Switch from all Apple apps?

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  • Tiny-Tiny-RSS

    A PHP and Ajax feed reader

    I have a couple of Raspberry Pi's, I'm thinking to designate one as a TTRSS server (currently my feeds are with NetNewsWire + iCloud), maybe also my own xBrowserSync backend and other small things. NAT traversal is not a problem thanks to Tailscale, so looking for more small things to self-host.

  • ungoogled-chromium

    Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

    Ungoogled Chromium (Mac & Linux), much more performant than Firefox; use Chromium Web Store to maintain extensions (ungoogled means ungoogled, no normal Chrome Web Store), and xBrowserSync for bookmarks. I really wish I could just use Safari on Mac though, all I want is bookmark sync (and more/better extensions, but bookmark sync).

  • 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.

  • tailscale

    The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

    Tailscale to make all of the devices talk to each other from anywhere.

  • syncthing-android

    Wrapper of syncthing for Android.

    Syncthing for file sync. Also works for source code / projects.

  • chromium-web-store

    Allows adding extensions from chrome web store on ungoogled-chromium. Also adds semi-automatic extension updating.

    Ungoogled Chromium (Mac & Linux), much more performant than Firefox; use Chromium Web Store to maintain extensions (ungoogled means ungoogled, no normal Chrome Web Store), and xBrowserSync for bookmarks. I really wish I could just use Safari on Mac though, all I want is bookmark sync (and more/better extensions, but bookmark sync).

  • nix

    Nix, the purely functional package manager

    I really do like and prefer Apple's stuff, but yeah, cross platform access sucks. I occasionally use a Thinkpad X230 with NixOS. My choices:

  • kinto

    Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux & Windows. (by rbreaves)

    The real problem though, is the lack of Cmd key. I need to try out kinto.sh but I know already that it doesn't support some of the stuff I use anyway so I'll keep postponing that ;P

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • Cider

    A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀

    Cider (Linux) for Apple Music is nice. It also works on Mac, but I find it more buggy than on Linux.

  • TiddlyWiki

    A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc.

    If they added note transclusion as a feature, I could finally leave but phenomenal but butt-ugly TiddlyWiki back in 2009 where it belongs. (Note: glance at it on desktop, it takes apps to make it usable on iOS/iPad.)

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