What open-source applications do you use?

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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Kelly@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 1y (8 replies)

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 · 12 pts · 1y

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.

nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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

gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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 pts · 1y

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

Kelly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

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).

mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

Kelly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y

Oh, I see now :)

danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 1y

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 · 26 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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

liop7k@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

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

73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 1y (6 replies)

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 HeliBoard
  • 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
  • Rethink DNS
  • 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.

TootSweet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (5 replies)

FUTO keyboard is not Open Source.

73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de · 0 pts · 1y (4 replies)
TootSweet@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

FUTO Keyboard was forked from another project which is Open Source. But the license FUTO keyboard itself is under, by restricting modifications to for non-commercial purposes and forbidding removal of functionality that allows the user to make payments to FUTO, fails to qualify as "Open Source".

73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Thx for pointing out.

TootSweet@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

AnySoftKeyboard does. And it's under an Apache 2.0 license which is fully foss.

73kk13@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y

Unfortunately AnySoft Keyboard doesn't seem to receive updates anymore, latest release dates back to 2022.

Switched to Heli Board now.

JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y

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

mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 1y

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.

harsh3466@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 1y

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.

JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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 pts · 1y

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

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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)
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Stealth is working?

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yes, but only with oldreddit, not with the now defunct teddit instances.

chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I tried with Mullvad VPN and it didn't work

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yep. Sadly it doesn't work with Mullvad on.

fl42v@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 1y (8 replies)

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.

lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Which browser do you use KeepassXC on? I'm having trouble integrating it with any other browser than Firefox. Tried to integrate it with Brave on Fedora and Mac, lost hours and achieved nothing.

fl42v@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I don't use browser extensions with it and just copy-paste stuff, unfortunately. Also it's mostly a failsafe in case my vaultwarden instance goes tits up

lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

I see. Okay. Thanks.

danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (4 replies)

What does Tubular do for you that the stock New Pipe doesn't? I'm also curious about neighbours, as I'm still using gBoard and I'd rather switch to something else that still supports swipe-typing.

Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Tubular has sponsor block too.

Do you mean Heliboard? It supports gesture typing, but you need to import the library you want.

danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

It would gBoard's autocorrect got one final dig in. I did indeed mean Heliboard, and I've now installed it with the glide extension and... it's great! Thanks for the reference!

z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks. That Heliboard comment sent me down a rabbit hole. I don't really use glide typing, but in case any one's curious: scroll a bit down under this section on Heliboard's Github and you'll find the instructions on how to install the proprietary library. You'll also find a link shortly thereafter that leads you to the repo where you can download the needed library.

Neat little feature I wasn't aware was available for Heliboard. Cheers.

shiftymccool@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y

Try futo keyboard. You don't even have to download a proprietary blob to enable gesture typing.

Resonosity@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

NewPipe, Seal, Spotube, AntennaPod basically

Edit: FireFox, uBlock Origin

LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
  • 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.

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

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.

astro_ray@piefed.social · 5 pts · 1y

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.

iii@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

Firefox, syncthing, antennapod, organic maps

Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
  • AnySoftKeyboard (love it!)
  • FireFox
  • KDE connect
  • Librera FD
  • Pepper&Carrot viewer (my son loves it)
  • OsmAND
serenissi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Every app is open source if you can read assembly.

— someone someday on internet.

bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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 pts · 1y

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

limitsomething@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

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
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

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

JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y

One many of us use but I don't see listed so far is the Signal protocol.

shikitohno@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

On android, GrapheneOS, AntennaPod and Tempo are probably my top ones. On my desktop, Firefox, tmux, mpd, ncmpcpp, gonic, neomutt, qbittorrent, weechat, mc, btop, Lagrange and emacs probably round things out for me outside of base OS stuff. OS side, my desktop has Arch Linux and my laptop runs OpenBSD. Bitwarden across platforms.

sgtnasty@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

daily:

  • firefox
  • neovim
  • thunderbird
  • kde plasma
  • kate
  • forgot: mpv
limitsomething@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
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Revonult@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

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RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

Apps I use in about the order of use:

  • Firefox
  • Brave
  • The KDE application suite
  • A terminal
  • Voyager for Lemmy
  • NetNewsWire (RSS)
  • Jellyfin
  • Proton Pass
  • The Wikipedia app
  • a-shell mini
  • Heroic Games launcher
  • Parabolic (yt-dlp gui)
collapse_already@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

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.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Firefox, GCC, VS Code (sorry, but Microsoft actually made something decent there, and yes, I do feel dirty using it).

LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

If you dont build VS Code from source, you may consider using VSCodium.

vinnymac@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

If you haven’t tried Zed I recommend giving it a try. I was skeptical about it at first, but it’s so much faster than VS Code, and it has a lot of great quality of life features built in.

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed

Mwa@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

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

ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

On my Android: Fossify Gallery & Calendar, Thunderbird Mail, Eternity for Lemmy, AntennaPod, OSS Document Scanner, FUTO Keyboard, Gallery, KDE Connect, Moshidon (client for Mastodon), Next Player, Obtainium, (I wanted to have Logseq but I prefer Obsidian so I left it out), Swift Notes (I'm trying to get into).

On my Windows laptop: OnlyOffice Suite, Betterbird (Thunderbird, but better), FluentCast Podcast Player, FluentWeather, GIMP, Inkscape, KDE Connect, (I wanted to have Logseq but I prefer Obsidian so I left it out), Screenbox (VLC but modern and sexy), QuickLook, ShareX, Tenacity (Audacity fork that apparently is less controversial or something).

mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Damn, I didn't know Screenbox exisited. I'll start using it on my Windows desktop

ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Nice.

liop7k@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I was just looking for an alternative to the standard gallery on Xiaomi, thanks!

ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Welcome 😁. That's how most of us started.

mediocreme_ow@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Mull, Mihon, Anytype, FlorisBoard, Librewolf

lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

Anytype isn't fully open source unfortunately. Only the sync protocols are.

Anytype FAQ

kekmacska@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 1y

Android Custom ROM itself

-Adaway -App Manager -Audile -Audio Recorder -Aurora Store -BiglyBT -BitmaskVPN -Bitwarden -Calyx VPN -Capy Reader -Cromite -De-Bloater (i translated it to hungarian) -easyNotes -eduVPN -Eternity -F-droid -Android Files -Android Recorder -FlorisBoard -Android FM Radio -freeDictionary (Owl) (i also translated the menu to hungarian) -FTPClient -FUTO Keyboard -Gadgetbridge -Android Gallery -Android Game Space -HeliBoard -Human Benchmark -Breezy Weather -Image Tools -Invizible Pro -Jerboa -Lagrange -LavSeeker -Magisk -microG -Namida Music Player -Fossify Calendar -Fossify Contacts -Next Player -Obtainium -OCR -Odyssee -OnionShare -OpenCamera -OpenVideoEditor -Android Clock -Forkgram -Organic Maps -Orion Viewer -OSS Document Scanner -Pachli -QR Scanner -Racoon -Revenge Discord Client -Root verifier -SD Maid -Seal -Setter -Shitter -SlimSocial -Spotube -StrongSwanVPN -NumberHub Calculator (i also translated this to hungarian) -Fossify Phone -Termux -Thunder -TranslateYou -UPnP Explorer -Fossify Messages -Vernet -ViperFX Material UI -Voyager -Warden -WikiReader -Xtra

And this is only my phone...