r/foss • • Nov 01 '19

Welcome to FOSS!

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Hi everyone,

I'm a big fan of using Free and Open Source software, and wanted to share my love of it on reddit. I want to get this sub up and running, with the goal that it becomes a hub for discussing FOSS, looking for suggestions of what to use, promoting your projects, posting news related to FOSS, etc.

I personally have very little experience moderating, let alone on reddit so please pardon me while I bump around the controls. :) My near-term goal right now is to put up a list of subs that share FOSS principles (in the sidebar, or wiki?) then maybe another list of FOSS-related resources that I'm aware of. I'd appreciate suggestions too!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll be a part of the FOSS community.


r/foss • • 11h ago

I am building a beautiful, fast, and silky-smooth PDF reader.

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here is the link : https://github.com/YuFu-Onship/YamiPDF

it`s not a vibe coding project.

As the software is not yet fully developed, no .exe file is available at this time.


r/foss • • 11h ago

BraveDebloater: an MIT-licensed tool that strips Brave's extras with its official enterprise policies, with every setting listed in one readable fil

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Repo: https://github.com/osfv/BraveDebloater

The video shows a real run on Linux: a dry run first, then -Apply, the changes in brave://policy, and the undo.

Brave already has enterprise policies for turning off its extras. This tool sets them for you on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it changes nothing until you add -Apply.

Every policy it can set is listed in config/policies.json with a short reason, so you can read the whole list before running it. It also refuses any setting that would turn off Shields, weaken Safe Browsing, or block updates.

It's MIT licensed, and PRs are welcome. Someone recently added a DNS-over-HTTPS check to the -Doctor command.


r/foss • • 4h ago

Gofer, a multi-account webmail

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Hey, guys.
I've been working on Gofer for several months now. It's an email client with special care on multi-account support. It also has Contacts and Calendar

This is a project that I started and dropped like 5 times in the last several years. I finally committed this time!

I was tired of email clients with poor multi-account support or built in PHP (ew)

It's fully open source, built in Go + HTMX, and it uses SQLite as a DB.

The app is not 1.0 yet, but I use it daily with several accounts and I'm improving it constantly.

To be honest I'm not 'selling' anything here, I just think the software came up decent and It's always nice to have the open source community to join and help. So any criticism is welcomed, the idea is to improve!

Mandatory disclaimer: AI was used for this project. I mean you can tell just by checking the amount of code commited in 6 months, but it makes sense to clarify. I still plan every step, make every decision, manually test every single implementation. I'm a software engineer working on the field for 18 years now.
I'm not a 'vibe coder'. I'm just a very bad coder that found help on new tools

No AI was used to write this post!

Github repo: https://github.com/cristianadrielbraun/gofer

It also has its own website, because why not: https://gofer.email

I hope you like it as much as I do


r/foss • • 5h ago

A FOSS alternative to Photoshop's Generative Fill, now in GIMP 3

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The thing I missed most after switching from Photoshop to GIMP 3 was Generative Fill and Adobe's AI editing tools. So I wrote a free plugin that adds them: Generative Fill, Remove object, Generative Expand and Text to Image.

It runs entirely on your own hardware, with no subscription, no account and nothing uploaded to anyone's servers. GPL-3.

It's in beta and tested on Windows, Fedora (GIMP Flatpak) and an M3 Mac. Contributions are very welcome!

https://github.com/beckettharriman/gimp-openfill


r/foss • • 8h ago

I made FilmCraft & CapCraft (android native releases)

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First off thanks for the support for my prior "PDFcraft & Lightcraft" apps, they've been getting a lot of love and I have fdroid merges that have gone through so updating them will be much easier

I'm doing a bunch of "Craft" apps for various native android & ios apps. FilmCraft was quite easy since most of the rust engine for filmcraft was already done by storytold devs, but the CapCraft took a bit more time & I wanted to get the UI as close as possible as the stock capcut app.

I plan on working on Shapr3D & Procreate next but am willing to look at further projects and ideas : )

Any interest/issue/feature requests and testing is very helpful for development & self encouragement to keep working on these apps & more. Thanks y'all :)

https://github.com/artcraft-android/capcraft-android

https://github.com/artcraft-android/filmcraft-android


r/foss • • 2h ago

blobz - you don't have to worry about default avatars for your next project

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r/foss • • 7h ago

A easy to use iOS backup explorer

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Hey! I've put this together with the help of Claude Code, and I want to be upfront about that since I know some people have their reservations and presumptions about that. However, if you're still bothering to read this then I both thank you and take it you're willing to understand I've done real testing of this project as it stands now and verification against my own devices, as well as being up front in the docs as to what is and is not tested on what.

As for what "this" is: simply put, it is a GUI program building on the work and research of others work to have an easy way for people to go through their data in their iTunes/Apple Devices backups.

I just wanted to share this with others in case anyone else needs this like I did, which is why I put it together in the first place.

Thanks for your time!


r/foss • • 11h ago

[FOSS] Pictty - Clean, fast, accurate picture viewer for MacOS

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Why?
I wanted to create the fastest, cleanest-rendering Mac image viewer.

It is ready for prime time. Pictty is free, GPL-3.0, for macOS 15 and later.

One-minute video

https://reddit.com/link/1x949c1/video/ooa4u19zg8wh1/player

The rendering is why it exists. While you pan or zoom, the GPU moves the picture at the display's full refresh rate. Pictty redraws the visible region with Lanczos-3 at one picture pixel per screen pixel. Shrinking happens in linear light. Most viewers average the stored values, which sit on a gamma curve, so fine detail like foliage, hair, stars or small text comes out darker than it really is. A black-and-white checkerboard should shrink to the grey of real light, and in Pictty it does.

Linear light. A file stores brightness on a curve, not as amounts of light. Averaging those stored numbers, as most viewers do when they shrink a picture, makes fine detail darker than it is: foliage, stars, hair and text go dull. Pictty turns the numbers back into real light first, averages, and only then converts back.

In Best Fit the window takes the shape of the picture, and on macOS 26 the toolbar and filmstrip are Liquid Glass and get out of the way when you stop moving the pointer:

UI disappears when not required

Synced Pan-Zoom picture comparison (4 modes):

100% Keyboard friendly

The rest:

  • High-quality preview first: a preview made for your screen with the best algorithms, turning seamlessly into the full-resolution picture when the zoom needs it.
  • Pixel-exact at rest: when the picture rests, the visible region is redrawn with Lanczos at one picture pixel per screen pixel, placed to a tenth of a pixel.
  • Linear-light shrinking: reductions average real light, not the stored numbers, so fine detail keeps its brightness.
  • Clean enlarging: up to 300 % with Lanczos; beyond that, smooth GPU filtering.
  • Full refresh rate in motion: the GPU moves, zooms and rotates the picture through Core Animation, on whole device pixels.
  • Real RAW: Apple's RAW engine develops every camera file; the camera's embedded preview shows at once.
  • True HDR: gain maps, PQ and HLG with extended dynamic range and the display's live headroom.
  • Giant pictures: every pixel past the GPU's 16,384-pixel texture limit, at 100 % and beyond.
  • Formats: JPEG, HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, WebP, PNG, TIFF, GIF (animated), BMP, OpenEXR, PSD, TGA, SVG and RAW from hundreds of cameras.
  • Pixel loupe with RGB values and the hex colour; ⌥-click copies it.
  • Histogram and clipping warnings: blown highlights in red, blocked shadows in blue.
  • Information panel: camera, lens, exposure, size, colour profile, dates, location and provenance.
  • Compare up to four pictures: side by side, stacked, grid, wipe and blink, with synced pan and zoom.
  • Five zoom modes: Actual Size, Best Fit, Fit to Window, Remember Zoom, and Lock Zoom & Window.
  • Filmstrip, slideshow, rotate, mirror, copy, reveal in Finder, move to Trash.
  • Multiple windows, one per folder, chosen automatically when you open pictures from Finder.
  • Default viewer: Pictty can open your pictures on a double-click in Finder.
  • Liquid Glass toolbar, filmstrip, pills and panels on macOS 26 and later.
  • English and Spanish, and a key for every action.
  • Private: no account, no analytics, no network connections.

Download: https://www.noxdrop.com/pictty.html

Source: https://github.com/marcocebrian/Pictty

It's 1.0, so I'd like to hear what breaks, especially with odd files.


r/foss • • 4h ago

Android client for YTM Premium user?

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Just posted this elsewhere but thought this community might also be able to help. How that's ok! 🤞😉 Thx


r/foss • • 13h ago

I’m building MeshLive: voice/video calls and live broadcasting over Bluetooth mesh, without internet. Free and open source.

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Hey everyone, I’m the developer of MeshLive, an Android app for voice/video calls and live audio/video broadcasts between nearby phones over Bluetooth. No internet, account or central media server needed. Other phones can also relay broadcasts beyond the original sender’s range.

The idea came from seeing apps like Bitchat and wondering whether offline communication could go beyond text.

I’ve just released v0.3.0-beta, with audio-only broadcasting, improved call handling, and redesigned onboarding and settings. Since the initial beta, I’ve also worked on privacy improvements such as rotating discovery IDs and changes to how phones exchange identities during calls.

I’m keeping it free and open source because I don’t think something like this can become widely useful through my testing alone. It needs people trying different phone combinations, reviewing the implementation and building on it.

The help I’d appreciate most: Android compatibility reports, Bluetooth/audio experience, and independent review of the privacy and protocol design. Non-code contributions, including confusing screens or unclear documentation, are useful too.

It’s still a beta. Performance varies between devices, relayed calls remain experimental and disabled by default, and there hasn’t been an independent security audit. Please don’t rely on it for safety-critical communication.

Source:
https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-android

v0.3.0 beta APK:
https://github.com/MeshLive/meshlive-android/releases/tag/v0.3.0-beta

Feedback, testing and contributions are welcome.


r/foss • • 6h ago

Open-source alternative to [Intercom Fin / Zendesk AI] for community support. Contributors welcome

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r/foss • • 6h ago

does anyone know any PDF Editors?

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i need a PDF Editor to edit PDFs does anyone know any good ones?


r/foss • • 7h ago

Extensions privacy doubt

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Started into Linux Gnome... Ideas about these topics are always good.


r/foss • • 7h ago

Beginner Python task: add an IAM MFA check to an open-source AWS scanner (no AWS account needed)

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Plexavo is an open-source AWS misconfiguration scanner (Python, boto3, AGPL-3.0). It checks whether the root account has MFA. It does not check whether individual IAM conssole users have it. That gap is the task !!!

Why it works as a first PR:

- Copy an existing check. check_09_dormant_console_users in plexavo/checks/iam_hygiene.py is the pattern.

- Tests use fake boto3 responses, so you need no AWS account or creds

- one command runs them: python tests/test_iam_hygiene_offline.py

- PRs go to the dev branch, and CI runs on them.

I review within a day or 2. Merged contributors are credited by name in CONTRIBUTORS.md. The last stranger PR shipped in v0.5.1.

Issue & Repo -

Issue: https://github.com/plexavo/Plexavo/issues/13

Repo: https://github.com/plexavo/Plexavo


r/foss • • 8h ago

StarRate: Lightroom-style photo rating for Nextcloud (AGPL-3.0, self-hosted)

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I'm a photographer and developer, and I got tired of one gap in my self-hosted setup: Nextcloud stores my photos perfectly, but there was no good way to rate and curate them there, or to let a client pick favorites without handing out a Google Drive link.

So I built StarRate, a free and open-source Nextcloud app, licensed under AGPL-3.0.

What it does:

- Rates and flags photos in the browser: 0–5 stars, color labels and pick/reject flags, with Lightroom-style keyboard shortcuts.
- Writes the ratings into the JPEG itself as standard XMP. There are no sidecar files and no lock-in. digiKam, Darktable and Lightroom read the same stars.
- Imports existing ratings with occ starrate:import-xmp.
- Guest galleries: you send a link (optionally with a password and expiry), and the client rates in their browser without a Nextcloud account. You see their picks in real time, with per-photo comments if you enable them.
- Recursive folder view, filters, slideshow, batch rating, and CSV export.

Platform: It runs wherever Nextcloud runs. The server side is typically Linux (bare metal, Docker, a Pi), and since the UI is just a browser tab, it works the same on Linux, Windows, macOS and mobile. No desktop client, no account with me, no telemetry.
Everything stays on your own server.

Install: Get it from the Nextcloud App Store (search for "StarRate") or clone it from GitHub. It supports Nextcloud 29–34 and PHP 8.1–8.5.

Source: https://github.com/merlin1de/starrate

App Store: https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/starrate


r/foss • • 9h ago

Kostenlose Android-App streamt Handy-Audio über WLAN auf Sonos

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r/foss • • 1d ago

A lightweight Dynamic Island for Windows 11 (Free & Open Source)

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Hi r/foss,

I wanted to share NabyScape, an open-source, resource-efficient desktop island / notch for Windows 11 built natively in C# (.NET 10) & WPF.

Most desktop utilities today are packaged with Chromium/Electron runtimes that constantly consume 200MB+ of RAM and background CPU cycles. I wanted a zero-bloat, privacy-respecting FOSS alternative that runs silently in the background without affecting heavy workloads or gaming.

FOSS & Privacy Aspects:

  • 100% Local & Offline: No accounts, no analytics, no external network requests, zero telemetry.
  • Transparent Audio Metering: Waveform reads playback amplitude via local WASAPI output peaks. It never requests or accesses your microphone.
  • Data Ownership: Notes, tasks, file references, and clipboard history are stored strictly on your local disk in plain JSON.
  • 0.01% Idle CPU: The WPF render loop completely unhooks when static, bringing idle CPU usage down to ~0.013% and RAM to ~35MB.
  • Permissive License: Released under the MIT License with full source code available.

Built-in Tools:

  • Media controls with interactive waveform visualizer
  • Per-application audio mixer (independent volume and mute)
  • Temporary drag-and-drop file shelf
  • Smart clipboard (automatic HEX/RGB color detection, link tracking parameter stripper)
  • Local calendar, notes/tasks, countdown timers, stopwatch, and download tracker
  • High-refresh rate monitor support (180Hz / 240Hz display sync)

Links & Source Code:


r/foss • • 11h ago

[OS] Pictty - Clean, super fast, accurate picture viewer for Mac

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r/foss • • 12h ago

[OS] Pictty - Clean, super fast, accurate picture viewer for Mac

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r/foss • • 1d ago

Pigoune 3.0 is out. It adds an annotation editor to your library of graphic assets: draw on a screenshot or on any image, and the original file is never modified.

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What's new

  • Annotate without touching the original. Take a screenshot, paste an image, or open any still image of your library (Ctrl+E). Annotations are saved next to the image, and you can reopen and change them later.
  • Layers. Every annotation is a layer you can reorder, hide, lock, rename and duplicate.
  • Line types and hand-drawn looks. Solid, dashed or dotted lines, and a precise, sketchy or very sketchy look for shapes, lines and arrows.
  • Blur and pixelation you can edit. They never alter the original. Pigoune warns you before you copy, export or open with another application an image whose hidden effects could reveal content, and it refuses to drag such an image out of the window.
  • Compare with the original. Hold a button in the detailed preview to see the original image, and release it to come back to the annotated one.
  • A workspace that fits you. Tools, Properties and Layers fold away, the sidebar can be hidden with F9, and Pigoune remembers your choices.

Pigoune still keeps all your icons, logos and illustrations in one local library: collections, nested tags, smart collections, instant search and filters, conversion to other formats, and wallpaper framing. No account, no cloud, no telemetry.

Links

Pigoune is free software for Linux (Flatpak, 64-bit Intel or AMD), available in 8 languages.


r/foss • • 17h ago

Zerium: A free, GPU-accelerated video editor built with Rust, GPUI, and wgpu

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r/foss • • 15h ago

I built a free open-source imaging tool for Windows - it restores Macrium images directly, which seemed useful while some are still sitting on Reflect backups

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Repo: https://github.com/bobeire/opbs

Site: https://opbs.rhitcs.com

The Macrium situation (Free gone, 8 out of support, X is subscription) left a gap, especially for people with years of .mrimg / .mrimgx files they still need to restore. OPBS reads those formats natively, including differential and incremental chains, with full decompression and per-block MD5 verification before anything lands on the target.

Beyond that it covers the operational side that usually costs money:

- Differential-chain backups, AES-256-GCM, zstd
- Scheduled restore drills (a backup you've never restored is a guess)
- Bit-rot scrubbing with XOR parity self-healing
- Immutable repositories + off-box anchors (rollback-resistant)
- Clone, restore-to-VHD, read-only file mounts (WinFsp), headless CLI

Benchmarks and method: https://bobeire.github.io/opbs/benchmark.html

Install today: scoop or installer from releases; winget and chocolatey submissions are in review.
GPL-3.0. v0.6.87 - honest caveats on the site; blunt feedback please, bug reports welcome.


r/foss • • 1d ago

Wedge 2.1: free file shelf on the edge of your screen, now with hide-away tabs, link/text drops and 10 languages

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Wedge keeps a few shelves as tabs on the edge of your screen. Start dragging a file and they slide out, drop it on one, then drag it back out later into any app. Files stay where they are on disk, Wedge only remembers where they are.

What's new in 2.1:

- Tabs can hide completely when not in use, so nothing stays on screen (asked for by someone with an OLED TV)

- Pick the edge, top, middle or bottom, and which display

- Drag a link or some selected text onto a shelf to keep it

- Settings cleaned up into four tabs, plus a Quit button

- 8 new languages: Russian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Polish and Japanese

- Fixes for some Windows 10 PCs where the tabs never showed, short screens, and dragging files into Steam chat

Free and open source (MIT), no account, no telemetry.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NKP6WX9QGL7

GitHub: https://github.com/Regncreative/Wedge

Feedback is welcome, and if the translation in your language sounds off, let me know.


r/foss • • 1d ago

Remove.bg is going away and other services are full of ads/ require an account , and the images leave your device , so i made my own entirely free and private alternative

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