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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Swiping library and keyboard.

Yousician or similar entertaining musician motivator. One that has scoring or analysis, specifically. Not just a video/backing track player.

Some kind of buy/sell/auction/freecycle system service/app/front-end that isn't evil and it's simple enough for normos to use so it gets critical mass and makes it easy to buy/sell/give/recycle stuff locally.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

HeliBoard. Swype library must be downloaded and currently only working ones are closed source but the keyboard itself is open source and amazing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I've just switched this week from SwiftKey, which was the best keyboard I have ever used. Made the switch just to abandon a piece of proprietary software, but oh boy... HeliBoard has way exceeded my expectations!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

FlorisBoard (at least the beta) is getting there (swiped on FlorisBoard), though it's not quite there yet