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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:

  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!

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[–] ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

mblaze: a set of Unix utilities for processing and interacting with mail messages which are stored in maildir folders.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Since using the internet for a quarter century on daily base, there are half the Internet in my bookmarks. Gems a lot.

[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

The Zim Desktop Wiki. Backed by files stored in git, lightweight and fast, ideal to capture and organize unstructured information.

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Shosetsu is a Free & Open Source Android Novel reader that I use to read my favorite freely available web novels!!

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to recommend Glimpse as a more sane front-end for GIMP but they pretty much stopped maintaining it and put in the towel.

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Silverbullet is like Trilium or Obsidian a markdown notes app, which is lightweight and highly customizable (by css and scripting). And all files could be forever accessed as simple markdown-files in an easy folder structure without much overhead. The database is only for indexing and could be restored anytime.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Having discarded many other options, I'm looking at Cloud Stack for hosting VMs at home and the job2 site.

This will be like your proxmox, libvirt, openstack (which derived from it), oVirt(RHEV,OLVM,etc).

If you are in the market for a new alternative, please consider this less-known option.

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Linguist translator extension (Chromium, Firefox). Multi-engine (customizable), TTS, translate pages, selected text, words, inclusion in context menu, offline translation, privacy focused, 130 languages.

https://linguister.io/

https://github.com/translate-tools/linguist

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Workrave: screen break reminder

I recommend v1.11 because the v1.10 UI is very retro 😅

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Auto Dark Mode: to switch my Windows between light and dark modes based on sunset / sunrise times

[–] renormalizer@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

gitolite for when a shared git folder is not enough but you don't want a full gitlab. Provides SSH-based access management for a bunch of git repos.

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