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| Here we have a list of software for different purposes that are (mostly) Open Source (and mostly free). | |
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| **Software for creative & design purposes:** | |
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| * [[https://krita.org/en/|Krita]] - Free and open-source raster graphics editor ~ equivalent of Photoshop | |
| * [[https://www.gimp.org|Gimp]] - The Free & Open Source Image Editor ~ equivalent of Photoshop | |
| * [[https://www.scribus.net/downloads/|Scribus]] - Libre Desktop Publishing ~ equivalent of InDesign | |
| * [[https://www.scribus.net/downloads/|Kdenlive]] - Free and open-source video editing software | |
| * [[https://kdenlive.org/en/|DaVinci Resolve]] - Video Editing Software (not open source, but available for Linux) | |
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| **Social media alternatives:** | |
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| * [[https://pixelfed.org|Pixelfed]] - Image sharing app ~ equivalent of Instagram | |
| * [[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 | |
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| **Newsletter Alternatives:** | |
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| * [[https://listmonk.app/?ref=openalternative|Listmonk]] - Self-hosted Newsletter | |
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| **Text Editor** | |
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| * [[https://www.sublimetext.com/|Sublime Text]] | |
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| **FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and Cloud Storage Browser** | |
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| * [[https://cyberduck.io|Cyberduck]] | |
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| **Static Web Site Builder** | |
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| * [[https://gohugo.io/|Hugo]] | |
| * [[https://www.11ty.dev/|11ty]] | |
| * [[https://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.5.0/|Pelican]] | |
| * [[https://jekyllrb.com/|Jekyll]] | |
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| **Cloud Suite** | |
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| * [[https://nextcloud.com/|Nextcloud]] | |
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| **Hosting Options** | |
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| * [[https://cloudcannon.com/|Cloud Cannon]] | |
| * [[https://docs.codeberg.org/codeberg-pages/|Codeberg Pages]] | |
| * [[https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/|Gitlab Pages]] | |
| * [[https://www.netlify.com/|Netlify]] (free, but not open source) | |
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| **CMS - Content Management System** | |
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| * [[https://tina.io/|Tina]] | |
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| **Note Taking** | |
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| * [[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://www.bookstackapp.com/|Book Stack]] Collaborative note taking tool that can be self-hosted (actually a Wiki software) | |
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| **Peer-to-peer File Sharing** | |
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| * [[https://www.slsknet.org/news/|Soulseek]] - P2P file sharing, mostly for music | |
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| **RSS** | |
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| * [[https://freshrss.org/index.html|Fresh RSS]] - Free, self-hostable feed aggregator | |
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| **Ad-blocking** | |
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| * [[https://pi-hole.net/|Pi-hole]] - Network-wide ad and tracker blocking | |
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