opensource

some projects/ideas i found in the last couple of years, that try to solve our current problem of the internet being a centralized structure that is controllable by big corporations or governments and not so easily usable with mesh technology or when not being connected for long amounts of time...

In the inaugural episode of the OSS Climate Podcast, host Richard Littauer chats with our first guest, Koen Hufkens, the founder of BlueGreen Labs. They talk about the use of open source tools to address climate change issues, the role of community science, and the responsibility of open source maintainers towards their users....

I want to ungoogle myself as much as possible, but I’ve found that Google Maps is by far the best dataset for maps. I can search ‘fast food’ and it’ll pull up anything related to that near me. I’ve tried things like OrganicMaps, and while it is blazing fast and very private in comparison to Google Maps, it...

Is there any OCR service or app for scanning pages, getting text with all the maths. I am a school student and this is very handy for looking for solutions. Previously I was using google lens but not anymore obviously. So anything FOSS or just less Privacy invasive.

I find the official app bad and hard to use etc. is there any alternative I can use that can provide me the same info with the official app? Preferably an Android app

Hi there, what tools do you use to share your bookmarks for example between your devices eg. smartphone / laptop / desktop?...

Hello! In qalc I can do calculations using measuring units like this:...

/c/opensource is currently unmoderated because all the existing mod accounts are inactive....

Hi all! Do you know a valid app for GutHub? I’ve searched on F-Droid, but they are all abandoned. Thanks!

I am currently learning to be a sysadmin and I have no software development skills. I love FOSS very much and want to contribute to several projects, including non-networked ones....

I recently created a new Github Account but probably there is some issue with my account. Whenever I am creating a issue on any repo either by web or cli. It shows that issue is created and actually it is shown as created in my recent activity tab if I am loggined. But If I pull up a incognito tab and Enter issues URL there it...

Avenza seems to be the go-to app. It works pretty well and all, but I’m wanting to know if there’s any software available that can allow a team of people to simultaneously access and make edits/notes to a geo-referenced map. It also need to have kind of the same base functionality of being able to show your current location...

Hi all, I really like the open source Linux application called DIA it’s a diagram tool that handles flowcharts beautifully....

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I’m trying to find one. Any recommendations?

Hi all, I need your expertise please :)...

As you can easily notice, today many open source projects are using some services, that are… sus....

I am wondering what the standard tool is for sending and receiving SMS and MMS on a device that does not have a SIM card in it....

Is there any type of third-party certification for closed source software, similar to how we have ISO9001 for quality management? I’d prefer companies provide their software as open source, however I can imagine cases where the software genuinely doesn’t do anything malicious but might still contain trade secrets that the...

I know it is something I need to find in docs but probably I am dumb enough to not get it....

Even though this question has probably been asked countless times in other communities, I still want to know: what tool do you think comes closest to ShareX? I’m particularly interested in features like image capture, video recording, GIF creation, and OCR reading all in one tool for Linux.

What I am after is something that I can use to plan out a home project and not have to deal with realigning things manually like if I did in something like libre office calc. (It would be a bonus if I can self host it across a few devices.)...

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Anyone know of any scriptable asynchronous communication tools?...