What apps have you been using this year? Have you found new apps to fill a gap in your previous open-source use?

What is something that you wish had a good open-source alternative but does not at this time?

  • Dem BosainEnglish
    9•4 days ago

    Syncthing/Syncthing-Fork. Simply the best cross-system file synchronization app. Peer-to-peer, no cloud storage.

    https://syncthing.net/

    Scrcpy (Screen Copy). App that mirrors your Android phone to Windows. When I switched away from a Samsung phone I lost the ability to run an app from my phone on my PC desktop. This restores that.

    https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy/

    • @Zaleramancer@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3•4 days ago

      I’m also using Syncthing to sync up my notes between my laptop and phone. It’s been great! Less Google doc use.

    • yeehawEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      I tried to set this up last week and found it was buggy and unreliable as hell on android.

      Maybe I did something wrong, but same server side and 2 different android phones, I open the app after some time has passed and the light thing is green but server shows disconnected. The slide out menu has “restart” greyed out. I force close and reopen the app, then it starts working again.

      Does not seem reliable.

      • Dem BosainEnglish
        2•4 days ago

        Are you using syncthing-fork on android? If I remember, the primary app discontinued android support, so someone else took it over.

        I use it routinely for thousands of files. It’s easier than digging out a USB cable.