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--- articles:open_source_software_alternatives [2025/06/05 14:41] – ipek
+++ articles:open_source_software_alternatives [2025/11/18 09:40] (current) – wgp
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 Here we have a list of software for different purposes that are (mostly) Open Source (and mostly free).
-**Software for Creative & Design Purposes:**
+====Software for Creative & Design Purposes:====
-  * [[https://krita.org/en/|Krita]] -  Free and open-source raster graphics editor ~ equivalent of Photoshop, or more for illustration and animation
   * [[https://www.gimp.org|Gimp]] - Free & Open Source Image Editor ~ equivalent of Photoshop
+  * [[https://krita.org/en/|Krita]] -  Free and open-source raster graphics editor ~ equivalent of Photoshop, or more for illustration and animation
   * [[https://www.scribus.net/downloads/|Scribus]] - Libre Desktop Publishing ~ equivalent of InDesign
   * [[https://kdenlive.org/en/|Kdenlive]] - Free and open-source video editing software
-  * [[https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve|DaVinci Resolve]] - Video Editing Software (not open source, but available for Linux)
+  * [[https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve|DaVinci Resolve]] - Video Editing Software (not open source, but available for Linux as freeware)
-**Social Media Alternatives:**
+====Social Media Alternatives:====
- * [[https://joinmastodon.org|Mastodon]] - Microblogging ~ equivalent of Twitter. Have a look at the instances and choose what suits you best, rather than choosing the social.mastodon
+  * [[https://joinmastodon.org|Mastodon]] - Microblogging ~ equivalent of Twitter. Have a look at the instances and choose what suits you best, rather than choosing mastodon.social
   * [[https://pixelfed.org|Pixelfed]] - Image sharing app ~ equivalent of Instagram
-**Video Publishing:**
+====Video Publishing:====
   * [[https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/|Hyper8]] - Static Website generator for video publishing, instead of Vimeo and Youtube
-**Music Publishing:**
+====Music Publishing:====
   * [[https://mirlo.space/|Mirlo]] - Music Sharing Platform instead of Spotify and Bandcamp
   * [[https://jam.coop/|Jam Co-op]] - Music Sharing Platform
-**Newsletter Alternatives:**
+====Newsletter Alternatives:====
   * [[https://listmonk.app/?ref=openalternative|Listmonk]] - Self-hosted Newsletter
-**Text Editor**
+====Text Editor====
   * [[https://www.sublimetext.com/|Sublime Text]]
-**FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and Cloud Storage Browser**
+====FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and Cloud Storage Browser====
-  * [[https://cyberduck.io|Cyberduck]]
+  * [[https://cyberduck.io|Cyberduck]] (for Mac and Windows, and for Linux as command line interface)
-**Static Web Site Builder**
+====Static Web Site Builder====
   * [[https://gohugo.io/|Hugo]]
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   * [[https://jekyllrb.com/|Jekyll]]
-**Self-hosted Cloud Suite**
+====Peer-to-peer file synchronization application====
+  * [[https://syncthing.net/|Syncthing]]
+====Self-hosted Cloud Suite====
   * [[https://nextcloud.com/|Nextcloud]]
-**Hosting Options**
+====Hosting Options====
   * [[https://cloudcannon.com/|Cloud Cannon]]
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   * [[https://www.netlify.com/|Netlify]] (free, but not open source)
-**CMS - Content Management System**
+====CMS - Content Management System====
   * [[https://tina.io/|Tina]]
-**Digital Publishing Tools/Platforms**
+====Digital Publishing Tools/Platforms====
-  * [[https://writefreely.org/|Write Freely]] can be self-hosted and used for blogging, it has a (RSS) feed and can be published to fediverse.
+  * [[https://writefreely.org/|Write Freely]] can be self-hosted and used for blogging, it has an RSS feed and can be published to Fediverse.
-**Note Taking**
+====Note Taking====
-  * [[https://joplinapp.org|Joplin]] Can be self-hosted to use it across devices
+  * [[https://joplinapp.org|Joplin]] - Can be self-hosted to use it across devices
-  * [[https://cryptpad.fr|Cryptpad]] Online pad and online form (instead of Google Forms)
+  * [[https://cryptpad.fr|Cryptpad]] - Online pad and online form (instead of Google Forms)
-  * [[https://www.bookstackapp.com/|Book Stack]] Collaborative note taking tool that can be self-hosted (actually a Wiki software)
+  * [[https://www.bookstackapp.com/|BookStack]] - A wiki software that can be used as a self-hosted collaborative note taking tool
+  * [[https://www.collaboraonline.com/|Collabora Office]] - Collaborative note taking tool
+  * [[https://onlyoffice.com/|Only Office]] - Collaborative note taking tool
+  * [[https://obsidian.md/|Obsidian]] - Note taking software with some nice advanced features (proprietary freemium software)
-**Peer-to-peer File Sharing**
+====Peer-to-peer File Sharing====
   * [[https://www.slsknet.org/news/|Soulseek]] - P2P file sharing, mostly for music
-**RSS**
+====RSS====
   * [[https://freshrss.org/index.html|Fresh RSS]] - Free, self-hostable feed aggregator
-**Ad-blocking**
+====Ad-blocking====
   * [[https://pi-hole.net/|Pi-hole]] - Network-wide ad and tracker blocking
-**Self-hosted Book Tracker instead of Goodreads**
+====Self-hosted Book Tracker instead of Goodreads====
   * [[https://github.com/bayang/jelu/|Jelu]]
-**Other tools**
+====Other tools====
    *[[https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet?tab=readme-ov-file|Flying Carpet]] - Cross-platform AirDrop alternative
+   *[[https://letterbird.co/|Letterbird]] - Contact form creating tool