AutoCAD LT Replacement?

I know this question has been asked multiple times, but I'd like an update from people that know about the advancements in the past few years, as well as what I'm looking for specifically. We use LT, which I believe is strictly 2D only, so no need for 3D. I believe the biggest thing we'd like are simplicity and similarity moving from AutoCAD LT in terms of UI layout and workflows. DXF and DWG support would be nice but I don't think it would be a deal breaker. I'm willing to pay for a perpetual license, but I'd like to stay away from adding subnoscriptions if possible.


I've seen people recommend FreeCAD, QCAD, LibreCAD, and nanoCAD. FreeCAD seems to have a focus on 3D which I don't believe we would need. I like the idea of QCAD having a one-time purchase perpetual license and having DXF/DWG support. LibreCAD seems to have a closer UI to AutoCAD LT? nanoCAD seems to mimic commands but it's subnoscription based. I know it would still be much cheaper than paying AutoDesk.

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I made a site that turns your GitHub history into a cinematic 2025 recap

Try : https://gitstory.pankajk.tech/
Repo : https://github.com/pankajkumardev/gitstory-2025

https://redd.it/1pj487y
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Chemical plant equipment cost database

Hi y'all. One of the major things that holds back green tech and climate tech hardware startups is making good estimates for the cost of their tech. This is my specialty.
One of the big reasons for the difficulty in making good estimates is the lack of good equipment cost data available. Large engineering firms keep this proprietary information in house.
I know it's a long shot, but does anyone know of a database of chemical plant equipment that is or could be open sourced?
I'm currently using notebooklm to search through textbooks but it's not ideal, especially as the data is very old.

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Is there a real proof of an open weights AI model sending data to an external server

I'm wondering if there was an incident with a self hosted open weights AI model leaking data. I find it hard to believe that these companies are releasing their open weights models for free with no security threats.

https://redd.it/1pj6wfw
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Made a small project to turn images into pixel art using edge detection to preserves significant features
https://github.com/yogthos/pixel-mosaic

https://redd.it/1pj9fdn
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Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton

This dude was behind EOMA68 and Libre soc, a year now he seems to be in a really rough spot, his project funds got cut because of some unclear reasons maybe betrayal also he is in a very bad health, he is suffering with all kind of brain health problems strokes etc... ,i wonder how doesn't he get any attention or any help,

There is a whole drama in the libre-soc-dev Archives

https://redd.it/1pj50vp
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Portfolio and a Blog Template with a Dashboard Feel

I found the normal portfolios kinda boring, so made one that feels like a dashboard.

I tried to make it modular and relatively easy to customize, so y'all can try using it. If there's anything you guys don't like, roast me in the issues, I'd be happy to learn.

Has some whimsy text here & there, not sure if it's not too unprofessional, hah.

I genuinely hope it's useful

P.S. there is a page for writing blogs when ran in development mode

Sorry forgot to put a link https://github.com/AdiKsOnDev/dashboard?tab=readme-ov-file


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Building an open source expense tracker that reads your bank emails. No bank login needed. Would you use it?

I hate tracking expenses manually. Tried apps, spreadsheets, everything. Always give up after a few weeks.

But here's the thing – my bank already emails me every time I spend money. Credit card charge? Email. Subnoscription? Email.

So I'm building an app that just reads these emails and tracks everything for me.

**What it does:**

You install a Chrome extension. It creates a filter in your Gmail that forwards only your bank emails to our app. We read those emails, pull out the amount, merchant, date, and categorize it automatically.

You get a dashboard showing where your money is going. That's it.

**What you don't do:**

* No typing expenses manually
* No connecting bank accounts
* No sharing any passwords
* No scanning receipts

**On security:**

The whole thing is open source. You can read every line of code and see exactly what we do with your data. We only see the specific bank notification emails that the filter sends us. Nothing else from your inbox. We grab the transaction details, then delete the email content.

If you don't trust our servers, self-host it.

**What I want to know:**

* Would you use this?
* Is the extension setup a dealbreaker or fine since it's one time?
* What would make this actually useful for you?

Building it for myself either way. Curious if others want the same thing.

https://redd.it/1pje5tz
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My first OSS project! Observability & Replay for AI agents

hey folks!! We just pushed our first OSS repo. The goal is to get dev feedback on our approach to observability and action replay.

How it works

Records complete execution traces (LLM calls, tool calls, prompts, configs).
Replays them deterministically (zero API cost for regression tests).
Gives you an Agent Regression Score (ARS) to quantify behavioral drift.
Auto-detects side effects (emails, writes, payments) and blocks them during replay.

Works with AgentExecutor and ReAct agents today. Framework-agnostic version coming soon.

Here is the -> repo

Would love your feedback , tell us what's missing? What would make this useful for your workflow?

Star it if you find it useful


https://github.com/Kurral/Kurralv3

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I built a new open source to self-hosted Excalidraw on your own VPS, which focus on personal usage.

Recently I'm in love with Excalidraw, it helps a lot to showcase my idea and explain to my colleagues. The case is, I have multiple computers at work and at home, and want to be able to view/edit my drawings where I am.

Excalidraw Free only save the data in local storage, to have cloud storage you have to purchase Pro plan. But Pro plan also come with features I don't use, like collaborating, advanced component, present mode, etc...

So I think of self-hosting it in my own VPS. Excalidraw open source there core component in React, so just need to made a simple CRUD around it and you have what necessary for personal use.

Here is the oss repo: https://github.com/lukenguyen-me/personal-excalidraw

Looking forward to receiving feedback, issues, or any improvement you think of, focus on daily personal usage.

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ovr@6.0.0 - Streaming Fetch Based Multipart Uploads
https://ovrjs.com/06-multipart

https://redd.it/1pjkhgb
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I've been building a game engine that converts game noscripts to Rust for native performance
https://github.com/PerroEngine/Perro

https://redd.it/1pjn3gn
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Privacy-focused local developer toolkit: JSON/YAML formatters, regex tester, diff viewer, JWT decoder & more
https://github.com/susamn/helpful-tools-v2

https://redd.it/1pjnejz
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Privacy-focused local developer toolkit: JSON/YAML formatters, regex tester, diff viewer, JWT decoder & more
https://github.com/susamn/helpful-tools-v2

https://redd.it/1pjndja
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PixiEditor 2.1 beta is available - Node Based Brush Engine, Smart layers and more
https://pixieditor.net/blog/2025/12/10/21-beta/

https://redd.it/1pjsau0
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Any alternative to this?

I been using an app called "DramaBox" and I wanted to watch a show called "House Husband? Try Supreme Immortal" but I hate the app since I can only watch for 20 seconds and then ads shows up and it's genuinely annoying since I just wamted to watch. Need you guys help.

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Sectigo’s Wrongful Revocation of RustDesk’s EV Certificate: A Concerning Precedent for the Software Security Ecosystem
https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/13771

https://redd.it/1pjsty3
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Audifier - a youtube audio player - on background

it has features like

Audio-Only Playback – Play YouTube content as audio only to save data and avoid unnecessary video rendering.
Background & Lock-Screen Playback – Keep audio playing even when the app is minimized or the device is locked.
Battery & Data Efficient – Removes heavy video processing to reduce battery drain and data usage.
Material 3 UI – Clean, modern, responsive design.
Light & Dark Theme – Instantly switch between light and dark modes.
Custom Themes – Select from multiple Material 3 theme variations.
Favorites – Save and access your frequently played audio.
Playlists – Create and manage your own playlists.
Queue Management – Add, reorder, or remove items from your current queue.
Search Suggestions – Get smart, YouTube-style autocomplete suggestions.
Search History – Quickly revisit your past searches.
Offline Playback – Download audio and listen anytime, without internet access.

You can check it out here
https://github.com/bealugirma23/Audifier

leave a star it you found it useful

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Is there an identity provider I can host myself?

Lately, I've been building a lot of services at work, and for each one, I have to program the authentication and authorization, which results in many credentials for services provided by the same vendor. So, I had the idea of ​​using an identity provider, similar to how Google login works.


Before delving into researching what's needed to develop an identity provider on my own, I wanted to see if anything already exists in the open-source community.


The requirements are simple: the ability to identify yourself as a user in a service; the ability for the service to revoke user access at any time; the ability to manage that user's permissions to certain modules within the system; and the ability to create a revocable API key, meaning that access can also be server-to-server, not just client-to-server.


The preferred method is JWT, in most cases through its header, but in certain specific cases using query parameters.


I hope I've explained myself clearly.


Clarification: I intend to use this not only at work, but also in services I create on my own where I want to control access for friends and family who also use them.

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AMLTRIX: an open source knowledge graph to standardize AML investigations (think MITRE ATT&CK for money laundering)

Hi r/opensource,

I wanted to share a project we’ve been working on called AMLTRIX. It's an open source knowledge graph dedicated to standardizing the AML investigation process and the fight against financial crime. As far as we know, it’s the first of its kind (!!)

So far we haven’t done a lot of marketing for this since, well, it’s open source, and the budget for it is minimal, but whoever tries it, usually loves it.

If you work in AML, you might know that banks and regulators work in silos. Every institution builds its own proprietary rule sets and definitions, creating a lack of a common language for money laundering management.
So we hope that our "Periodic table" for AML will be a solution.

We decided to apply cybersecurity principles (specifically the MITRE ATT&CK framework) to financial crime. We analyzed over 1,000 regulatory sources ((FATF, FinCEN, EU Directives, etc.) to build a unified, machine readable knowledge graph that maps out the "Kill Chain" of money laundering.

AMLTRIX currently defines 250+ adversarial techniques and 1,950+ defensive mappings. It is designed to help analysts reduce duplicative work in financial crime investigations and helps devs build risk-based AML programs. We’ve structured it to cover everything from traditional methods to emerging digital threats.

For example, the dataset includes detailed mappings for:

- Traditional typologies: techniques like structuring, smurfing, and cuckoo smurfing.

- Complex evasion: trade-based money laundering (TBML), export overvaluation, etc.

- Crypto & digital assets: cryptojacking, crypto ATM mules, and NFT/Metaverse based asset transfers.

- Sanctions evasion, underground banking and maaaany more.

We made all the typologies machine-readable. We want to enable developers to build better AI detection models and transaction monitoring systems that can flag complex patterns across different institutions.

Of course, it’s free to access and open for contribution.
We are inviting data scientists, devs, and investigators to critique the model, add missing techniques, or use the data to train new open source models. Also, do you think there’s any other sub that would find this useful instead of spammy? Thank you! Oh, and AMA!

(Full Disclosure: Although the project is OS, the development was started by AMLYZE team. I am part of that team too. We built this because we were frustrated by the lack of standardized data in the industry, we have no plans to somehow monetize this or whatever)

Repository: https://github.com/Amlyze/amltrix-data
Web: https://framework.amltrix.com/

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Chess-tui: Play lichess from your terminal
https://github.com/thomas-mauran/chess-tui

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