A federated internet archive, I’m wondering whether I should build it myself. With so many journalists being banned for reporting the gaza genocide we need more ways to combat censorship.
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I wish there was an actually decent CRM that’s very lightweight and doesn’t limit on number of users when selfhosting. I didn’t dig super deep into it myself but some folks I know where trying to help a non-profit get setup with something like this for the people the non-profit serves. The options were pretty sparse. Civicrm seemed ok but doesn’t work like at all on mobile (it does have an ugly app).
I think they ultimately just built something basic on top of pocketbase but that’s not something non-techy people could do easily.
a booru image categorizer
An application that would make donating to FOSS projects, especially GPL-licensed works (or at least: those not trying to cater to corporations) in desperate need of support, effortless. In that: a periodic budget can be determined, time spent actively using applications is tracked, an application’s userbase is taken into consideration (as their cumulative income may eat too much into budgets: possibly better spent supporting smaller projects), and personal preference can be given (including an option to filter license types); as to rank the applications based on perceived value, and fraction the budget accordingly.
I would be happy to support projects that I actively, or to a lesser degree, rely on. But the process of taking all steps required to support a project is simply too manual, and outright unmanageable, when trying to take into account all system components. I really want the incentives to shift from MIT to GPL, so that maintainers don’t effectively end up being controlled by corporate paychecks; and are rather supported by individual end users. This should in theory make FOSS more resilient to any future restrictions to source access, which could hamper the long-term parity of forks, seeking to strip anti-features.
Devs should provide some info for donating directly in-app (something like this example below, and definitely give a few choices not paypal only. For me, whenever there is available buymeacoffee (in app I frequently use), I make donation with cc.
We have Monero and Bitcoin, both are Free Software and public infrastructure that have been running for over a decade with little to no issues at all. I have donated myself to many projects over the last 4 years using these methods.
But FOSS advocates and leftists hate money so much they prefer donate through centralized, data-mining, corporate-owned, KYC-ridden, transaction-censoring payment processor that freezes funds on a whim like PayPal, GitHub or Patreon using state issued currency that funds wars like petrodollar is…
I’d like a federated ecosystem for game mods that uses torrents for file downloads to reduce server load. Something to act as a safe haven in case NexusMods enshittifies. It’d also allow more diverse sets of rules through servers, so you could have versions of Nexus, LoversLab, etc. all sharing a framework instead of everything running smoothly for one and not the others.
Plus, NexusMods have really dropped the ball with regards to permissions. Their default permissions are set up so that if you’re a mod author, other authors need to ask you for permission to use your mod as a dependency. Not just crediting you and linking to your mod, but asking permission beforehand. I don’t see how anyone can look an that and not see it as insanely hypocritical
i wish cars had more of a conventional computer, more sensors, modular expansion, and completely open.
you would see some pretty cool shit.
There is a project called Open ECU that does some of this but I think its scope is very limited
first came a not of federated services to mind, not that’s really necessary foss. but what would be cool is foss firmware or really open api for any hardware you buy… Home “smart” appliances, printers, cars infotainment system, etc, etc
unfortunately the max length of comments is to limited to answer this question… ;)
Yet you did just one phrase that said nothing. If you got such a list, by all means, fill out the max comment length. Feel free even to make a second comment if needed!
ok, seems that i forgot an important part to my message: /s
A high-quality FOSS version of Reaper (DAW) that can use the expensive audio production plugins. Right now that’s where all Linux DAWs run short - the best plugins are only for Windows, or for Cubase. Running them through some VSTi Linux wrapper never quite works correctly.
Maybe something like After Effects with all the plugins and tools. Right now the software itself exists in Kdenlive, just not all the addons people have written for After Effects.
But pretty much everything else I use is already FOSS.
foss nas software that isn’t corporate controlled or vibe coded (looking at you true nas and open media vault)
how did open media vault get lumped into this?
I want FOSS camera firmware so bad. imagine what we could do with them then! obviously that why it’s not foss…
I’m surprised there’s no foss camera firmware
In case of your are looking for a videocamera there’s cinepi . I use cinemate for my camera, but there are multiple projects using cinepi
There is also magic Lantern for some Cannon cameras
Something that could view and edit org files and connect to any/most cloud services
A foss decentralized marketplace that costed very little or nothing at all to small stores to participate, to fight back against amazon and others
It would be nice to have the same, but for uber-like drivers
Flohmarkt is probably the closest. Basically federated ebay.
Cool stuff. Its a shame not many people are using it.
Something like that is what society needs.
Thanks, I will check it
The software for that is relatively easy
Getting people to use it will be next to impossible. Without a strong marketing budget, it would take decades at beat before even a small percentage of people would be using it (see Linux desktop) as its all word of mouth and initially only the nerds in the know would be using it for years
True, but if we think about it, the “nerds in the know” can be a strong niche for some kind of businesses
I would like to see such a thing. But I would add API for accessing it with a dedicated app. Allows for better performance and features like filtering across multiple shops at once an even allows integration in scripts.
I think what you want is a CO OP. It would be nice if the software was FOSS of course.
But a coop would make things like uber type services be worker owned.
Also members can make decisoons.
Also food delivery.
In Finland, there used to be “pizza-online” which was really just a directory and ordering system for restaurants that already did delivery themselves.
They took a very small comission, as the site didn’t really do anything except connect restaurant and customer (and provide a review platform). For a long time, they didn’t even have an app.
You’d log in, select a restaurant, browse their menu and place an order. The order goes to the restaurant, and after that the site’s job was done.
It was massively succesful. Every hole in-the-wall pizza place was on there. Finding good food was easy and cheap, and the restaurants reached more customers than ever. And the platform including reviews led to competition in not just price, but quality.
Then pizza-online sold to foodora, and they got shut down, and psrticipating restaurant were no longer allowed to deliver themselves, and the cut taken by the platform skyrocketed.
In Finland, there used to be “pizza-online” which was really just a directory and ordering system for restaurants that already did delivery themselves.
Something like that would be very nice too!
Then pizza-online sold to foodora, and they got shut down, and psrticipating restaurant were no longer allowed to deliver themselves, and the cut taken by the platform skyrocketed.
Oh no…
You can always check AlternativeTo for FOSS (and non-US based) software alternatives.
I’ve found myself using this a whole lot. It really is great for finding foss and / or non-US alternatives.
An open source 2D animation suite that can compete with Toon Boom Harmony. I bought an (expensive) perpetual license for Toon Boom Harmony years ago, and then they moved to a ridiculously overpriced monthly subscription model and deactivated my license, essentially ripping me off for hundreds of dollars. So ever since then I’ve wanted something to come along and put them out of business.
What about OpenToonz? AFAIK Studio Ghibli used it
Last time I checked it seemed like it wasn’t quite there yet in terms of features, but admittedly that was a few years ago so I’ll have to give it another look. Thanks for the reminder!
There is a cool fork: https://tahoma2d.org/
I dream of a Bottom Up Logistics software that would enable us to thoughtfully connect and eventually scale grassroots resource sharing efforts. If Farmer Bertha had unsold crops she could list them. Communities in need of certain resources would indicate this. People could commit the use of their time, equipment, etc. The software would do the work of calculating efficient routes and assignments to get everything where it was needed.
My inspiration is the various pet rescue consortiums I’ve found in every city I’ve lived in. People crossing the country to pick up a single dog from rural alabama to bring it to a shelter in california. People pooling money to buy trucks specifically so volunteers can cart needy dogs around. They don’t use fancy logistics but they make it clear to me there’s a lot of uncaptured goodwill out there, and I think that given an organized way to engage, people would jump at the chance to participate in scaling a sharing economy based on empathy for our fellow creatures.
