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Ask HN: Name popular apps that have better open-source alternatives?
I can start -
VLC > any media player |
Bitwarden > Lastpass |
Excalidraw > FigJam
- jstx1 4y agolichess.org > chess.com or any other paid chess platform
- node_monk 4y agoTotally! lichess nails it.
- XCSme 4y agoIt's a bit unclear for me how they can provide all the development and maintain the servers running. Are the donations enough?
- node_monk 4y agoThey're spending ~$34k/month according to the cost breakdown sheet from https://lichess.org/patron https://lichess.org/patron, which is about 6,800 $5/month patrons. They must also have a lot of $10 or more/month patrons.
- qsort 4y agoThis one is actually baffling to me. The only dimension where chess.com is better is that it has better players at the very top end... which is not a concern for anybody except ultra-high level GMs.
- montgomery_r 4y agoWord < emacs
- node_monk 4y agoNot for a layman though
- montgomery_r 4y agoFair enough, but the couple of hours it takes to learn to do Word level stuff in Emacs will be many times repaid by the time you don’t spend swearing at Word….
- schwartzworld 4y agoPandoc + markdown > both of them
- mtmail 4y agoorganicmaps -> google maps Of course Google Maps has traffic prediction and restaurant ratings, there's no good open alternative yet. For standard foot, cycle, car navigation I fuond organicmaps enough. And it's open, free, offline, no tracking.
- node_monk 4y agoWow, such a cool product! Thanks for sharing - will try it out.
- rkwasny 4y agoNice! I've been using Maps.me but recently it got acquired and new owners had some problems with understanding why people use it
- Obscurity4340 4y agoHave you tried Magic Earth as well? I could never get myself to use OSM or Organic but found Magic Earth a rather intriguing (if rarely mentioned) option
- fmerian 4y agoGitpod > Codespaces | Plausible > Google Analytics | Cal > Calendly | Ghost > WordPress | Dub > Bitly
- XCSme 4y ago> Ghost > WordPress Isn't WordPress open-source?
- fmerian 4y agooops, you're right: Ghost > Medium
- satvikpendem 4y agoYou're right but from a user perspective I'd still use Ghost over WordPress
- fmerian 4y agoGhost > WordPress > Medium. QED :)
- steventey 4y agoAppreciate the shoutout re: Dub.sh, Flo! :)
- nicbou 4y agoPlausible is way more limited than Google Analytics and has many shortcomings both in feature and UI. I highly recommend it if you need a stat counter, but not if you need insights.
- qsort 4y agoAny sane mail client of your choice > whatever the fuck Outlook does.
- _benj 4y agoInkscape > Illustrator I recently used it for a project and it was rock solid. Apart from that I could script/automate workflows with CLI!
- mejutoco 4y ago3d Studio Max > Blender
- nicbou 4y agoOSM data is much better than Google Maps data for some things. OsmAnd is a really powerful map tool for when Google assumes too much about your use case.
- precompute 4y agoEmacs >>> [power gap] >>> Everything Else Seriously though, most of the software I use is open source. Here's a fun fact: there are some use-cases for which there is no proprietary, public-release software because the open-source software is so much better. For example, ebook management with Calibre.
- sergiotapia 4y agoI like Metabase more than Looker. It's simpler, nicer to look at, easier to get to where you need to go. CAVEAT: If you're an enterprise and need beefy things like SOC2 compliance, SAML controls. source control, have 3+ data engineers working together, and other things that you are just not interested in if you're say Series B or earlier, just use Looker and avoid the headaches.