Opensource
- arstechnica.com I, too, installed an open source garage door opener, and am loving it
There’s more than one garage opener with a not-quite-open ecosystem. That’s why an Ars writer installed an OpenGarage unit.
> There’s more than one garage opener with a not-quite-open ecosystem. That’s why an Ars writer installed an OpenGarage unit.
- www.tomshardware.com Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades
The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26156649 > The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.
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Which period/pregnancy/reproductive health tracking app do you recommend?
A friend was asking, and it would be nice to have one or two to recommend.
Bonus if it's on Google Play in addition to Fdroid, but not necessary.
Some recommendations in these threads:
- https://lemmy.ca/comment/12756204
- https://lemmy.ca/post/32878118
Some discussion on apps (including non-FOSS) here:
- https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/categories/reproductive-health/
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Leading Recommendation from the comments
The leading recommendation seems to be Drip (bloodyhealth.gitlab.io)
Summarizing what people shared:
- accessible: it is on F-droid, Google Play, & iOS App Store
- does not allow any third-party tracking
- the project got support from "PrototypeFund & Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Superrr Lab and Mozilla"
- Listed features:
- "Your data, your choice: Everything you enter stays on your device"
- "Not another cute, pink app: drip is designed with gender inclusivity in mind."
- "Your body is not a black box: drip is transparent in its calculations and encourages you to think for yourself."
- "Track what you like: Just your period, or detect your fertility using the symptothermal method."
Their Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@dripapp
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Logseq - A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base
logseq.com A privacy-first, open-source knowledge baseA privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.
> A privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration.
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Prototype Fund grant applications now open
> Apply with your ideas for innovative open source software in the public interest! You will receive up to €95,000 over six months or €158,000 over ten months of funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research. We will also provide you with coaching, consulting and networking opportunities.
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This month in Servo: faster fonts, fetches, and flexbox!
servo.org This month in Servo: faster fonts, fetches, and flexbox! - Servo, the embeddable, independent, memory-safe, modular, parallel web rendering enginePlus initial SubtleCrypto support, CSS size keywords, and OpenHarmony nightlies.
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Graph89 is an emulator targeting the Android platform for TI89, TI89T, TI92, TI92+, V200, TI84+, TI84+SE, TI83, TI83+ and TI83+SE calculators.
github.com GitHub - eanema/graph89: A fork of Graph89 with UI and UX tweaks and fixes for modern Android versions. Graph89 is an emulator targeting the Android platform for TI89, TI89T, TI92, TI92+, V200, TI84+, TI84+SE, TI83, TI83+ and TI83+SE calculators.A fork of Graph89 with UI and UX tweaks and fixes for modern Android versions. Graph89 is an emulator targeting the Android platform for TI89, TI89T, TI92, TI92+, V200, TI84+, TI84+SE, TI83, TI83+ ...
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47013032
> Visit F-Droid to See Screenshot: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.eanema.graph89/
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Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support - Ars Technica
arstechnica.com Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the supportCan you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple’s home apps all at once?
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ListenBrainz passes the 1 billion listens mark!
cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/23557305
> Allow me to spread the word about ListenBrainz, the occasion being that ListenBrainz now stores over 1 billion entries of listening data from it's users. ListenBrainz is a FOSS project that aims to crowdsource listening data and release it under an open license. Basically it’s Last.fm but better. > > Whatever you use to listen to music, you can probably link it up with ListenBrainz. For instance you can connect Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Last.fm. You can link it up with loads of music players. If you’ve kept track of your what music you’ve listened to up to this point, don’t worry, there are several ways to import them into ListenBrainz. > > All ListenBrainz listening data is available for all to use. This means that we don't need to rely on big companies like Spotify for recommendation algorithms. We can use whatever algorithm suits us best. All sorts of other services could be build to make use of the ListenBrainz data set. The dataset can also help analyze other services' algorithms, for instance the Fair MusE project uses LB-data and LB-users to investigate the fairness of different music service algorithms. > > Obviously ListenBrainz initially suffered from being a comparatively small service, For good recommendations you need loads of data. But it's growing every day and I feel like the 1 billion listens is an impressive milestone. And ListenBrainz has the advantage of having listening data from several services, Spotify could never recommend you music that's not on Spotify. ListenBrainz, because it's open, doesn't have such inherent blindspots. > > I am not working for ListenBrainz in any way, I just really like this project as well as MusicBrainz, and I like to spread the word. I think the aims of the ListenBrainz probably align with some Fediverse-folks. If you don't care about the service itself, you could still link up to support FOSS music services, not only LB itself, but other services that are, can and will be built using LB's data. If you use another service to store your own listening data, for instance Last.fm, you could use ListenBrainz as a backup for you data in case the other sevice ever enshittifies. Note: you shouldn't sign up if you want your listening data to be private, that's not what LB is for. I care very much about privacy, but in the case of LB I consciously choose to share my music listening data with others for my own benefit. > > Curious to hear peoples thought on all this.
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A solution to facilitate the writing and execution of E2E tests understandable by any human
github.com GitHub - e2e-test-quest/uuv: Solution to facilitate the writing and execution of E2E tests understandable by any humanSolution to facilitate the writing and execution of E2E tests understandable by any human - e2e-test-quest/uuv
Discovering your application by usecase validation. Make test writing fast, understandable by any human understanding English or French. Open source under MIT license.
- www.theregister.com Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3
Open source tool chooses to become more open than ever
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21666337
> >Bitwarden isn't going proprietary after all. The company has changed its license terms once again – but this time, it has switched the license of its software development kit from its own homegrown one to version three of the GPL instead. > > > >The move comes just weeks after we reported that it wasn't strictly FOSS any more. At the time, the company claimed that this was just a mistake in how it packaged up its software, saying on Twitter: > > > >>It seems like a packaging bug was misunderstood as something more, and the team plans to resolve it. Bitwarden remains committed to the open source licensing model in place for years, along with retaining a fully featured free version for individual users. > > > >Now it's followed through on this. A GitHub commit entitled "Improve licensing language" changes the licensing on the company's SDK from its own license to the unmodified GPL3. > > > >Previously, if you removed the internal SDK, it was no longer possible to build the publicly available source code without errors. Now the publicly available SDK is GPL3 and you can get and build the whole thing.
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Browser extension that makes it easier to add co-authors when merging GitHub PRs.
github.com GitHub - delucis/better-github-coauthors: Add co-author credits for PR participants with easeAdd co-author credits for PR participants with ease - delucis/better-github-coauthors
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Contribute network location data to get location everywhere without sattelites!
tux.social Rhababerbarbar (@[email protected])Wie geht einfache schnelle Standortbestimmung überall,, auch in Gebäuden und ohne Satteliten? Hier hilft #NLP (network location position), also Standortbestimmung ohne #GPS oder #AGPS Mithilfe von Datenbanken kann dein Handy dir so sagen, wo du bist, aufgrund von umliegenden Mobilfunktürmen, WLan...
Opensource geodata of celltowers, wifis and bluetooth beacons is crucial.
It allows apps like UnifiedNLP to give the OS the location data it needs, without relying on GPS Sattelites.
GPS can be tampered with, and A-GPS is not privacy friendly at all.
UnifiedNLP is only found included in microG, which is pretty insecure.
But GrapheneOS devs are working on a regular user app that serves network location data, using Apple, Apple (proxied) or a local BeaconDB database!
BeaconDB is a new service to replace MozillaLocationServices which has shut down unfortunately.
Apps like TowerCollector dont yet support it, but NeoStumbler does, and also has more advanced features.
Collect network info in your region, and in the future you (and everyone else using it) dont need GPS anymore!
(You can also use the screenshots in that mastodon thread as reference)
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Dittofeed - open-source messaging automation platform. Low-code email editor, user segmentation, drag-&-drop journey config
github.com GitHub - dittofeed/dittofeed: Open-source customer engagement. Automate transactional and marketing messages across email, SMS, mobile push, WhatsApp, Slack, and more 📨Open-source customer engagement. Automate transactional and marketing messages across email, SMS, mobile push, WhatsApp, Slack, and more 📨 - dittofeed/dittofeed
Hi all, we’re building an open-source, self-hostable alternative to platforms like Klaviyo, Braze, and Mailchimp.
The core functionality of the platform includes a user segmentation builder, low-code email template editor, and low-code drag-and-drop journey builder for creating automated messaging workflows. Right now, fully supported channels are email, SMS, and webhook, with mobile push under development.
Link to repo: https://github.com/dittofeed/dittofeed
If you need any help with deploying an instance, reach out on Discord! https://discord.gg/HajPkCG4Mm
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Read the contents of the "Open Source AI Definition 1.0", released by OSI yesterday
definition: https://opensource.org/ai/open-source-ai-definition
endorsements: https://opensource.org/ai/endorsements
In particular, which tools meet the requirements and which ones don't:
> As part of our validation and testing of the OSAID, the volunteers checked whether the Definition could be used to evaluate if AI systems provided the freedoms expected. > - The list of models that passed the Validation phase are: Pythia (Eleuther AI), OLMo (AI2), Amber and CrystalCoder (LLM360) and T5 (Google). > - There are a couple of others that were analyzed and would probably pass if they changed their licenses/legal terms: BLOOM (BigScience), Starcoder2 (BigCode), Falcon (TII). > - Those that have been analyzed and don't pass because they lack required components and/or their legal agreements are incompatible with the Open Source principles: Llama2 (Meta), Grok (X/Twitter), Phi-2 (Microsoft), Mixtral (Mistral). > > These results should be seen as part of the definitional process, a learning moment, they're not certifications of any kind. OSI will continue to validate only legal documents, and will not validate or review individual AI systems, just as it does not validate or review software projects.
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Omnivore is joining ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io Omnivore joins ElevenLabs | ElevenLabsElevenLabs, the leading AI Audio company, has announced that the team behind Omnivore, a popular iOS reader app, has joined the company.
well then.
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Flutter has been forked to Flock
flutterfoundation.dev We're forking Flutter. This is why.The Flutter team has a labor shortage. We're forking Flutter so that the community can accelerate Flutter's development.
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ChartDB - open-source database diagram visualization tool
Hi all, I’m one of the creators of ChartDB.
Free and open-source database diagrams editor, visualize and design your DB with a single query. This database diagram tool is similar to traditional ones you can find: dbeaver, dbdiagram, drawsql, etc.
https://github.com/chartdb/chartdb
Key Features:
- Instant schema import with just one query.
- AI-powered export to generate DDL scripts for easy database migration.
- Supports multiple database types: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Mssql, ClickHouse and more.
- Customizable ER diagrams to visualize your database structure.
- Fully open-source and easy to self-host.
Tech Stack:
- React + TypeScript
- Vite
- ReactFlow
- Shadcn-ui
- Dexie.js
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Whisk 3D is a 100% Libre Blender Clone for old Nokia N95 Devices
github.com GitHub - Dante-Leoncini/Whisk3D: Whisk 3D (ex Blendersito) es un Clon 100% libre de blenderWhisk 3D (ex Blendersito) es un Clon 100% libre de blender - Dante-Leoncini/Whisk3D
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/45968395
> Here's Showcase > > Not useful for us but very interesting. > > Some part of Readme is in spanish.
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The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source
www.theregister.com The open secret of open washingAllowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone
- www.theregister.com SF ads call out tech firms for not paying for open source
Puts Chief Tightwad Officers on notice
- www.theverge.com Google open-sourced its watermarking tool for AI-generated text
It’s available via Google’s Responsible Generative AI Toolkit.
> It’s available via Google’s Responsible Generative AI Toolkit.
Repo: https://github.com/google-deepmind/synthid-text
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Syncthing Android app discontinued
forum.syncthing.net Discontinuing syncthing-androidUnfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version. Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenan...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21070831
> Announcement by the creator: > https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002 > > > Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version. > > > Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes. > > > Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app! >
- github.com Desktop version 2024.10.0 is no longer free software · Issue #11611 · bitwarden/clients
Pull request #10974 introduces the @bitwarden/sdk-internal dependency which is needed to build the desktop client. The dependency contains a licence statement which contains the following clause: Y...
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draw.io no longer open source since August 27, 2024
github.com License Change from standard Apache 2.0 license · jgraph drawio · Discussion #4623From today the license applied to the project will be the Apache 2.0 license with an extra line forbidding usage of the codebase as an integration or app to Atlassian's Confluence or Jira products....
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Fossify Launcher just got released
github.com GitHub - FossifyOrg/Launcher: A practical and customizable launcher for launching your favorite apps easily.A practical and customizable launcher for launching your favorite apps easily. - FossifyOrg/Launcher
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21509416
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Launching Blacklight Query, a Tool to Scan Websites for Privacy at Scale
themarkup.org Launching Blacklight Query, a Tool to Scan Websites for Privacy at Scale – The MarkupInspect batches of websites for user-tracking tech with our new open-source command-line tool
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/24631766 > Inspect batches of websites for user-tracking tech with our new open-source command-line tool
Repo: https://github.com/the-markup/blacklight-query
- stallman-report.org The Stallman report
October 14th, 2024 Richard Stallman (aka “RMS”) is the founder of GNU and the Free Software Foundation and present-day voting member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) board of directors and “Chief GNUisance” of the GNU project. He is responsible for innumerable contributions to the free software...
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Inkscape 1.4 released
inkscape.org Inkscape launches version 1.4, with powerful new accessible and customizable features | InkscapeAfter months of waiting, we are finally ready to unbox the latest version of Inkscape... meet 1.4, the Geek edition, where accessibility and customization reign. Inkscape project developers, most of them volunteer contributors from countries around the world, have been plugging away behind the scen...
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Rustdesk No security audit, not even in roadmap
it is a concern to me because there is no plan to do security audit despite people asked about ti in the past.
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/8392
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/4968
Not in their roadmap
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/918
people had concerns about the company:
https://www.reddit.com/r/rustdesk/comments/11nu94y/is_rustdesk_a_scam/
As HN: RustDesk Installs Chinese Root Certificates
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39256493
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Ventoy Update
github.com [issue]: Remove BLOBs from the source tree · Issue #2795 · ventoy/VentoyWhat happened? Due to the recent XZ-Utils drama I checked the code and I'm appalled. There are more BLOBS than source code. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/tree/3f65f0ef03e4aebcd14f233ca808a4f8946...
cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/15186261
> Dear community, > > I hope this message finds you well. I want to take a moment to address the concerns raised in Issue #2795 regarding the BLOB functionality in our app. First and foremost, I sincerely apologize for any confusion or frustration this may have caused. I was on vacation during this time, and I understand that my absence may have contributed to the lack of clarity surrounding this issue. > > The BLOB feature is an important aspect of our app, and I recognize that the documentation surrounding it has not been as clear as it should be. I appreciate your patience as we work through these challenges, and I want to assure you that I am fully committed to resolving this matter. > > As I return to work, I will prioritize updating the documentation to provide a comprehensive understanding of how the BLOB functionality works. I will also investigate the specific concerns raised in Issue #2795 to ensure that any underlying issues are addressed promptly. > > Your trust in our software is paramount, and I am dedicated to regaining any confidence that may have been affected by this situation. I am confident that, with your continued support and feedback, we can enhance the app and provide a better experience for all users. > > Thank you for your understanding and for being a part of our community. I look forward to sharing updates with you soon as we work towards improving our app and its documentation. > > Warm regards, > longpanda
- github.com Release v0.7.1 · AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy
Release Notes Version 0.7.1 - 07/10/2024 New Features Copy link to share and open it in a browser Enable the ability to edit the page title within the body of the document Filter by last modified,...
What it is, for those unfamiliar
> AppFlowy is an open-source alternative to Notion
If you're unfamiliar with Notion, it is a collaboration/productivity tool. The layout is different, and generally you can make different item types / databases to organize information.
AppFlowy is opensource with options for selfhosting
> New Features > > - Copy link to share and open it in a browser > - Enable the ability to edit the page title within the body of the document > - Filter by last modified, created at, or a date range > - Allow customization of database property icons > - Support CTRL/CMD+X to delete the current line when the selection is collapsed in the document > - Support window tiling on macOS > - Add filters to grid views on mobile > - Create and manage workspaces on mobile > - Automatically convert property types for imported CSV files
- www.tomshardware.com OBS cuts the cord on Kepler GPU NVENC support — version 31.0.0 Beta 1 no longer works with GTX 600 and GTX 700 GPU hardware encoders
If you want to encode on these very old GPUs, you must use an older OBS version.
> If you want to encode on these very old GPUs, you must use an older OBS version.
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🛹 🍦 "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream", the story is now available as a animated movie.
media.fsfe.org Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice CreamThe famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wan...
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/3587110
> "The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan. > > This animated movie tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology. > > An Open Educational Resource that inspires children to tinker and create technology." > > via @[email protected]
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Omni: A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox.
github.com GitHub - AkaneFoundation/Omni: A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox.A useful and handy android minimalist toolbox. Contribute to AkaneFoundation/Omni development by creating an account on GitHub.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44352094
> Features > * Up-to-date material 3 design > * Lightweight, no spyware or bloat > * Compass with latitude & longitude > * Spirit Level > * Ruler > * Strength adjustable flashlight > * Barometer (WIP) > * Coin flipper (WIP) > > Izzy-On-Droid