Best of Open SourceSeptember 2024

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·2y

    Simple Icons

    Simple Icons provides a collection of icons with accompanying brand guidelines and open-source licenses. It covers a wide range of brands and services, making it useful for developers who need consistent branding assets. The post categorizes icons by brand names and their respective guidelines or licenses.

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    Top Open Source Projects That Improve Your Coding Skills

    Open source projects have revolutionized technology, providing tools and platforms for innovative solutions. Highlighted are impactful projects in Python, Java, project management, GitHub, C++, and JavaScript. Featured projects include Django, Flask, Pandas, Spring Framework, Apache Tomcat, Redmine, OpenProject, React, and Node.js, amongst others. Contributing to open source is encouraged with tips on finding and understanding projects, setting up environments, and community engagement.

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    Learn Git with me is a free and open-source platform to learn Git and GitHub. It is designed to be simple and easy to understand for beginners.

    Learn Git with me is a free, open-source platform that provides a simple and easy way for beginners to understand Git and GitHub.

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    Undb - Open source Airtable alternative & backend as a service

    Undb is an open-source Airtable alternative that functions as a backend as a service. Launched on April 14th, 2023, it was featured in the Developer Tools and No-Code categories on September 3rd, 2024.

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    Avatar of thedevcraftThe Dev Craft·2y

    Open-Source Time Tracker for Devs

    An open-source time tracker designed specifically for developers helps in tracking work hours efficiently. The tool facilitates better time management and productivity, allowing developers to monitor their project progress seamlessly. The installation guide is available on the provided link.

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    All Proton Drive apps are now open source

    Proton has announced that all Proton Drive apps, including desktop versions, are now fully open source. This move highlights Proton's commitment to privacy and transparency, allowing the community and security experts to inspect and verify the apps' security. Open-source code helps in identifying potential vulnerabilities and strengthens user trust. Proton also supports various open-source projects and encourages community involvement through initiatives like their Bug Bounty Program.

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    Polar v1.0 launches as a lower-fee, open-source monetization platform for developers

    Polar v1.0 has launched as a lower-fee, open-source monetization platform tailored for developers. It offers multiple monetization methods like donations, crowdfunding, and memberships. The platform simplifies sales tax and EU VAT management while reducing fees to 4% + 40¢ per order, making it significantly cheaper than other options.

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    Avatar of lobstersLobsters·2y

    Text to diagram

    The post details various features and attributes of an open-source language designed for creating diagrams from text. Key highlights include CLI availability, support for server-side execution, configurable themes, editor support with extensions for VSCode and Vim, and essential diagram features like container edges, sequence diagrams, and SQL tables. Additional capabilities such as rendering Math equations in LaTeX, handling Markdown, and exporting to PDF are also covered.

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    Avatar of itsfossIt's Foss·2y

    11 Terminal File Managers to Explore on your Linux System

    Explore a curated list of terminal-based file managers for Linux users, including popular options like Vifm, Ranger, and GNU Midnight Commander. Learn about their key features, installation instructions, and unique capabilities to efficiently manage files directly from the terminal.

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    How I built my open-source Social media scheduling tool... 🤯

    Postiz, an open-source social media scheduling tool, leverages OAuth2 for authentication across different platforms. It uses Redis for queue management to schedule posts and Prisma ORM for database operations with PostgreSQL. The tool's architecture supports horizontal scaling with microservices called 'Workers' to handle post jobs efficiently.

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    Plandex - AI coding engine

    Plandex is an open-source, terminal-based AI coding engine designed for complex, multi-file real-world tasks. It offers generative AI-driven development with features such as automatic syntax checking in over 30 languages, precise context management, and a version-controlled sandbox for safe code changes. Plandex ensures a balance between AI autonomy and developer control, allowing for efficient iterative collaboration. It's cross-platform, installs quickly, and provides tools to recover from bad outputs, making it a practical choice for developers.

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    Pinkary is now fully open source

    Pinkary, an application built with Laravel, Livewire, and Tailwind, is now fully open source. It serves as a landing page for links and a community hub. With over 400 pull requests, it encourages open-source contributions and uses Pest 3 for testing. The project has quickly garnered over a thousand users and utilizes a SQLite database for its data management. Visit pinkary-project/pinkary.com on GitHub to learn and contribute.

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    Avatar of tilThis is Learning·2y

    7 Open Source Projects You Should Know - C Edition ✔️

    Explore seven notable open source projects written in C, including LVGL, systemd, DOOM Retro, OBS Studio, raylib, Celluloid, and finit. Each project offers unique features and serves various purposes, from embedded graphics libraries and system management tools to video game programming and media playback.

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    PostgreSQL 17 Released!

    PostgreSQL 17 has been released, offering significant performance boosts, including improved memory management, better I/O processing, enhanced query execution, and optimizations for high concurrency workloads. It introduces new developer features like the SQL/JSON `JSON_TABLE` command and enhancements in logical replication that streamline high availability management and major version upgrades. It also includes updates in partition management, foreign data wrappers, and built-in collation providers for consistent text-based queries across platforms.

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    ytdl-sub: Advanced YouTube downloading that's worth the Effort

    ytdl-sub is a Python-based command-line tool designed for downloading videos from YouTube and other sites, leveraging the yt-dlp library. It excels in generating metadata, which makes it easy to organize content on media players like Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby. The post guides users through installing ytdl-sub on a Debian-based Linux system, setting up configuration and subscription files, and automating the download process using cron jobs for regular intervals.

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    Building a framework

    The author shares their journey from aspiring to build a framework to finally realizing this dream with the development of Tempest, a new PHP framework. Initially skeptical, they regained confidence through their work at Spatie and interactions with the developer community. The framework, which started as a learning experiment, gained interest and contributions from developers. Now in its alpha phase, Tempest aims to test if there is genuine interest and potential for growth.

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    Avatar of webtoolsweeklyWeb Tools Weekly·2y

    CSS Tools, JSON, Databases, Uncats

    Discover the genesis and rise in popularity of the htmx project from its creator's perspective, along with a curated list of CSS & HTML tools, JSON & database tools, and uncategorizable utilities. Highlights include Tailwind generators, a Node.js script for obsolete HTML detection, a minimal GraphQL client, and innovative platforms like Fair Source and Fonts Ninja.

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    Linux, I Choose You! 🐧

    The author shares their love for Linux, emphasizing ownership, freedom, and the open-source community. Unlike Windows or macOS, Linux offers complete control over the system, allowing for extensive customization and a non-commercial, values-driven user experience. The author also highlights the moral satisfaction derived from supporting open-source projects over consumer-driven tech giants.

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    Using Fasffetch, a Neofetch Alternative

    Fastfetch is a command-line tool that serves as an alternative to Neofetch, offering customizable system information display with an ASCII logo. It's available for various Linux distributions and can be configured using a JSON file. Users can change colors, set custom logos, and choose which modules to display. Detailed help and preset configurations are also available.

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    Why I still self host my servers (and what I've recently learned)

    The post discusses the author's experience with self-hosting a range of services using a Proxmox cluster, Mikrotik networking equipment, and external VPS. The author values independence and the learning opportunities that self-hosting provides. He recounts troubleshooting various issues including power outages, redundant DNS, hardware failures, and VPS downtime. The author concludes that self-hosting improves your technical skills and offers autonomy from corporate control.

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    Open-source WYSIWYG text editor component built with Tailwind CSS and Flowbite

    Flowbite's open-source WYSIWYG text editor, built on the Tip Tap library, utilizes Tailwind CSS for styling. It supports complex text formatting, dark mode, RTL styles, and responsive design. Users can easily integrate functionalities using JavaScript and Flowbite’s API. The post provides a detailed guide on installing necessary plugins, setting up the editor, and customizing elements such as text styles, links, images, and videos.

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    TypeScript Console - Run TypeScript snippets directly in Chrome DevTools

    TypeScript Console allows developers to run TypeScript snippets directly in Chrome DevTools, providing a seamless integration for TypeScript enthusiasts. Released on September 10th, 2024, it marks its first launch as an open-source extension aimed at enhancing developer productivity.

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    OpenFreeMap

    OpenFreeMap is a free, open-source platform that allows users to display custom maps on their websites or apps. Users can either self-host or use a public instance without any limits or need for registration. The project aims to remain sustainable through donations and offers full planet downloads. OpenStreetMap data powers the maps, and the system is cost-effective, leveraging dedicated servers and efficient tile generation techniques.

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    Introducing the Node Application Platform

    Platformatic has introduced the Node Application Platform designed to simplify the management of Node.js applications on Kubernetes. This includes Watt, a Node.js application server that automates multithreading and handles tasks like monitoring and logging. Additionally, Platformatic's Command Center provides a unified dashboard for managing Node.js applications, featuring an intelligent autoscaler to optimize performance and handle traffic spikes. These tools aim to reduce development time, enhance application performance, and improve the developer experience.

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    I Was Wrong About Open Source

    The author originally opposed making their project, Yaak, open source due to past burnout with OSS. After receiving constructive criticism from the open-source community about the potential benefits, they decided to make Yaak open source under the MIT license but restricted contributions mainly to bug fixes, inspired by models like SQLite and Litestream.