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ElPussyKangaroo @lemdro.id

12mo ago

Need a list of FOSS alternatives

Haven't seen any on here yet... Would love it if someone could do this...

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https://codeberg.org/RayJW/awesome-foss
Watch out for "awesome" lists.
- Hey that's so cool!!! I never thought I'd see my list posted around :)
  Is it just the name you're wary of or is there something you'd like me to change about it? I'm still working on it when I find new things or stuff changes but I mostly ran out of categories I have knowledge of :(
  
  I think they mean "watch out" as in "keep an eye out for" rather than "be careful of".
  On a different note I love that you have Pulsar on there :), I'm one of the team working on it so its always nice to see it mentioned in places.
  
  Some additions to the list you might consider:
  Password Managers
  Strongbox (Mac/iOS)
  Messengers:
  SimpleX
  Browsers:
  Mullvad Browser
- Oh that's awesome! I have had Awesome Windows lists before but hadn't stumbled across one on Codeberg yet. Nice.

https://alternativeto.net/
- Is there a FOSS alternative to this site?
  
  Probably the Free Software Directory.

Can you be more specific. Alternatives for what? One time list or would you want and expect it to be constantly updated? By whom?
This list and many others like it, may be what you're looking for.

A few days ago the megathread was released

This is my list, maybe it will be useful. :)
github.com/Psyhackological/AAA
codeberg.org/Psyhackological/AAA
- Interesting. I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks!

https://alternativeto.net The was a discussion about adding something similar to the sidebar, but mods never responded, so this question will keep coming up

You ahould explain a little more what you want . If you wanf foss android app alternitives i would suggest going to fdroid and searching for what you want.
- Hi. I haven't been able to edit the post yet since Eternity doesn't allow editing posts as of yet... But my point is that a good Foss alternative to an existing app goes a long way...
  Like a lot of the Fossify tools for example.

So someone already mentioned this, but there is this list I maintain on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/RayJW/awesome-foss
There is also this website which is pretty neat if you're searching for an alternative for a specific software: https://www.opensourcealternative.to/

- Privacyguides is not in line with foss. They have a couple of bad recommendstions in this regard
  
  Which ones do you think are bad recommendations?
- I think I heard that this website once recommended Opera as a private browser...
  
  Privacytools may have, but not privacy guides. They are community driven and you can contribute easily. Most (if not all) of their categories' criteria require open source

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