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Ask HN: in 2025 Which project does not have any good open-source alternatives?

31 points by Mugiballa7 2y ago

nachox999 2y ago
AutoCAD
toomuchtodo 2y ago
Dropbox server implementation. Has a great open source MacOS client, but the server implementation is needed. I would contribute financially towards such a project, as Dropbox will never be satisfied to remain reliable file sync (and I am currently a paying customer). They keep churning features to expand the TAM. This will eventually lead to enshittification. Underlying storage could be any S3 compatible target. Each file could be an object, stretch goal would be deduplication across blocks such that Dropbox’s Pocket storage system does. https://www.maestral.app/ https://www.maestral.app/
cryptbro 2y ago
Google docs
- Mugiballa7 2y ago
  True, I need this one. Especially as ggdocs is barely impossible to customize.
- sandreas 2y ago
  What about OnlyOffice?
muzani 2y ago
Is there a good to do list app? I'm thinking of forking one to run it through some LLMs (e.g. shopping list), but I haven't found any I'm happy with. I might just open source one myself if that's the case.
- BrunoBernardino 2y ago
  You might want to take a look at https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/task-management--to-do-lists.html https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/task-management--to-do-l... if you haven't already.
  - muzani 2y ago
    Wasn't aware of this. Excellent resource, thanks!
- CER10TY 2y ago
  Surely one of the 10000 todo list apps we get every year out of coding bootcamps will be good by now. /s
  - muzani 2y ago
    It's also a common interview question before the standard became movie listings. I believe the bootcamp and university standard is food delivery apps now. There's plenty of code out there, but the student ones are underengineered and the interview ones tend to be overengineered.
- rishikeshs 2y ago
  https://www.mytinytodo.net/ https://www.mytinytodo.net/ I have been using this!
polski-g 2y ago
Jira. For Confluence, Bookstack is close. But for Jira everything else is just so miserably bad in comparison.
deleted 2y ago
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soraminazuki 2y ago
Printers - https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers - https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/HP_Inc https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/HP_Inc. - https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Brother_ink_lockout_%26_quality_sabotage https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Brother_ink_lockout_%26_...
- 1970-01-01 2y ago
  Ironic that printers were the genesis for the entire open source movement[1]. "Oops! All Operating Systems!"[2] [1] https://opensource.com/article/18/2/pivotal-moments-history-open-source https://opensource.com/article/18/2/pivotal-moments-history-... [2] https://www.capncrunch.com/products/cap-n-crunch-s-oops-all-berries https://www.capncrunch.com/products/cap-n-crunch-s-oops-all-...
sandreas 2y ago
# Apple Preview App There is no such thing that can display, combine, annotate and export images and pdfs in such an elegant drag and drop way. It's just so useful and quick, there is no competition.
- horsellama 2y ago
  This. For me it’s almost 50% of the reasons to stay in Apple’s walled garden
pabs3 2y ago
The software and hardware in an electric car.
- marto1 2y ago
  Isn't this way more about regulation rather than the tech? Still would be cool to see even if not allowed on the roads :-)
pabs3 2y ago
Almost any firmware project.
readyplayernull 2y ago
Spotify
appleorchard46 2y ago
Paint.net. There's GIMP and Krita which are significantly more complex, and Pinta is wildly unstable in my experience (plus missing some important features). Paint.net perfectly hits that balance between complexity and ease of use for my purposes, and is the only piece of software I really miss from Windows.

31 points by Mugiballa7 2y ago

AutoCAD

Dropbox server implementation. Has a great open source MacOS client, but the server implementation is needed. I would contribute financially towards such a project, as Dropbox will never be satisfied to remain reliable file sync (and I am currently a paying customer). They keep churning features to expand the TAM. This will eventually lead to enshittification. Underlying storage could be any S3 compatible target. Each file could be an object, stretch goal would be deduplication across blocks such that Dropbox’s Pocket storage system does. https://www.maestral.app/ https://www.maestral.app/

cryptbro 2y ago

Google docs

Mugiballa7 2y ago
True, I need this one. Especially as ggdocs is barely impossible to customize.
sandreas 2y ago
What about OnlyOffice?

muzani 2y ago

Is there a good to do list app? I'm thinking of forking one to run it through some LLMs (e.g. shopping list), but I haven't found any I'm happy with. I might just open source one myself if that's the case.

BrunoBernardino 2y ago
You might want to take a look at https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/task-management--to-do-lists.html https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/task-management--to-do-l... if you haven't already.
- muzani 2y ago
  Wasn't aware of this. Excellent resource, thanks!
CER10TY 2y ago
Surely one of the 10000 todo list apps we get every year out of coding bootcamps will be good by now. /s
- muzani 2y ago
  It's also a common interview question before the standard became movie listings. I believe the bootcamp and university standard is food delivery apps now. There's plenty of code out there, but the student ones are underengineered and the interview ones tend to be overengineered.
rishikeshs 2y ago
https://www.mytinytodo.net/ https://www.mytinytodo.net/ I have been using this!

polski-g 2y ago

Jira. For Confluence, Bookstack is close. But for Jira everything else is just so miserably bad in comparison.

deleted 2y ago

[deleted]

soraminazuki 2y ago

Printers - https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers https://theoatmeal.com/comics/printers - https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/HP_Inc https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/HP_Inc. - https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Brother_ink_lockout_%26_quality_sabotage https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Brother_ink_lockout_%26_...

1970-01-01 2y ago
Ironic that printers were the genesis for the entire open source movement[1]. "Oops! All Operating Systems!"[2] [1] https://opensource.com/article/18/2/pivotal-moments-history-open-source https://opensource.com/article/18/2/pivotal-moments-history-... [2] https://www.capncrunch.com/products/cap-n-crunch-s-oops-all-berries https://www.capncrunch.com/products/cap-n-crunch-s-oops-all-...

sandreas 2y ago

# Apple Preview App There is no such thing that can display, combine, annotate and export images and pdfs in such an elegant drag and drop way. It's just so useful and quick, there is no competition.

horsellama 2y ago
This. For me it’s almost 50% of the reasons to stay in Apple’s walled garden

pabs3 2y ago

The software and hardware in an electric car.

marto1 2y ago
Isn't this way more about regulation rather than the tech? Still would be cool to see even if not allowed on the roads :-)

pabs3 2y ago

Almost any firmware project.

readyplayernull 2y ago

Spotify

appleorchard46 2y ago

Paint.net. There's GIMP and Krita which are significantly more complex, and Pinta is wildly unstable in my experience (plus missing some important features). Paint.net perfectly hits that balance between complexity and ease of use for my purposes, and is the only piece of software I really miss from Windows.