Go FOSS: Information is power

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • Android

    DuckDuckGo Android App (by duckduckgo)

  • Lots of things I like about the site. For one, I value that privacy has been highlighted.

    They feature Firefox but it requires so much work to tweak. I feel this is a reflex recommendation though I do, very much, like that FF allows itself to be tweaked.

    On the Desktop... I much prefer LibreWolf - which I didn't see listed. It is what Firefox should be.

    On mobile, I prefer DuckDuckGo's Android browser. Firefox mobile comes bundled with 3 trackers! Why must you always shoot yourself in the foot, Mozilla? It's never ending.

    DDG is not only open source (https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android) but it also does not have a single tracker. If that wasn't enough, it comes with a module called App Tracking Protection. It's brilliant. It blocks trackers from other apps. I cannot recommend this enough. The sheer amount of information collected from apps on your phone...

    I have had apps at 30 attempts in the first few seconds and reach 1,000 tracking attempts within 1/2 an hour. Every single item - from contacts to specific location - is constantly being polled. Every app seems to be running spyware from various vendors - even my banking app.

    Wall of text, time to stop. Nice site, love that it's not afraid to be technical.

  • awesome-selfhosted

    A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

  • Giving only one option per category may not be enough. There are usually several great FOSS apps for each, targeting different uses. Some more choices here: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

    The other issue is that most users won't maintain their own server or keep up with security updates and such. That's why I launched https://pikapods.com, which allows anyone to run FOSS apps with a few clicks, while supporting app authors via our revenue share. Our 'app store' is here: https://www.pikapods.com/apps

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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