can be hardened as much as mull.),
Cross platform: Localsend(Airdrop for any device),Vlc media player
Yeah that's it,here is my major apps I use

[-] 73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

On my mobile with GrapheneOS:

  • Aard 2 (dictionary, since QuickDic doesn't seem to work on my Pixel 7)
  • Breezy Weather
  • Fossify Suite (Calendar, Clock, Contacts, Gallery, Messages, Notes)
  • Currencies
  • DAVx5 (calendar sync)
  • Feeder (RSS)
  • FUTO keyboard
  • Hypatia (malware scanner)
  • Island (work profile enabler)
  • K-9 Mail
  • KeePassDX
  • Molly (Signal fork)
  • Music Player
  • Nextcloud
  • Obtainium (update apps from source)
  • Oeffi (public transport)
  • OSMAnd
  • Planisphere
  • StreetComplete
  • Threema Libre
  • Tor
  • Tusky (Mastodon)
  • Vanadium (GOS Browser)
  • Voyager (Lemmy)
  • Who Bird (bird call identifier)

More FOSS apps on my notebooks with Fedora, but not on a daily basis.

[-] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Matrix (element on mobile, cinny on pc), materialious (linux app for invidious, alternative yt frontend), gzdoom (foss engine for doom & mods), luanti (a minecraft-like engine for playing minigames and shit), zen browser (firefox fork with a pretty skin), xfce as desktop environment, wine for playing windows games

[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Never heard of Zen, I'm just using vanilla Firefox on my Linux laptop. Will check it out later :)

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The apps I actually use daily:

  • Firefox
  • uBlock
  • Vs code
  • Notepad++
  • Revanced (i might patch something every second month but I use the apps it has patched daily)
  • PuTTY
  • moonlight/sunshine
  • 7zip
  • qBittorrent

The apps I wish I had time to use daily:

  • Godot
  • Blender
  • Krita
  • libResprite

Edit: I forgot:

  • WinSCP
  • VLC
[-] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

VS code is technically not open-source since it has many proprietary blobs on top. VScodium is the fully open-source version.

I don't know how much can Revanced be considered open-source except for their Revanced manager app since you still use the patched versions of the proprietary Google apps.

Sorry for being pedantic.

[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Resprite doesn't seem to be open-source when I look it up.

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Sorry my bad, libresprite was the fork I was thinking of.

[-] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, I see now :)

[-] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

How's your experience with Moonshine / Sunshine? Latency on local network?

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

On a home network I was having audio sync issues with RDP. When I switched to moonlight/sunshine that sync issue cleared up.

Its streaming resolution isn't as dynamic as RDP but once its setup it feels pretty close to running locally (on my home LAN).

[-] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Not OP, but in my house we're very happy with it. Will even work nicely over WiFi, though you do have to manually turn all the settings down for that.

[-] SeekPie@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Tried it once over my phone's hotspot, had no issues with latency.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Oh boy! Here goes

Desktop:

  • Bazzite
  • KDE Connect
  • KiCAD
  • FreeCAD
  • Plasma
  • LocalSend
  • Thunderbird
  • Bitwarden
  • Code OSS
  • Krita
  • CoreCTRL
  • LibreOffice
  • CuteCOM
  • KopiaUI
  • Calibre
  • Heroic Games Launcher
  • Lutris
  • PrusaSlicer
  • Okular
  • Inkscape
  • FluffyChat
  • SyncThingy
  • Elisa
  • Haruna
  • Kdenlive
  • YouTube Downloader GUI
  • Paperwork (stille can't get network scanners working on Bazzite with sane set up)
  • Solar
  • ProtonUp-QT

Phone:

  • AntennaPod
  • Immich
  • Aegis
  • Heliboard
  • Organic Maps
  • Breezy Weather
  • Aurora Droid
  • K9 mail
  • Signal
  • Fluffy chat
  • Home Assistant
  • Eternity
  • Findroid
  • Gadgetbridge
  • Fitotrack
  • Loop habits
  • Tuta
  • StreetComplete
  • Wireguard
  • Unit converter untimate
  • mastodon
  • ntfy
  • newpipe
  • KDE Connect
  • bitwarden
  • findroid
  • localsend
  • material files

server:

  • Leantime
  • Bookstack
  • Immich
  • Jellyfin
  • Home Assistant
  • Traefik
  • Crowdsec
  • Authelia
  • Dozzle
  • Glances
  • full *arr suite
  • transmission + wireguard
  • paperless-ngx
  • cloudflare-ddns
  • syncthing
  • valheim server
  • Boinc
  • stash
  • ntfy.sh

If I donated $5 per month to each of these projects I would be broke 😂

[-] modus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Looks like a great list, but I can't tell what a lot of them do by name alone.

Can you recommend any open-source desktop personal/small business finance software?

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

Sorry, I think options like Firefly III for that might not be sufficient for small business, but it was the only great Foss personal finance software for a long time.

Odoo is the gold standard for business. I think they also have a business finance app? It isn't free, but the cost is reasonable.

Otherwise, I use Leantime for project management. If you work in a project-based or contract-based company (like consultancy or design house), then it has a lot of project & product features including time tracking with a plugin. Not financial though.

[-] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'll check those out. Leantime might cover one aspect of what I'm looking for. Thank you for the names.

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Desktop

  • Arch Linux
  • GNOME
  • Firefox
  • Tilix
  • Thunderbird or Evolution
  • Vim (I still use PyCharm for writing code)
  • Joplin
  • Bitwarden
  • Python

Phone

  • Joplin
  • Firefox Focus & Firefox
  • Bitwarden
  • New Pipe
  • Thunderbird (K-9 Mail)
  • Signal
  • Aegis
  • Antenna Pod
  • VLC
  • The FOSSify suite (not the dialer)
[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 days ago

I made my own curated list of open source software. Most of the software on there is stuff I use.

[-] liop7k@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Wow, that's cool, thank you! I'll definitely explore it, and I think I'll take a few apps for myself😁

[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

My most used:

  • self hosted Matrix server with Element client
  • Jellyfin server and clients
  • self hosted Radicale server for my family calendars
  • self hosted Joplin server with the Joplin app on all my machines and devices for my notes
  • Navidrome
  • Firefox
  • tasks.org with my self hosted nextcloud
  • all the fossify apps on my phone
  • audiobookshelf server and client
  • GNU/Linux (various distros across different machines)
  • Voyager for Lemmy

There's a bunch more that I can't think of that I use, but the above list is the stuff I rely on and use every day.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Dosbox (magic dosbox for android) Scummvm (scummvm for android) UnCiv Obsidian Obtainium URLCheck

[-] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I use GVIM everyday.

I frequently use CentOS because that is what the embedded system I work on runs.

I use cygwin regularly professionally and at home. Identifying specific software within it is tough, but I definitely use grep and g++ all of the time.

[-] limitsomething@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

On Android :

  • ⭐Kvaesisto launcher
  • ⭐Acode
  • Blichess
  • ⭐Brave browser
  • ⭐Cuscon
  • Data monitor
  • Drip
  • Droidify
  • ⭐ FetchIt
  • Right files
  • ⭐ Right messages
  • Fossify gallery
  • Libchecker
  • ⭐Linkora
  • Inkwell keyboard
  • Obtainium
  • ⭐Octogram
  • Oincoin
  • ⭐PocketPal
  • ⭐Proton VPN
  • ⭐Quillpad
  • ⭐Record You
  • Simply translate
  • ⭐Termux
  • ⭐Thunder
  • ⭐Tubular
  • VLC
  • ⭐Windscribe VPN
  • Warden
  • Zcalc
  • I also used to use apps like Anytime podcast , Focus podcast , Book's story , Hacki for hacker news , Rain , Weather master , Heliboard (I'll reuse it again because inkwell and florisboard still don't support typing suggestions) and other apps I can't remember right now
[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A lot.

Desktop/Laptop

  • Artix Linux
  • Neovim
  • BSPWM
  • Suckless Terminal
  • Librewolf
  • Firefox
  • Ungoogled Chromium
  • Thunderbird
  • mpv
  • rtorrent
  • Keepassxc
  • btop (TUI resource monitor)
  • links (old school TUI browser)
  • newsboat (TUI RSS reader)
  • yt-dlp
  • git
  • Espanso (text expander)
  • GIMP
  • Inkscape
  • Krita
  • Calibre (for epubs, great with Kobo ereader)
  • Wireshark
  • Lutris/WINE/Proton
  • OBS

Phone

  • Android/GrapheneOS
  • Heliboard
  • FUTO Voice (Speech to Text)
  • Mull
  • Vanadium
  • Various Fossify Apps
  • Keepassxc
  • Thunder
  • Tusky
  • Thunderbird
  • Tubular
  • Seal (yt-dlp wrapper)
  • mpv
  • Antennapod
  • Feeder (RSS reader)
  • Glider (HN client)
  • OSMand
  • Stealth (Reddit lurking)
  • Element (Matrix client)
  • Transistor
  • Translate You
  • Protonmail
  • Proton Drive
  • Breezy Weather
  • URLCheck
  • Wikipedia (official reader)
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[-] serenissi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Every app is open source if you can read assembly.

— someone someday on internet.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

Voyager for Lemmy, Thunderbird email client, Firefox browser, Librera FD ebook reader, Mercurygram for Telegram, QUIK SMS, Material Files, LibreTube

[-] Revonult@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago
[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

On android, I guess, it's smth like: heliboard, mull, eternity, tubular (a newpipe fork), antennapod, feeder, simplex, element and slightly patched mercurygram.

As for the desktop, Firefox, keepassxc, anyrun (the app launcher) and cosmic-term would probably be the GUI apps I use most often; occasionally neovide if I feel like drooling on those sick cursor animations, mpv if I want to watch stuff without distractions, or kicad if I'm into making some electronics-related pet project. Other than that, my workflow is mostly terminal-centric, so the fish shell, coreutils, neovim, moreutils -- mostly vidir for visual bulk renaming and vipe for editing piped stuff in place (for one-time things that require, say, >2 seds) --, and so on.

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

NewPipe, Seal, Spotube, AntennaPod basically

Edit: FireFox, uBlock Origin

[-] iii@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

Firefox, syncthing, antennapod, organic maps

[-] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Firefox, Matrix chat, Proxmox, Homarr, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Overseer, Nextcloud, Bazzite, Lemmy, QBittorent, Immich, Home Assistant, Keepass, Thunderbird, and Debian.

If it’s free, it is for me.

[-] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago
  • Librewolf - hardened, demozilled Firefox

  • Newpipe - I forgot that Youtube has ads

  • Organic Maps - I dont even have gmaps installed

  • Keepass XC/2android

  • Orion viewer - for pdfs

  • Thumbkey - unique keyboard I have installed for fun, but I got used to it

I also wish I could use foss comunicators more.

[-] astro_ray@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

Firefox browser, misskey as my SNS. On Android: Komikku (a tachiyomi fork), element X matrix client; on my desktop: rnote for note taking, fractal matrix client.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
  • AnySoftKeyboard (love it!)
  • FireFox
  • KDE connect
  • Librera FD
  • Pepper&Carrot viewer (my son loves it)
  • OsmAND
[-] jacab@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

on android it's RiMusic, Thunderbird, Firefox, Feeder, Breezy Weather, Showly OSS, PipePipe, and Simple Keyboard. all available on f-droid

[-] Feline@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

yep. Browsing F-droid is a good way to find random apps, too. Like Audio Spectrum Analyzer is fun to play with.

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