I've been building an app for some time and I'm interested in open sourcing it. I've searched the net but I haven't found a good thorough guide on how to open source an app. So, besides choosing a place to put my code (github etc), what are some other advice you can give me in order to do it right? Thanks in advance

Does anyone know of any alternatives to Pinterest? To be honest, I’m fed up with it—not just because of its interface, but because of the data collection and tracking, to the point where I’ve started seeing adverts for the very same things I was searching for on other apps that have nothing to do with it. If you’ve had any experience with any alternatives (I’m particularly interested in design interior and architectural and envirenement content), please let me know.

i am done with the one i am currently using after they discontinued the paid version and replaced it with a subscription years ago. i then used the free version with an ad blocker but today i opened it to find the message "allow tracking" with no opt out...

i know weather tokens aren't free but the first question is if there even is one that has a rain radar. it's the one feature i find useful (and why i kept using the old app as long as possible...) but it's mostly absent from apps it seems.

it doesn't need to be free or completely open source, just no subscription.

Thought this was really insightful and think more people should read this

Hi Lemmy,

I am trying to install Lineage OS on Chromecast. The documentation talks something about route access (I ignored it, assuming I don't have to route my device)

** My question **

I enabled USB debugging, tried:

adb devices 

my PC wouldn't recognise the Chromecast. I did some research online, and discovered that we need to have WiFi debugging enabled to use adb after the android 14 update, is it true/compulsory to enable the same? If yes, is there a docs or guide I can follow?

My setup: PC: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena

Chromecast: Chromecast with Google TV

Thanks in advance

PS: I am not a developer, I know some coding and work in data science. Please correct me if I said something wrong.

someone on Lemmy made a post recently about an app that checks which apps you have installed are open or closed source. i dont remember where it was posted, but i really want to know what it was called again. after searching online, on lemmy and even through AI i couldnt find it. please if someone knows what im talking about HELP

OpenStreetMap (I use organicmaps as a client) is not a viable alternative to me when there is no reviews and no information about departure times. Are there any alternatives that are open-source?

HereWeGo probably the best till now but not open-source.

Edit: wrong spelling of OpenStreetMap

ONYX v1.2-beta - now actually comfortable to use

I've been working on ONYX for a while now, and v1.1 was honest about one thing — it was secure, but using it every day felt like a chore. This update is mostly me fixing that.

What's new

• File uploads now show a preview and progress.
• Message forwarding — took longer than it should have, but it's in
• Keyword search across chats
• Smooth send/receive animations — on by default if you search the settings, and I liked having them
• Tap a reply to jump to the original message
• Message pinning (local only for now — I want to add it for both sides in next patches)

Improved

• LAN mode stability — this one was long overdue
• General performance

Fixed

• LAN mode connection issues
• Various bug fixes

Still a lot to do.

If you want to follow what's coming — there's an update channel inside the app: 12e01467-c154-447b-84f8-133ae76684a1 (channel token)

https://github.com/wardcore-dev/onyx/releases/tag/v1.2-beta

Feedback in the comments is welcome.

I wanted to share this open-source alternative to Spotify/YouTube Music for Android that I found. It's ad-free and VERY CUSTOMIZABLE. This definitely deserves so much MORE recognition. https://github.com/koiverse/ArchiveTune

Currently I use firetv stick but I hate the ads. I only use it to launch arte, jellyfin and smarttube so it's OK. But if I would have children it would be very bad because it's filled with shiny trash everywhere. I wouldn't want my kids (or anyone) to see that stuff.

I am looking forward to plasma bigscreen in june but I can't add more value to it right now than donating to kde. Is there something else? I've got a Samsung TV which is on the same level of badness as firetv. It could be worse but it's far from good as well

Hey up. I am an anarchist and software developer of 20+ years and I really hate predatory ticket sales platforms that add junk fees and take money away from artists and spy on their users, so I built Chobble Tickets which is a fully free and open source (no open core / premium features / corporate licenses) ticket sales app.

It's built on Bunny CDN's "Edge Scripts" (which themselves run on Deno) which gives it cool scaling features out of the box - and it also means the running cost is very low because there's no servers and it scales down to zero

It includes features like:

• QR code check-ins
• Encrypted attendee information
• Stripe & Square payments
• Public and admin APIs
• Tiered tickets
• Custom questions
• CSV exports
• Webhook support
• Custom domains
• Custom email providers
• More I'm forgetting

You can get it up and running yourself very quickly, or I'm also offering paid hosting at £50 per year, £25 for artists, musicians, charities and co-operatives. Or some other nerd can host it for you, because it's easy.

(AI warning - I use Claude to help with my coding. This is nowhere near vibe-coded - the code is quite good actually because I have two decades of experience. But if you're super anti-AI, be warned that I used AI when building this)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44896008

The Future, One Week Closer. This is goimg to matter to everybody on Earth

In 5-10 years, Amazon/Bezos has a self-quota to make 100 million robots per year. That sounds nuts. The USA alone has over 300 million people. So it would take 3 years after they reach capacity to build robots to cover all USA population.

Yeah at this point I don't think just laws, legislation, oversight committees, and even whole world focusing on this issue together would be enough by that point. So this will most likely be a big focus from now on up to those 5-10 years to get resolved. That is just counting Amazon too not other companies worldwide in other "countries" doing the same thing to get to that level of capacity

8.3 billion living people on Earth currently. When production reaches 100 million robots each year it would take 83 years to cover every human on the planet with their own robot "companion"

The only way this can be done in a good way is open source community-made robots and AI being owned by people as a public thing not privately owned. Where everything is verified and done together ethically. That gives power back to people to own themselves.

Not one person corporate owned at all/tech overlords/stock market.

Also, other news: lots of data centers are going to be sent to orbit space.

I think that's enough internet for me today.

This is just wow. I don't even what to say at this point anymore except get things done, and together seriously.

Yes lots of good can come from certain aspects but I don't feel like it will be done in a friendly way overtime

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44823247

I built ActuFeed because I wanted a simple, distraction-free way to follow exactly the news sources I care about — without algorithms, ads, or tracking.

Key features:

• Fully customizable tabs and feeds (add any RSS or website) Smooth bilingual interface
• Clean reading experience optimized for desktop (works on mobile too)
• Very lightweight and easy to self-host with Docker
• No account required

You can try it instantly here: → https://actufeed.com/

GitHub repo (open source + Docker): https://github.com/drenlia/actufeed

Would love your feedback or suggestions!

For context, Haven is a fairly new open source (GPLv3) SSH client for Android.

At first when I saw this I was eager to explore it: there isn't much choice in terms of open source SSH clients for Android. Termius is proprietary, ConnectBot is unmaintained (but recently has had some new activity?) and JuiceSSH was never open source afaik. Currently I am using Termux + openssh but that's not great either (e.g. no FIDO ssh key support).

However upon further inspection I am a little suspicious that AI is used significantly for a few reasons:

• Claude has contributed a few commits (but not many)
• Some of the markdown files (like VISION.md) read like AI generated text
• The way the author replies to issues and PRs also reads like AI generated text, with heavy use of em dashes and bold text unnecessarily
• The rate of commits and new features seems rather high for a single person working by themselves

Are my suspicions founded? Even if the author uses AI to generate documentation and reply to issues, I'm not sure about the actual code itself. SSH access is quite a sensitive thing so I'd like to know whether the client I am using is built with AI or not. Would appreciate your thoughts.

Cross-gepostet von: https://lemmy.zip/post/61560458

Does anyone know of this ?

This repository includes the hardware and software components of "MEVIUS2: Practical Open-Source Quadruped Robot with Sheet Metal Welding and Multimodal Perception"

Video demonstration: https://youtu.be/xzfZkmQ2rrQ

I'm helping students and people with disability to navigate their devices and learn how to do things on their computer.

Sometimes I do this remotely, and I'm looking for software that would allow them to share their screen to me. And me to annotate on their screen (visible to them) or at least show my cursor so I can point at things.

I know this used to be possible with slack. But I would like to find an open-source and affordable alternative.

Anybody have some experience with this?

When I first started working on OSS projects, I really struggled with documentation. But after a lot of trial and error, I learned a lot about writing clear and helpful docs. Working on several OSS projects has also taught me just how essential good documentation is to the success of a project. So, I’d like to share with you some of the tips that have helped me improve (in the hope that they will save you the same headaches I’ve experienced lol):

• Guide first: Start with simple guides that focus on common use cases to help users get started quickly.
• Show, don’t tell: Use screenshots & screencasts early & often to visually demonstrate features.
• More code than text: Prioritize clear, working code examples over lengthy text explanations.
• Use plausible data: Craft realistic data in examples to help users better relate & apply them to their projects. I use faker.js for this.
• Examples as stories: Write examples in Storybook to ensure accuracy & consistency between code & visuals.
• The reference follows the guide: If an advanced user is looking for all possible options of a component, they can find them in the same place as the guide.
• Pages can be scanned quickly: Break content into short, digestible sections for quick navigation and easy reading.

How do you approach documentation in your projects?

A very jovial greeting to all,

About 20 minutes ago, I started the build for Hubzilla 11.2; as usual, it will be available for all to enjoy, and update their own instances after about an hour or so, so please don't update until then.

If you're curious about the code, you are most welcome to check out the Hubzilla code at: https://framagit.org/hubzilla/core/-/releases

and, of course, the docker image code at: https://github.com/dhitchenor/hubzilla

Questions, issues and PRs are all welcome; I'm looking forward to speaking with you.

I'm trying to move away from Google and replace my Gmail account. But reading about the different options, I'm realizing I don't really understand email at all - e.g. the difference between the client and the domain name, the different protocols, encryption.

Does anyone have articles or books to suggest as a "Basics of Email: 101"? Thank you!