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3·10 hours agoIf Immich is your self-hosted Google Photos replacement, Aves is the local Android gallery to pair with it. No cloud, no account just a fast, polished viewer with powerful metadata, search, and format support.
This isn’t about being “pro-AI” or “anti-AI”.
It’s about choice.
AI is being integrated into operating systems, browsers, and apps by default often without consent, opt-out clarity, or transparency.
DuckDuckGo’s message highlights a growing concern: Should users be allowed to decide if and how AI shows up in their tools?
Optionality matters especially in privacy-focused software.
DuckDuckGo’s public vote: https://voteyesornoai.com/
Vote, discuss, and share your perspective respectfully.
Dim and Jellyfin target similar users but with different goals.
Dim focuses on a sleek, local-first experience with a beautiful UI, Docker support, and hardware acceleration great for personal libraries without cloud or Plex-style features.Jellyfin is more mature and full-featured, with multi-user support, plugins, and apps across many platforms.
In short: Dim = simple & polished, Jellyfin = powerful & feature-rich.
Open-source browser extension that automatically redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, and more to privacy-friendly alternative frontends (Invidious, Nitter, Piped, etc.). No tracking, no Big Tech UI.
GitHub: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
LibRedirect vs Privacy Redirect LibRedirect is the actively maintained fork with more services, more frontends, and better browser support. Privacy Redirect is mostly unmaintained and limited.
Open-source browser extension for syncing bookmarks privately across browsers and devices. Supports self-hosted backends like Nextcloud Bookmarks, WebDAV, Git servers, and more no Google or Firefox cloud required.
GitHub: https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus
Download: https://floccus.org/download
Open-source Android gallery that encrypts photos and videos locally using AES-256. No cloud, no account, no ads. Media is only decrypted in memory while the app is in use.
Open-source, self-hosted media manager that organizes and beautifies your personal media library. Local-first, Docker-friendly, supports hardware acceleration, and lets you access your media without relying on Plex or cloud services.
GitHub: https://github.com/Dusk-Labs/dim
Spliit is a free and open-source alternative to Splitwise for sharing expenses. It supports uneven splits, reimbursements, and works as a PWA. Users can use the public instance or self-host their own. Some advanced features are opt-in and rely on external services.
GitHub: https://github.com/spliit-app/spliit
App: https://spliit.app/
GPSLogger is a lightweight, open-source Android app for logging GPS data in open formats, designed with a local-first approach and optional self-hosted uploads.
GitHub: https://github.com/mendhak/gpslogger
F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.mendhak.gpslogger/
Authelia or any self-hosted 2FA tool cannot recover a Gmail account if you lost your 2FA device. The only proper route is Google account recovery, using backup codes or recovery options.
ChronoFrame vs Immich: ChronoFrame is a lightweight, self-hosted photo gallery focused on manual uploads, EXIF data, maps, and S3/local storage.
Immich is more Google Photos–like, built around mobile apps, automatic sync, and ML features.
Open-source CleanShot X alternative (macOS). Local-first, offline OCR.
No. Spooty doesn’t download music from Spotify. It only reads playlist info, then gets the music from YouTube, so there’s no Spotify DRM. The result is normal local audio files.
Two-factor authentication and access control for self-hosted services.
Self-hosted Spotify playlist downloader for local music ownership. Uses Spotify metadata + YouTube audio. Docker-ready.
⚠️ Requires Spotify account/API. Not privacy-pure; reduces lock-in by moving music offline. GitHub: https://github.com/Raiper34/spooty
Yes, Signal is open-source where it matters.Signal’s apps and encryption protocol are fully open-source, and the server code is published as well. Signal is centralized by design, but messages are end-to-end encrypted by default and Signal cannot read them. This is not comparable to Telegram, where servers can read most chats and the backend is closed.
Open-source, self-hosted bookmark-everything platform focused on data ownership. Save links, notes, PDFs, images, videos, and RSS content with full-text search, OCR, and rule-based automation. Optional AI features (supports local models via Ollama), browser extensions, Android & iOS apps, and Docker deployment. Ideal Pocket / Raindrop alternative for privacy-focused users.
Check out the site here: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/
Open-source, end-to-end encrypted file transfer tool. Securely send files and folders between computers without accounts, cloud storage, or port-forwarding. Cross-platform, resumable transfers, Tor/proxy support, and optional self-hosted relay.
GitHub: https://github.com/schollz/croc
hat.sh lets you encrypt files locally in your browser using modern cryptography nothing is uploaded or stored. Great for securing files before sharing or cloud storage. Open-source & self-hostable.
https://github.com/sh-dv/hat.sh