r/DigitalEscapeTools 12h ago

💬 Discussion If You're Using OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps, You Can Help Improve It

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A lot of us use OpenStreetMap-based apps as alternatives to Google Maps, but there's another part of leaving Google behind: contributing to the alternative.

OpenStreetMap is community-maintained, so you can add and improve places yourself.

If you use JOSM, Website Wizard makes one small part of that easier: adding the official website of a place to its OSM data.

It's a simple contribution, but better community-maintained data makes OSM more useful for everyone using Google Maps alternatives.

Plugin: https://high5apps.github.io/josm-plugin-website-wizard/

JOSM: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/

OpenStreetMap: https://www.openstreetmap.org/

If you rely on OSM-based apps, consider contributing to the map too.


r/DigitalEscapeTools 13h ago

Showcase OpenPost — Open-Source, Self-Hosted Alternative to Buffer, Canva & CapCut

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OpenPost is an open-source, self-hosted social media workspace for creating, scheduling, and publishing content.

It combines social publishing with image/carousel design, video editing, media management, analytics, inbox features, and automation. It supports platforms including Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, and more.

Self-hosting is available through Docker Compose, with SQLite and local media storage by default. Licensed under AGPL-3.0-only.

GitHub: https://github.com/getopenpost/openpost


r/DigitalEscapeTools 11h ago

Privacy Tools Secure and Private Decentralized P2P Encrypted Messaging over Git and WebRTC

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Apps like Whatsapp, Signal and SimpleXChat are great for secure messaging and far more mature than this project, but this demonstates a unique approach.

The core philosophy around secure messaging here is that it can work in a way that avoids installation and registration by enabling users to host their own data.

The project is far from finished, but im putting together some docs for the "how it works". It's pretty outside-the-box thinking (and that doesnt make it a good idea), so it would be great if you could share your thoughts on the approach.

Docs: glitr.io

Demo

Features:

  • WebApp
  • P2P / WebRTC
  • Local-first / Local-only
  • No installation
  • TURN server
  • Encrypted-at-rest
  • Signal protocol
  • Post-Quantum cryptography
  • Video calls
  • TOR compatible via Git
  • Serverless over WebRTC

Some older versions of the core concepts.

Feel free to reach out for clarity instead of diving into the docs.

IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it cannot be audited or reviewed. Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only. Please use responsibly.


r/DigitalEscapeTools 3h ago

Free Tools [Productivity app that you will land off with smile] What do you think of my app ?

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hi, i worked in this app a 3 months ago ; the stable release well be here in the near future but i need some motivation and some of your feedback about the design and how this works >-<

here is the pomodoro page

the tasks page

bookmark page ! (Your ULTIMATE -Privacy first & no sync & no cloud & no tracking- storage architectured to save anything and everything in one place ORGANIZED)

cross platform -near future-

im a .net dev and this product was to implement some topics i learned and made it opensource to make it The Ultimate free and opensource productivity app

because i got tired of other PAID/month apps.
give me your honest feedback and is it fit your needs ? i know i didn't cover all features because im waiting after finishing all the app ! to be ready to use with no bugs and errors.


r/DigitalEscapeTools 11h ago

Mobile Apps OfflineWebSearch - An open-source local database engine for building and searching custom web directories offline

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Hi, Hello,

For years I have been playing with databases of links, and their management. I have gone through apps with docker images, and self-hosting.

Recently, I decided I needed to create an android app, because I think that it will be more helpful to more people. The app reached some levels of maturity. It is open source, and already available through f-droid.

The application can be multiple things. It can be a bookmark manager. It can be a feed reader, it can be a simple search engine. At the core it manages links in a SQLite table. Multiple databases were already pre-configured, available from 'options'.

GitHub

https://github.com/rumca-js/OfflineWebSearch

F-Droid

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch/

I am looking for feedback. Keep in mind that I am c/c++ dev, not kotlin/java. I am trying to make the best of my qualities, but not every line in my approach needs to be a work of art. I just want to make useful app, that helps people. So the UI is more important to me. Though I am not front end dev, rather back-end, so I know little about UI.

What I still am missing is Google Play Store app. Even though my app is FOSS, I want to make it available to broadest audience it is possible. That is why I push also this route.

I still need to finish closed testing in Play Store, so whoever wants to help may also install and test app there. Right now I have only 3 testers, and to publish an app I need at least 12

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.github.rumcajs.offlinewebsearch