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Discover Hidden Gems: Open-Source Software You Should Know About (lemmy.ml)
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We all love open-source software, but there are so many amazing projects out there that often go unnoticed. Let's change that! Share your favorite open-source software that you think more people should know about. Here’s how you can contribute:

  1. Single Option Per Comment: Mention one open-source software per comment to be able to easily find the most popular software.
  2. No Duplicates: Avoid duplicating software that has already been mentioned to ensure a wide variety of options.
  3. Upvote What You Love: If you see a software that you also appreciate, upvote it to help others discover it more easily.

Check out last year's post for more inspiration: Last Year's Post

Let's create a comprehensive list of open-source software that everyone should know about!

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

btw this is powerful. i recently upgraded to Joplin from using colornotes. there's so much you can do and a ton of QoL things they've added that make organizing and searching notes much easier.

Joplin is awesome and I wish I'd known about it sooner.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    How does it compare to Obsidian? Other than being FOSS which is a win.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    obsidian seems to be some huge ambitious app that means to do a bunch of graphing and whatnot. seems to be more of a workboard app than a note taking one. (just going off their homepage. i was not familiar with the app before you mentioned it)

    joplin is just for taking notes or journalling. its very good at giving you built in tools to organize your notes as well. but its quite a minimal and efficient style. it is a powerful app. but it's made for a different purpose.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I've used Obsidian and just today moved to Joplin. Obsidian has way more features for power users and wider array of community plugins.

    BUT

    Joplin is FOSS and it still has plenty of features. Think of Obsidian capabilities as Microsoft Excel, whereas Joplin is at the level of Google Sheets. And Joplin notes can be encrypted, meaning .md files won't be found lying around.

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