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!

  • PumpkinDrama@reddthat.comOP
    2·
    3 months ago

    Typst: A modern typesetting system designed for easy document creation with markup inspired by Markdown but more powerful and programmable.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Absolutely LOVE syncthing. I recently had to go on an emergency trip and was glad I set up syncthing on my phone but hated that I didn’t set it up properly on my laptop.

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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      3 months ago

      I’d love to use this but I just mostly don’t use multiple devices at the same time, so I don’t see how the sync would ever happen.

      • aspoleczny@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I’m in the same boat, so I had set up Syncthing more like centralised service - installed one instance on my home server, and made every other device sync only with it. Files propagates without issues.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 months 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…

  • PumpkinDrama@reddthat.comOP
    2·
    3 months ago

    Forgejo: A self-hosted, lightweight software forge offering Git repository hosting with an easy-to-install, low-maintenance platform focused on collaboration, federation, and privacy.

  • Ardens@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 months 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…

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    3 months ago

    SherpaOnnx TTS for Android. There are many different voices to pick from that sound very life like and are totally worth using with GPS apps like CoMaps.

    Also, just found out about Medicat recently but haven’t used it yet. It looks fantastic though: Medicat is a toolkit that helps compile a selection of the latest computer diagnostic and recovery tools into an easy to use toolkit.

    Ventoy is a software you put on a USB stick to make it so you can load as many bootable ISOs as you want on it at the same time and still use the leftover space for normal file storage.

  • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    3 months ago

    KDE Connect: An app for iOS, android, pretty much every flavor of linux, windows, etc. that lets you connect any devices together to share files, show notifications of other devices, use your phone as an input device(keyboard, mouse), control multimedia applications(start, play, stop, etc.), trigger commands, and everything else if you make a plugin for it.

    • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      The craziest thing I discovered when I started using it was when I noticed that because my desktop was now connected to my phone and my phone was connected to my watch, I could completely control the media on both from my watch and the integration felt natural - but also something I haven’t seen work that well in the proprietary world.

      • Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        3 months ago

        For me it was, that the video i was watching paused when i got a call and repeated the moment i hung up. FUTURE (or apple ecosystem, i suppose.)

    • vas@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      Do you know if RustDesk is a fully open-source project? I don’t get their pricing plan idea for Self-Hosted. It also doesn’t seem to be packaged for Debian or Ubuntu. Is it really, fully, developed in the open as an open-source project?

  • brisk@aussie.zone
    1·
    3 months ago

    Zotero: a free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials, such as PDF and ePUB files.