I need some feedback from you skilled opensource folks...

I need some feedback from you skilled r/opensource folks. As I approach retirement, subnoscription-based services need to go. I’ve been an Adobe Photoshop user since1.0 and addicted to Creative Cloud and my Mac.

 Here is my thought process on switching over to free or one time purchase. If you could share your thoughts and experience, I would greatly appreciate it.

Adobe Photoshop – Affinity Photo / Photopea

Adobe After Effects – Blender / Natron

Adobe Premiere - DaVinci Resolve

Adobe Lightroom – ON1 / Darktable

Adobe Acrobat – PDF Expert

Word – Google Docs

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🧮 [Project] Simple Open-Source C++ CLI Calculator – Contributors Welcome!
https://github.com/Benedek553/cli-calculator

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How to Keep Android Open
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hh5n3IqocPQ&si=2Xbj567AWKwFgaU8

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Could a “Discord-like” client be built on top of Matrix or XMPP, or perhaps even both?

I personally don’t have the technical knowledge, time, or energy to take on something like this — but I was curious:

Since Matrix, XMPP, etc. already support most (if not all) of the features that Discord offers — text, voice, video, threads, bots, roles, federation, etc. — would it theoretically be possible to just replicate Discord’s UI and UX and build it on top of the Matrix or XMPP protocol instead of starting from scratch?

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I mean, sure, there’d be some challenges with existing third-party clients, like

**Matrix:**

Element X,

Nheko,

Cinny,

FluffyChat,

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**XMPP:**

Aparté

AstraChat XMPP Client

aTalk

Beagle IM

Bruno

Chat-O-Matic

Chatty

Conversations

Cheogram Android

but if developers and users agreed to focus on a stack — say, Matrix, XMPP, or both — couldn’t there a “Discord-like” ecosystem of compatible apps and communities?

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Basically: could an open-source “Discord alternative” be built using Matrix or XMPP as the backend rather than trying to reinvent the wheel?

What are the technical or social barriers to doing that?

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Opensource File Conversion Webserver (Alternative to Convertio, CloudConvert...)

My Self-Hostable File Converter Webserver is quite stable now: https://github.com/LoredCast/filewizard

It also supports OCR, Trannoscription and Text to Speech.

It supports almost any format I can think of (400+).

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CLI to easily find files using natural language

Semantic search with grep is impossible.

So I built Odino, a CLI that actually understands your files.

It’s perfect for AI agents and Cloud Code but also great as a companion to grep.
Grep finds text. Odino finds meaning.

What it does:

• Scans your files and builds semantic embeddings
• Uses the Embedding Gemma 300M model
• Lets AI agents call semantic queries directly
• Works locally through a simple Python CLI
• Fully open source and ready for contributions

https://github.com/cesp99/odino

Open to feedback, issues, and pull requests.

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Why hasn't anyone replaced the telephone network for something more open sourced?

It's fairly straightforward to do.

Every device gets a 15 digit number, which is a decimal digest of their hashed public key.

A signed IP:port message is stored in a chord system.

Then 2 devices connect via UDP hole-punching.

Because the number is decimal based, it's backwards compatible with all older telephony systems.

The advantages are that telephone networks belong to the people, because nobody owns huge portions of phone numbers. There are no central servers. And, with LAN discovery, there's no need to connect everyone to the outside world for it to work.

Signing certificates can be issued to validate legitimate calls from SPAM. Signing authorities needed.

You could literally turn a Raspberry Pi into a phone with a numpad and headset.

If you break the stream into channels, you could support data and texting. Take turns sending chunks from different channels.

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Designing a Zero Trust architecture: open-source tools to secure every layer
https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/20-open-source-tools-for-zero-trust-architecture

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Project Management Tool update

I have been working on a suite of tools that work as a sort of 'google drive of tools' interface. Users have their own personal drive and can create shared 'team' drives.



I have recently been doing a lot of updates/improvement on the project management tool (Project Board). I've been looking for feedback for it, what works, what needs improvement, what features would be useful?

This is designed as a free alternative so at the moment it doesn't have as many advanced features as some of the paid tools out there but I'm striving to keep improving.



The suite also contains and invoicer, book keeper and people manager, all of which are being built on.


If any of these tools are something you would use I would love any feedback you have. It's available for free online (https://drive.tridah.cloud) or you can self-host: https://github.com/TridahCloud/TridahDrive



Tridah is a Non-Profit creating free open-source tools. Our goal is to provide free alternatives to paid subnoscription-based tools and host them free with no paywalls for users who are unable to self-host.

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Adding more features

Just sharing my open-source project and would love your feedback!

Any tips or ideas to improve it are welcome


about the project:

If you just got a new USB mic and want to test it live without the hassle, check out my Live Mic Audio Visualizer (Basic):

- See your voice in real-time waveform
- Hear it with instant reverb effects
- Adjust Gain, Smoothing, Sample Rate, and Block Size easily


This project was used to solve my wife complaining everytime seting up for live recording on her chanel, she uses mobile for stream and pc speakers with mic.

Now looking to inprove this like live visual text whe speaking for those with special needs



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Github Issue Marketplace - Create / Get funded / Deliver

Just launched a demo of Reporaise — a platform that lets anyone fund GitHub issues and automatically marks them as delivered once merged. Would love feedback!

Website



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Introducing falcraft: Live AI block re-texturing!
https://github.com/blendi-remade/falcraft

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Android Developer Verification Discourse

Hi, I am agnostic-apollo, the current developer of the Termux app.

I have made the Android Developer Verification Discourse post at https://gist.github.com/agnostic-apollo/b8d8daa24cbdd216687a6bef53d417a6 with an overview and issues for the Android developer verification requirements, and also posted internal implementation details for it that currently exist in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3 (buildid: `BP41.250916.009.A1`, securitypath: 2025-10-05).

In addition to that post I have opened an issue on Google's issuestracker at https://issuetracker.google.com/459832198 with a proposal on how a possible opt out can be implemented so that users can install apps without root/adb even if the developer is not verified.

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I built Promptheus, an OS tool for AI prompt engineering (and it's my first big project!)

Hey everyone,

For a while now, I've been working on my first big open-source project, and I'm finally ready (and nervous!) to share it. It's called **Promptheus**.

The goal is simple: **"AI-powered prompt engineering for humans who'd rather spend their time on ideas than housekeeping."**

As my first major OS contribution, I know it's not perfect, but that's where I'd love your help. I'm here to learn and make this tool as useful as possible for the community.

I'd be incredibly grateful for any and all constructive feedback—what you like, what you hate, what's missing. Please check it out and let me know your thoughts in the GitHub issues!

GitHub Repo: https://github.com/abhichandra21/Promptheus/

Thanks for looking!

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We open-sourced NetPulse: a distributed API framework for fast, reliable network device automation (REST API over persistent SSH)

Hey everyone,
we recently open-sourced something we’ve been building for a while — **NetPulse**.

It’s a **distributed API framework** for network device management and automation.
Basically, if you’ve ever been frustrated by slow SSH connections or inconsistent vendor APIs (Cisco, Huawei, Arista, etc.), this might help.

# What it does

* Keeps **persistent SSH connections**, so device commands respond way faster (like 0.5s instead of 3s+).
* Runs in a **distributed setup** — multiple worker nodes, all coordinated with Redis.
* Gives you a **unified REST API** for different vendors, so you don’t need 10 different SDKs.

It integrates nicely with things like **Netmiko**, **NAPALM**, or vendor APIs like **PyEAPI**.
You can deploy it with **Docker or Kubernetes** if you want it to scale.

# Why we made it

We manage a bunch of network and GPU cluster gear, and dealing with connection drops and vendor quirks was just painful.
So we built NetPulse to handle connections more intelligently and make automation actually reliable.

# Check it out

GitHub: [scitix/netpulse: API Server for Network Automation](https://github.com/scitix/netpulse)
It’s still early, but it’s working pretty well in our setup. Feedback, ideas, and PRs are super welcome

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I built a live journalctl embedding log system which can be used to filter out logs in the system, it is open-source and I wanted feedbacks and contributions in my project

The project listens live journalctl logs and converts into embeddings using a embedding model which later can be used to filter out the problems For example:


The logs are- Ollama service failed x12 Usb connected Usb disconnected


When the the query is like why did ollama fail it will pick up the appropriate logs and prints it


This is the link


I would like contributions and suggestions to this project. Currently this is just a vibe coded prototype I want to improve it.

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anyone creating embedded wallets in opensource?

Hi, looking for people who have experience with the embedded wallet creation using open source.

what open-source companies or SDKs have you been using? Is there any of them u would/wouldn't recommend?


i like to know if u also have best practices or specific things u value, maybe i should value them too as well!

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Hotspot: Diagnose debt before it ships! 🔬
https://github.com/huangsam/hotspot

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Open source projects allowing collaboration on forks?

The Drupal project has custom tooling where you can press a button to get push access to a fork so multiple people without special roles can work together on a feature.

Github can't do this AFAIK. Is there any other open source project which can? This is not trolling this is genuine curiosity.

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Looking for feedback & collaborators Launchpad Online – a browser-based Launchpad built by an Italian student

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m Vittorio, a 22-year-old Computer Engineering student from Italy.

A few months ago, I decided to combine two of my passions — music tech and web development — and started working on an open-source project called **Launchpad Online**. It’s a Progressive Web App (PWA) that turns your browser into a fully playable Launchpad, either by connecting a real MIDI device or by interacting directly with a digital launchpad grid using your mouse.

The idea came from my love for the Novation Launchpad and my curiosity about how far web technologies like the WebMIDI API and Web Audio API can go. Tools like Ableton Live are amazing but often overwhelming for beginners, so I wanted to create something simpler and more focused, where you can just jump in, press pads, trigger sounds, and enjoy the experience.

Right now, Launchpad Online includes an 8×8 interactive grid (with multiple pages, up to 512 pads total), a custom Web Audio engine for high-quality playback, and real-time MIDI controller support through the WebMIDI API. It’s also a Progressive Web App, so you can install it and use it offline like a native app.

I’m currently developing on the branch `feature/midi-launchpad-webmidi-improvement`, where I integrated the **launchpad-webmidi** library to improve communication with physical Launchpads. It’s working decently, but I’m not completely sure whether this library is the best long-term choice, or if I should instead manage the low-level MIDI communication myself.

Since I’m still quite new to web development, the project is built entirely using plain JavaScript, HTML, and CSS — no frameworks or TypeScript. I’ve tried to keep the structure modular, separating logic for audio, MIDI, and interaction, but I know there’s plenty of room for improvement.

This is a personal side project that I work on in my free time, not something I can dedicate myself to full-time. Still, I’m really motivated to develop it further and eventually complete it.

That’s why I’m here: I’d love to get feedback from more experienced developers, especially about how I’ve structured the project and whether my approach to MIDI (and the use of launchpad-webmidi) makes sense.
And if someone out there enjoys music tech, web audio, or just wants to contribute to a fun and creative open-source project, I’d love to collaborate!

You can check it out here:
👉 https://github.com/CupoMeridio/Launchpad-Online

Thanks a lot for reading — and for any advice, feedback, or contribution you might want to share 🙏

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I wrote an open source android app that turns your old phone into an IP camera

For remote monitoring and doorcams.

No more paying for those aliexpress shipping!

Note: configured for android 12.0, requires tailscale to link it to your phone.

https://github.com/onepersonhere/camera-link

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