Thinking about building an open-source multi-business form & marketing system — feedback or collaborators welcome

Hey everyone,

I’m in the idea stage of designing an open-source system that could run on a server or mini-PC and support multiple businesses with their own logins.

Here’s the concept:

A custom form builder for small businesses to create check-in or data-collection forms (with fields like name, phone number, signature, etc.).

When a customer enters their name and phone number, the system checks the database:

If they already exist and it’s been fewer than X days (configurable), it shows a quick end message and logs the visit.

If not, it displays the full form to complete.


Completed forms automatically generate a PDF and optionally save to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or a personal server.

On the backend, each business can manage multiple forms.

I also want to add a marketing module to send SMS or email reminders — for example, follow-ups to customers who haven’t checked in for X days, or periodic promotional messages.


This is still just a concept I’m planning to start — mainly because a family member’s small business needs something like this that’s self-hosted, affordable, and flexible.

If anyone has feedback, technical suggestions, or wants to collaborate, I’d really appreciate it. Also, if there’s already something similar out there, please share — I’d rather build on top of existing tools than reinvent the wheel.

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For anyone who wants to contribute but doesn't know where to start.
https://github.com/matvix90/ai-robo-advisor

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A great video on the importance of Open Source
https://youtu.be/F7iLfuci75Y

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Self‑hosted meeting trannoscription bots (Microsoft Teams + Google Meet): private deployment, data governance, and our OSS architecture (Apache‑2.0)

I wanted to share what I've been building for the past year and why it might matter to the open‑source community. Meeting notetakers like Otter, Fireflies, and Recall send your company's conversations to their cloud. No self‑host option. No data sovereignty. An API‑first, open‑source, microservice‑based, scalable stack is the natural response here. Notetakers are shiny UI products—not what tech teams need. What's needed is a simple API, not another interface.

What I built: An open‑source meeting trannoscription stack (Apache‑2.0) that you can fully self‑host. Send a bot to Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, stream trannoscripts in real time, and keep everything on your infrastructure. It's a data access layer you can feed into AI—without third‑party servers touching your meetings.

**The journey so far:**

I shipped v0.1 back in April 2025—Google Meet only, and within days the #1 request was Microsoft Teams support.

The problem wasn't just "add Teams." The bot architecture was Meet‑specific. I couldn't bolt Teams onto that without creating a maintenance nightmare.

So I rebuilt it from scratch to be platform‑agnostic—one bot system with platform‑specific heuristics. Whether you point it at Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, it just works.

Then in August, I launched a hosted service (for folks who want the easy path). That's when reality hit. Real‑world usage patterns I hadn't anticipated:

* **Predictable bot behavior and orphan bots:** bots missing leave signals, sitting in "ghost mode," needing cleanup
* **Trannoscription model parameter tuning:** scaling without noticeable quality or latency drops (segment length, VAD thresholds, beam/temperature)
* **API validation and limits:** so misuse can't break pipelines (schemas, string/size caps, rate limits)

I spent the last few weeks hardening the system for v0.6. Today it scales well—clean dashboards, no user‑reported surprises—and the same codebase powers private deployments.

**Today, v0.6 is live:**

\- Microsoft Teams + Google Meet support (one API, two platforms)
\- Real‑time trannoscript streaming (data access layer for AI)
\- Apache‑2.0 licensed (fully open source)

Meeting trannoscripts never leave your infrastructure, so companies are starting to build internal tools for internal meetings management on top of the stack.

**Technical details for the curious:**

* **ASR model:** Whisper (open source, open weights) runs locally. Choose tiny for first run on Mac/Windows; up to large‑v3 on GPU for quality.
* **Architecture:** Microservices (Python/FastAPI + TypeScript bot), all Dockerized
* **Deployment:** One command `make all` on GCP/AWS GPU node or on‑prem (deployment guide in repo)
* **License:** Apache‑2.0 (permissive, commercial‑friendly)

Whisper can also translate in real time if you set output language different from spoken—niche but neat.

[https://github.com/Vexa-ai/vexa](https://github.com/Vexa-ai/vexa)

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Why So Many Open Source Developers Feel Like Frauds

Imposter syndrome is surprisingly common among open source developers, and most feel "not good enough" or are afraid of being criticized. Why should this be so rampant in open source? Are there things that we can do to normalize learning and failure so that we build a more welcoming space?

Let's discuss what works to deal with these feelings, such as prioritizing incremental progress, rewarding small wins, and capitalizing on peer support.

https://redd.it/1o0iq06
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lanparty with iroh (hamachi clone)

Just created release builds for iroh-lan which is a full hamachi clone.

An ephemeral layer 3 network is created sending TCP, UDP and ICMP packages over the iroh quic p2p direct connections. No servers in the loop. Bootstrapping and finding other nodes that entered the network name+password combo via the Bittorrent mainline DHT.


The idea is a no-install hamachi clone without accounts or network creation.

1. start the app

2. enter a network name and password

3. wait for peers to join and see their ip addresses displayed


IP-range: 172.22.x.x

Screenshots:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustonbsd/iroh-lan/refs/heads/main/media/ui/1\_lobby.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustonbsd/iroh-lan/refs/heads/main/media/ui/3\_acquiring\_ip.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustonbsd/iroh-lan/refs/heads/main/media/ui/5\_network\_running.png


More on the Github page



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Free self hosted bookmark manager with powerful organisation and clean UI
https://github.com/denho/faved

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What is your "to go" voip solution?

I am looking for an open-source solution for Voip or SIP phone for a small business.
The idea is to have two phones at the front desk and around 15 SIP phone or similar for the employee.

Is it a complexe solution to put in place?

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Giving Developers Full Control Over GPU Software Stacks

Imagination Technologies has upstreamed a fully functional PowerVR Vulkan driver to Mesa. Part of the commitment to providing true software independence for developers and partners in open-source.
Learn about the open-source journey: https://blog.imaginationtech.com/open-source-graphics-driver-adds-vulkan-1.2-support-and-additional-gpus

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Looking for an Open Source IDE that does NOT have AI integration.

I'm not even sure this exists. I can't even find an IDE that doesn't advertise itself as AI vibe coding no-coding bullshit, but I do not trust that spyware bullshit. Every term I can think of to search for IDEs without AI integration comes up with specifically IDEs marketed as AI powered. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. At this rate Notepad might be the last remaining bastion of non-surveilled coding

https://redd.it/1o0qhoy
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activist: a free, open-source, privacy-focused platform for organizing actions
https://activist.org/

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Anyone going to All Things Open Next Week?

All Things Open is one of the largest open-source conferences in the US. Anyone going?

Some really cool speakers and events (and quite a few after parties)

https://2025.allthingsopen.org/

I'll be there with the rest of the r/llamafarm team (we are local, so we're happy to give recommendations, etc.). Would love to get together with other teams or folks if you are going.



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Should I Trust Open Source Apps for Privacy?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been looking for an open-source alternative to Manus and came across quite a few options. But it got me thinking, how safe are these projects for privacy?

I don’t really understand coding, and I can’t imagine that the average community member combs through the entire codebase to verify privacy practices. So how can I be sure that my data isn’t being collected, stored, or potentially breached when I grant permissions to such apps?

Do you trust open-source apps with your data? How do you personally verify their privacy standards?


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Is there a OS that supports my galaxy tab A Sm-t510

As noscript. I want to install a FOSS OS on my tablet as performance has started to backslide and I'd like to play around with it. Any suggestions for what officially (prefered) or unoffically, supports my device?

https://redd.it/1o12psj
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Looking for Free & Open Source Adobe Commerce B2B Alternative

Hi all

I’m seeking a free, open source alternative to Adobe Commerce for a B2B eCommerce project. Key features I need include:

* Company accounts with multiple users
* Custom pricing/catalogs per customer
* Quote requests & price negotiation
* Bulk ordering & quick order forms
* Strong API support

Adobe Commerce offers these, but is too expensive for my needs. I’ve seen options like OroCommerce, Bagisto, and Saleor any thoughts or experiences using them for B2B?

Thanks

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Tesseract OCR

I have downloaded tesseract OCR from github but my code keeps failing saying that I don't have the tesseract.exe file.

Any solutions?

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Null Fake: Detect fake Amazon product reviews
https://github.com/stardothosting/nullfake

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Built a Discord bot to track standup attendance because spreadsheets are for people with patience

Our team does daily standups in Discord. Every week someone asks "who's been skipping?" and I'd check my spreadsheet like it's 2010.

So I built Sir Standsalot - a bot that tracks voice channel attendance automatically and accepts async updates for people who think 9 AM is a war crime.

Does the boring stuff:

* Tracks who shows up to voice standups
* Reads async updates (Yesterday:/Today: format)
* Generates reports without passive-aggressive commentary (unfortunately)

Why the weird name? Team joke. The monocle was non-negotiable.

Open source, Python, works with Docker. Turns out I'm not the only one who hates attendance admin work.

GitHub: [Sir-Standsalot](https://github.com/tsensei/Sir-Standsalot)

If you're manually tracking Discord standup attendance, this might save you 10 minutes a week. Which you'll probably spend on Reddit anyway.

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Anyone using Aiven for managed open source?

Just found out about Aiven, here's the link if you want to visit it AIVEN.IO, they run open-source stuff like Postgres, Kafka, Redis, and ClickHouse as managed services across AWS/GCP/Azure. They even have a “bring your own cloud account” option. Curious if anyone here has tried it, how’s the performance and cost compared to just using RDS/BigQuery/etc.?

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I built RemoveMD.com – a google extension to clean up your files before them posting on social media.

Hey, do you remember me? I'm working on a small side project called RemoveMD — a privacy tool that lets you remove private data leaks from your files. This idea is not very original, but I wanted to create something open source, easy to use, and modern. After releasing the website and the local version, I’m now happy to announce that the RemoveMD Chrome extension is finally available
It allows you to access the tool directly from your browser, so you can clean your files before sharing them online — quickly, privately, and for free. RemoveMD is fully open source, with a local version you can host yourself (available on GitHub) — with no limitations and no ads.
As always, there are no ads, and accounts are completely anonymous — created from a hash, with no email required, and you can make as many as you want.

You can find the new Chrome extension here:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/icpfcjlnmldjmanbnhdpmcpmkdhndgij?utm\_source=item-share-cb

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samber/lo v1.52.0 — now supports Go 1.23's iterators!
https://github.com/samber/lo/releases/tag/v1.52.0

https://redd.it/1o1bxy7
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