Reviews Tagged “FLOSS”
- Alpine Linux ★★★★★ Lightweight Linux distribution with modern capabilities and smooth package management despite its low resource requirements. Good for small cloud servers, old hardware, Raspberry Pi, etc.
- DAVx5 ★★★★★ Background app that syncs your non-Google cloud accounts with your Android system calendars and contacts.
- FeatherPad ★★★★★ A lightweight, fast, stable, and capable text editor for Linux.
- Floccus Bookmarks Sync ★★★★★ Very flexible, syncs across many different desktop browsers and mobile devices, and for privacy it can run on your own server or encrypted on another cloud service.
- GoToSocial ★★★★☆ A lightweight Fediverse server, with a clean web interface for viewing public posts. Compatible with Mastodon apps and interacts with other ActivityPub platforms.
- Jellyfin ★★★★★ Great for playing music across my local network, doesn't phone home to a cloud or try to upsell subscriptions.
- K-9 Email ★★★★☆ Classic email app for Android: No frills, no ads, no tracking. Supports multiple accounts, phone-to-tablet layouts, and dark mode.
- KeePass Password Managers ★★★★★ KeePassXC, its browser extension, and KeePass2Android are a nice, clean set of apps to manage your passwords on your OWN desktop and mobile devices, auto-fill websites and apps, and sync over your own server or cloud provider.
- KeePass2Android ★★★★★ Nice, clean interface to a KeePass2 database with auto-fill support for both websites and apps and seamless syncing over your own server or the cloud of your choice.
- Liferea ★★★★☆ A nice, lightweight feed reader for Linux that does the basics.
- Manyverse ★★★★☆ Takes the pain out of setting up and running SSB. Unfortunately it doesn't overcome SSB's inherent challenges of discovery, data size or multiple devices. (So far?)
- Mastodon – Simplified Federation ★★★★★ A Firefox add-on that automatically opens remote Mastodon users or posts in your home server when you interact with them.
- NetNewsWire ★★★★★ Clean, stable, fast, free, no-clutter and no-nonsense RSS/Atom newsfeed reader for macOS and iOS.
- NewsFlash ★★★★★ Clean, stable, fast, free, no-clutter and no-nonsense RSS/Atom newsfeed reader for Linux that optionally syncs with multiple services.
- Nextcloud Notes ★★★★★ Simpler than Google Keep, more private, with human-readable data that syncs quickly and cleanly with your devices.
- OpenTasks ★★★★★ Simple to-do list that works great with a Nextcloud server.
- StreetComplete ★★★★★ StreetComplete is an easy way to contribute to OpenStreetMap on the go, as a beginner, or both from your Android phone.
- Tusky for Mastodon ★★★★★ Impressed at how smoothly the app works, especially with multiple accounts.
- Vespucci (App) ★★★★☆ Vespucci is a powerful editor for OpenStreetMap on Android that can handle just about anything, though the learning curve is steep.