What software do you use for forms?

For me, shareable forms are a necessary, important and constantly needed tool. Instead of constantly working with PDFs or (God forbid) Word documents, a form that can be called up in the web browser would be the very best solution. If, in addition to a database, it could also flow into a table (as with Google Sheets / Forms), even better. Grist: only a rudimentary form system, Wordpress as well, https://www.opendesk.eu/de probably via Nextcloud plugins or similar, which is also not so great.

How do you do that? Always build yourself in html with extra backend? Or is there a good opensource solution that I missed?

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Feedback Needed Free Thermal/Label Printer Tool - Only tested with virtual printers

Hey folks! Built a WPF app for printing receipts/labels to any Windows printer. Uses HTML-like formatting with special tags for alignment, tables, bold text, etc.

The catch: I only have virtual printers to test with. Need folks with real thermal/label printers to test compatibility.

Tech:
- .NET WPF
- Windows Print API
- MIT license
- 38 stars so far

Looking for testers with:
- Thermal printers (58mm, 80mm)
- Label printers (Zebra, Dymo, TSC, Argox)
- POS printers
- Even regular printers

Download: https://github.com/BeratARPA/HTML-Thermal-Printer/releases/download/V1.0.3/Html-Thermal-Printer.zip

Repo: https://github.com/BeratARPA/HTML-Thermal-Printer

Please test and let me know your printer model + results. Thanks! 🙏

https://redd.it/1okzzqb
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Is China’s Open Source AI Race Changing the Global Tech Landscape in 2025?

I just read an eye-opening article about how China is aggressively pushing open source AI development — faster than many expected — and what it could mean for innovation, global competition, and the AI market overall.

Some key takeaways:

* China’s focus on open sourcing AI models is accelerating adoption and innovation domestically
* This shift could disrupt the US and Europe’s traditional AI leadership, especially in key sectors like healthcare, finance, and manufacturing
* Open source also means more collaboration but raises questions about security and ethical oversight

What do you think? Could China’s open source AI initiatives reshape the global AI race? How should companies outside China respond to stay competitive and innovative?

Would love to hear your insights or experiences related to open source AI, especially in emerging markets.

Check out the full article here: [https://niftytechfinds.com/china-open-source-ai-race-2025/](https://niftytechfinds.com/china-open-source-ai-race-2025/)



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🧠 New Open-Source Tool: git-recently

🧠 New Open-Source Tool: `git-recently`



Tired of running multiple Git commands just to check what you’ve recently modified?

Now you can instantly list your latest unstaged or untracked Git files — right from your terminal 👇



```bash

git recent

```



⚡ What it does:



\- Shows your most recently modified files (unstaged + untracked)

\- Sorted by time (newest first)

\- Clean, colorized output

\- Works everywhere: Linux, macOS, WSL, and Git Bash



🧩 Install in one line:



```bash

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/barhouum7/git-recently/master/install.sh | bash

```



📦 Uninstall:



```bash

bash uninstall.sh

```



🧱 Built entirely with Bash + Git

🔗 Open-source on GitHub → github.com/barhouum7/git-recently ↗

🔗 Demo → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZynN\_iFDIY ↗



⭐ Star it if you find it useful — feedback & contributions are welcome!

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LockedIn - Open source browser extension to block YouTube distractions

Hey gang,

I built a browser extension to combat YouTube's addictive design patterns and decided to open source it.

Project: LockedIn
Repo: https://github.com/KartikHalkunde/LockedIn-YT
License: Open Source
Tech: JavaScript, Manifest V3

What it does:
Gives users granular control over YouTube's UI elements - hide Shorts, recommendations, autoplay, comments, etc. Everything is toggle-based from the extension popup.

Why I built it:
YouTube's algorithm is incredibly effective at keeping people engaged (trapped?). I wanted a clean, privacy-focused way to use YouTube intentionally.

Key features:
- 11 customizable toggles
- Zero data collection (all local)
- Lightweight (no performance impact)
- Works on Firefox & Edge
- Clean, modern UI

Looking for:
- Code reviews (especially around manifest V3 best practices)
- Feature suggestions
- Bug reports
- Contributors welcome!

Live:
- Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/lockedin-yt/
- Edge: https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/hibjbjgfbmhpiaapeccnfddnpabnlklj
- Website: https://kartikhalkunde.github.io/LockedIn-YT

Would love feedback from y'all. What would you add/change?

https://redd.it/1ol22dr
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Have you ever wanted to have your video card chat with your MikroTik Router? Now you can! I present apehost mikrotik-controller
https://github.com/JungleM0nkey/apehost-mikrotik-controller

https://redd.it/1ol83o4
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Built an opensource sandbox to run agents/untrusted code
https://github.com/BinSquare/ERA

https://redd.it/1ola3hn
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launching my new side project pipedash today - a desktop app for managing multiple ci/cd pipelines.

ideally we'd just use one ci/cd platform for everything and this wouldn't need to exist. but most of us deal with multiple platforms and i kept forgetting which pipeline was where. got tired of it so i built this.

it's new and still rough around the edges, so bugs will happen... if you run into any, just open an issue. drop a star if it helps :D

https://github.com/hcavarsan/pipedash

https://redd.it/1olbbu7
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Run LLM Locally for better privacy, Here is list of 50 Open Source LLM and PC Requirements

Here’s a complete list of 50+ open-source LLMs you can run on your own PC — with detailed RAM, SSD, and GPU/VRAM requirements for each model size.
Find out what your hardware can handle and start using AI offline today. Help me add more into the list.

https://niftytechfinds.com/local-opensource-llm-hardware-guide/

https://redd.it/1olei3f
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Is homeostatic optimization the way of the future?

https://github.com/CognitAIn/TEOREPO

We spend decades optimizing for more—more performance, more power, more speed.
But what if stability itself is the higher form of intelligence?

I just published a public research framework exploring that idea:
EcoCode / TEO — Homeostatic Computing through Δ + 1 Harmonic Control.

It’s an open, fully timestamped experiment that treats computation as a living system:

Each process self-regulates under feedback, like biological homeostasis.

Power, heat, and latency are balanced dynamically.

The math behind it looks surprisingly biological.


The full discovery, source, and benchmarks are live on GitHub:
🔗 https://github.com/CognitAIn/TEOREPO

Curious how others see this — is equilibrium the next phase of optimization?


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Donation - suggestion

Hi All,
I have an open source project with around 500 stars that is growing, and I would like to know how is your experience with Giving and Receiving donation.

Till now I never requested donation for my project because more or less I was covered by the HW / VM that I already have or at least with small expense. And also because I'm scared from the taxation burocracy :D


Now I would like to buy a dedicated workstation to run as a sever for doing testing on my project and I'm wondering if donation system, for a small but growing project, could help in this expense (I'm around 2k€).

About doing donation, I'm making donation monthly. I usually decide a small but emerging project that I appreciate, and I try to donate 50€, sometimes less dependign from the period.

What do you think? would you like to share your experience in both the sitatuon?

Important: this is not spam, I dind't activated any donation system till now, I'm just curios to know how donation is perceived from the comunity.

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Protocol-Lattice/lattice-code: new agentic tui
https://github.com/Protocol-Lattice/lattice-code

https://redd.it/1ollpui
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Free Podlite Desktop Editor 0.6.1 is out! (MIT license)

# Podlite Desktop Editor 0.6.1 is out!

Just released a new version of Podlite Desktop Editor - a free markup editor that works with Podlite markup language.

# What's Podlite markup language?

Think of it as Markdown++. All your standard Markdown works, but you can also add Mermaid diagrams, React components, rich media, and interactive blocks.
It's block-oriented, so everything stays clean and readable.

# What's new in 0.6.1

Rebuilt the editor from scratch with updated libraries. Here's what changed:

* Syntax highlighting that actually works well
* Inline formatting: `B<bold>`, `I<italic>`, `C<code>`, `L<links>`, `O<strikethrough>`
* Click links with Cmd/Ctrl to open them
* Link to other files with `file:` schema - they open in new windows
* Text search (finally!)
* Fixed a bunch of window resize bugs
* macOS Tahoe support

You can toggle between half-screen and full-screen preview with keyboard shortcuts.

# Download

Available free on all platforms:

* Github releases: [https://github.com/podlite/podlite-desktop/releases](https://github.com/podlite/podlite-desktop/releases)
* Microsoft Store, Snap Store, Mac App Store

Try the web version first if you want: [https://pod6.in](https://pod6.in)

Full details: [https://podlite.org/2025/11/1/1/podlite-desktop-editor-0-6-1-release](https://podlite.org/2025/11/1/1/podlite-desktop-editor-0-6-1-release)

Source code: [https://github.com/podlite/podlite-desktop](https://github.com/podlite/podlite-desktop)

thank you

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PinkRain 2.0 is live on the AppStore - Giving away 15 free promo codes
https://github.com/rudi-q/pinkrain_health_journal

https://redd.it/1oloj1v
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We are building a fully open source non profit peer-to-peer selfhosted reddit alternative on IPFS
https://github.com/plebbit/seedit

https://redd.it/1olq0zl
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ShareMounter (SMB) for MacOS

Hi everyone,
I built an open-source macOS app that lets you easily mount SMB shares. The app automatically reconnects shares after a connection drop and you can also manually mount and unmount them.

I hope you’ll find it useful as a simple alternative to other paid apps.

If you have any suggestions for improvements or if there’s a feature you’d like me to add, feel free to let me know. You can find the project on my github:

https://github.com/KeepCoolCH/ShareMounter

The compiled app is also available for direct download there. Have fun!

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A definitive list of open source

https://github.com/mustbeperfect/definitive-opensource

I built this list is to consolidate the "best" open source projects in a scalable manner - and by best I mean well-maintained and relatively popular. The problem I found with most other lists is that they included many abandoned projects, partly because of the smaller projects they also included. As someone who was trying to replace everything proprietary with open source, this clutter really frustrated me.

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against small projects, but I wanted a list of projects that had momentum behind them and weren't just some selfhosted web app someone made in a day, even if technically, it had a completed feature set.

I've tried to accomplish this by automating all of the tedious parts of maintaining a list. Python noscripts generate the README, and maintenance noscripts checks for formatting errors in the JSON files, update stats from the Github api, and also check whether projects are potentially abandoned based on last commit date or if they were archived.

These results are outputted to md files with humans having the final say for whether projects are added or removed.

I'm very happy with where this last has gotten as I feel it's very comprehensive now. Feedback and contributions are appreciated as this list is, in itself, open source!

https://redd.it/1olt000
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Seed7 - The Extensible Programming Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgzNLgtypVs

https://redd.it/1olsqhx
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Building an open source headless CMS - heavily inspired by Sanity Studio (Made in Svelte Kit)
https://getaphex.com/

https://redd.it/1olvuul
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'contributing.md' but video, for people trying to make their first contributions to open source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v8Jp0FcUf0

https://redd.it/1olozoz
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LyteNyte Grid, our open source React data grid, now plays nice with Shadcn/UI + Tailwind

Hey everyone, 

The team at 1771 Technologies has been working up something great for the shadcn/ui and React communities. We're excited to share that LyteNyte Grid, our high-performance React data grid, is now available directly via the shadcn/ui registry.  

# Fast shadcn/ui Setup, Simple Integration

LyteNyte Grid is a headless (or pre-styled) React data grid compatible with Tailwind. It’s designed for flexibility and massive scale. We've added native themes for shadcn/ui (both light and dark), using shadcn/ui's own Tailwind token system. For developers, that means:

No extra styling layers to manage.
If you update your theme tokens, the grid updates automatically.
It looks and feels like a natural extension of your shadcn/ui app.

You can install it using the standard shadcn/ui command and get up and running in minutes. Check out our [installation with shadcn guide](https://www.1771technologies.com/docs/intro-installation-shadcn) for more details or simply run:

npx shadcn@latest add @lytenyte/lytenyte-core

# Built For All LyteNyte Grid Users

The new Shadcn themes are part of our open-source Core edition, which, at only 36kb (gzipped), already offers powerful features for free, such as:

Row grouping
Master-detail rows
Data aggregation

So, if you're building dashboards, admin panels, or internal tools and want them to feel native to shadcn/ui, LyteNyte Grid takes care of the heavy lifting so you can focus on features, not plumbing.

# And Shoutout…

Big thank you to everyone in the React and web development community who has supported our project so far. Our roadmap is stacked with new features we are working on implementing. Your support has meant everything to us. As always, we are keen to hear your feedback.

If you're interested in LyteNyte Grid, check out our demo. Or, if you prefer a deeper technical look, all our code is available on GitHub. Feel free to drop us a star, suggest improvements, or share your thoughts.

# TDLR

LyteNyte Grid is now available via the shadcn/ui registry. We’ve built two new shadcn/ui themes (Light and Dark), that you can set up and begin using in minutes.

https://redd.it/1olzckg
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