Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    762·
    4 days ago

    Zotero

    If you’re in any flavor of academics from middle school to doctorate program or otherwise writing papers that require strict citation formatting, drop what you’re doing and click that link.

    Or probably YouTube it or something first so you can see why it’s so much better than your standard internet citation generators.

    Don’t forget to share the intel with your classmates!

    Edit - honorable mention to Desmos for 99% of your calculator needs… with the unfortunate exception of exams, cuz phone.

  • themadcodger@kbin.earth
    19·
    4 days ago

    I don’t know if Tailscale counts because it’s mostly open source (with options to run your own server), but I use it constantly to connect to Home Assistant and Jellyfin on my home server, as well as pairing it with NextDNS (pihole is possible for those that want to go that route) for ad blocking and Mullvad to use them as an exit node.

    • Im_old@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 days ago

      You can selfhost it with headscale (the server). It’s really simple to set up and use. I’m also considering moving to zerotier because a) it’s completely opensource and b) the wifi management software I’m looking into (openwisp) has native integration

      • myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
        2·
        4 days ago

        I haven’t used tailscale to know how well it works but as a current zerotier user I’ve been considering moving away from it.

        I actually love the idea and it’s super simple to set up but has some very annoying pitfalls for me:

        1. It’s a lot of “magic”. When it fails to work the zerotier software gives you very little information on why.
        2. The NAT tunneling can be iffy. I had it fail to work in some public WiFis, occasionally failed to work on mobile internet (same phone and network when it otherwise works). Restarting the app, reconnecting and so on can often help but it’s not super reliable IMO.
        3. Just recently I’ve had to uninstall the app restart my Mac, reinstall the app to get it to work again - there were no changes that made it stop, it just decided it’s had enough one day to the next and as in point 1, it doesn’t tell you much over whether it’s connected or not.

        Pretty much all of the issues I’ve had were with devices that have to disconnect and re-connect from the network and/or devices that move between different networks (like laptop, phone). On my router, it’s been super stable. Point is, your mileage may vary - it’s worth trying but there are definitely issues.

        • Im_old@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 days ago

          good to know, thank you for the insights! Tbh Tailscale/headscale has been quite stable, so maybe I’ll stay were I am. Or move to nebula because why not? :D

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
    13·
    4 days ago

    Spottube, like Spotify but without the shitty ads, play limitations and tracking.

    Every. Day. In the kitchen.

    • Shape4985@lemmy.mlOP
      6·
      4 days ago

      I tried this, it was a pretty cool app. Has it been facing any issues since youtube is trying to block 3rd party apps using their api? My piped app sometimes goes down and i need to wait for an update to fix it

    • toastal@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 days ago

      Would be awesome if they offered an alternative forge & chat so they aren’t locked entirely to proprietary software for communication / contribution. 😔

      • vala@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 days ago

        Yeah I’m also not a fan of discord but tbh nothing super interesting happens on the discord. Most important discussion is on GitHub. I know that’s also not open source but it’s at least publicly accessible and indexable.

        I’d love to see a tic80 community gain some traction on Lemmy.

      • Cralex@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, it’s not. Leads to weird situations on Linux handheld where you paste in your purchased binary if it’s compatible, or you use an emulator like fake08 that has good, but not perfect, compatibility.

  • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    My favourite recent one is Yunohost, which makes it super easy to spin up a little self-hosted server with a bunch of apps. I’ve been having good fun with that and a spare Raspberry Pi lately.

    • ebc@lemmy.ca
      2·
      1 day ago

      It’s not quite as point-and-click, but I’m using Docker for that because Yunohost kept messing up updates. Most server apps will have some instructions on how to run them in docker, especially a docker-compose.yml file, so you don’t have to rely on the Yunohost team to package said app.

      The way I do it is that I put each suggested compose file in their own file, and import them in my main docker-compose.yml file like this:

      version:  '3'
include:
    - syncthing.yml

      Then just run docker compose pull && docker compose up -d every time you change something or want to update your apps, and you’re good to go.

      Software updates in particular are waaaaaayyy easier on Docker than Yunohost.

      • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        This has uncovered my shameful Linux confession lol - I don’t understand Docker at all. I think I’m reasonably okay with Linux stuff, I can put an Arch install together without using the archinstall script, I got NixOS up and running without too much trouble etc. but I just can’t get my head around how Docker is supposed to work for some reason.

        • ebc@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 day ago

          For self-hosting purposes, Docker = lightweight disposable VMs that are configured via docker-compose.yml. All important data should be in “volumes”, which are just shared folders between the host and the container.

          The end result is that you can delete and re-create containers at any time and they should just pick up where they left off from the data that’s in these volumes.

          Each individual published image has some paths they want to use for that; everything is usually specified in their example docker-compose files.

          If you’re not a dev, don’t even try to understand Dockerfiles, it’s not for you.

  • BriarTalker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Now that most of my friends and family are using it, I’m on Briar Messaging every day. Since there are no central servers, is entirely encrypted, and runs on the Tor network, I think it is probably the most secure messaging platform out there. It also has private groups and forums but I am not yet involved in any of those outside of a couple of small ones that are just for sharing family news.

      • BriarTalker@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        There is a desktop app. I am hopeful with EU cracking down on Apple will eventually result in Briar becoming available on that platform. I am working on an idea to connect people on Briar for use of the private groups and forums so you might check back with me in a few weeks to see where that’s at.

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 days ago

    This was the year I tried out Darcs & Pijul. With conflicts being less problematic & easier to collab without patch order mattering, you gotta wonder why all of this effort is still put into bolting stuff atop Git instead of moving on & helping the tooling in this space.

    Second place would be Movim as a decentralized social media platform built atop the XMPP server you are already running.

  • bmcgonag@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    NetBird- tail scale but fully open source with web hi, built in or bring your own auth, clients for pretty much everything, and really powerful network separation and segregation functions, along with posture checks and tons more.

  • Alex@lemmy.ml
    7·
    4 days ago

    Magic Wormhole - it’s been around awhile but it’s super useful for moving files from your internet connected server to your phone without going through multiple hops copying stuff to you local machine and finding a cable.

  • QuestionMark@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    Timelinize… description from GitHub: Organize your photos & videos, chats & messages, location history, social media content, contacts, and more into a single cohesive timeline on your own computer where you can keep them alive forever.

    There’s also Delta Chat, FairEmail and DEFINITELY LOCALSEND.

  • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.ml
    57·
    3 days ago

    Notesnook.

    I was previously using Obsidian, which is great! but didn’t like that it was closed source. I then went on to try various options [0] but none of them felt “right”. I eventually found notesnook and it hit everything I was looking for [1]. It’s only gotten better in the last year I started using it and just recently they introduced the ability to host your own sync server, which is one of the requirements it didn’t initially make, but was on their roadmap.

    [0] Obsidian, Standard Notes, OneDrive, VSCode with addons, Joplin, Google Keep, Simple Notes, Crypt.ee, CryptPad (more of a collabroation suite, which I actually really like, but it did not fit the bill of a notes app), vim with addons, Logseq, Zettlr, etc.

    [1] Requirements in no particular order:

    • Open source client and server.
    • Cross-platform availability as I use Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android.
    • Cross-platform feature parity.
    • Doesn’t fight me over how notes should be taken - looking at Logseq’s lack of organization.
    • Easy notes syncing.
    • End-to-end encryption (E2EE). It’s about to be 2025, if the tools you’re picking up aren’t E2EE, you’re letting unknown strangers access your data and resell it. It doesn’t matter what their privacy policy says as that can always change and/or they can get compromised/compelled to expose your data.
    • Ability to publish notes.
    • Decent UX.