• Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    591·
    6 days ago

    Wikipedia. Not an app but still deserves a mention.

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
    445·
    6 days ago

    The Dialer.

    • Comes with every phone
    • 10+ digit number instantly connects you with millions of people, services, and institutions
    • 3 digits connects you with life-saving emergency support
    • Very low-latency voice support
    • High quality audio (most of the time)
    • No ads
    • No obnoxious UI

    All kidding aside, I’m routinely astounded at how we have yet to top the ease and utility of old-fashioned phone service.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    72·
    6 days ago

    Blender, Gimp, Inkscape, OBS (open broadcast software), Linux distros of various sorts, openHAB, LibreOffice, Firefox (and plugins like uBlock), PiHole, VirtualBox, Notepad++, Paint.NET, VLC, 7-Zip, FileZilla…

    I’m sure there’s more.

  • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
    147·
    7 days ago

    Krita. I had a uni licence for Photoshop for years, even took a Photoshop course but still kept using Krita. It has an intuitive UI and all the tools I’ll ever need.

    RStudio+R is way better than any of its proprietary alternatives.

    Blender. I’m no 3D modling expert but it does everything I as a hobbyist want to do with it and so much more. Nowadays, the UI is pretty decent, too.

    Finally, the Lagrange browser is really good. The gemini protocol is kinda niche though, but if you’re interested it’s unreasonably pretty, well optimized and has a great UX. The guy who maintains it really puts his heart and soul into it.

    • Yprum@lemmy.world
      28·
      7 days ago

      The fact that you put those examples together with this Lagrange browser made me curious enough to check it, I had never heard of Gemini protocol before. So, simply put, thank you for sharing about this, I’m going to be installing Lagrange and start checking out geminispace.

      • nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
        11·
        7 days ago

        Cool! Every once in a while, I open the browser and check what’s going on in the gemini://midnight.pub

      • mesamunefire@piefed.socialEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        It’s a lot of fun. It only took me a couple of hours to figure out how to make a “site”.

        gemini://motion.chrisco.me

        Our local community is getting into it.

  • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
    106·
    7 days ago

    Practically every single FOSS application I use is highly useful to me, and of course, free, so I’ll just list them all here.

    • Immich - A full-featured replacement for Google Photos, has a sleek UI, face detection, albums, a timeline, etc.
    • Paperless-ngx - Document management system, saves me a ton of paper hoarding, and makes everything easily searchable with OCR.
    • Syncthing - Simple file synchronization between my devices, on my terms. Doesn’t share data with big tech companies about my files, and hooks up extremely fast P2P connections that beat cloud-based services by a long shot.
    • Metube & Seal - Simple interfaces for downloading with yt-dlp, can download from YouTube, but also many other sites. Doesn’t spam you with popup ads or junk redirects like those “youtube downloader” type sites. Seal is my favorite of the two, but is only on Android.
    • Image Toolbox - Insanely feature-packed app for doing practically anything you could want to an image. Converting formats, clearing EXIF data, removing backgrounds, feature-packed editing, OCR, convert to SVG, create color palettes, converting PDFs to images, decode and encode Base64 to and from images, extract frames from gifs, encrypt & decrypt files, make zip files, and a lot more. All local.
    • Rustdesk - No-nonsense remote desktop, tons of features, simple file transfer, cross-platform compatibility, and P2P communication without needing a third party server if you so choose.
    • LibreOffice - Essentially everything you’d get with Office 365 (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) but without the $150 price point. Compatible with the same file formats, and has the same functionality.
    • Cashew - Feature rich financial app for budgeting, tracking purchases, saving for goals, etc. Doesn’t have automatic import, but I find that manually putting every transaction in keeps me aware of my spending much better than before, so for me it’s quite worth it. Install directly from the APK, or use on web though. The version on the app stores has some features locked behind a paywall.
    • Linkwarden - Bookmark manager with cross-platform support, a web interface, automatic tagging, automatic archiving of any saved links in multiple formats, collaborative sharing capabilities, and more. It’s free, but you can also pay $3/mo if you want them to host it for you.

    Edit: And Umbrel (on Raspberry Pi) if you want to host things more easily. Basically just a much more hands-off, user-friendly docker for people who don’t want to tinker as much.

    Edit 2: Non-FOSS, but Obsidian is the best note taking app I’ve ever used. Great selection of community-made plugins (which are FOSS) for additional functionality, and all notes are in standard cross-software-compatible Markdown. No locked-in proprietary formats.

      • PlexSheep@infosec.pub
        3·
        7 days ago

        It’s good, but it does not allow for a free file structure. Used it for months but now back to obsidian. Also plugins

        • ArchRecord@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Plugins are also keeping me on Obsidian as opposed to using LogSeq, but I’m essentially keeping it in my back pocket as a “fire exit” in the case of Obsidian enshittifying, since of course all Obsidian notes are in markdown and cross-compatible.

    • Not a replicant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      7 days ago

      Some of your data flows through Syncthing servers (but I agree that’s a great product, I use it myself) LibreOffice works for entry-level users, but it does not have the same functionality as MSOffice. And the UI sucks as much as MSOffice.

    • dishpanman@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Syncthing is awesome for home devices backups like phone pictures and videos and computer documents that can be version controlled. I also use Local Send app to share files between phones and computers in the house.

    • Vinstaal0@lemmy.world
      5·
      7 days ago

      You can buy office separately these days again. Not sure if Libreoffice is feature complete these days, but last time I tried it, it was missing a lot of the more advanced featureslike Solver/Powerquery/certain advanced formulas.

      I recommend it for everybody and if it is not for you, you wil realise it in a couple of minutes of working with it if you are a oower user

    • Samsy@lemmy.ml
      41·
      7 days ago

      I use near the same stuff. But I don’t like these all-in-one centers like umbrel and Casa. I simply use dockge.

      And happy cake day.

  • Nerandza@lemmy.world
    46·
    6 days ago

    New pipe, I didn’t see anyone mentioned it

    Besides, I use Linux, Organic maps, Signal, VLC, KDE on daily basis and THANK YOU good people on internet for making my life happier!

  • omxxi@feddit.orgEnglish
    891·
    7 days ago

    firefox

    considering the big monopoly of chrome based is not really free, it’s paid by google or microsoft mining user data

    • omxxi@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Yes, google pay for being the default search engine, but that doesn’t mean they collect your information. And even better, there are also Firefox forks security oriented.

  • John@discuss.tchncs.de
    22·
    6 days ago

    Home Assistant, not only an App but it changed the way i look at IoT/Smarthome and in that way it brings me a lot of comfort.