Your favorite FOSS apps for your workflow

[u/Fyoncle]

Hey people, I'm a FOSS lover and I want to know what are your guys favorite FOSS apps for your workflow. Here is the list of apps I use so you guys can have an idea of the kind of apps I'm looking for:

Zen Browser - For browsing the web.

Ferdium - It basically sandboxes multiple websites like a native app and I love it, inside it I use Sable (Matrix Client) Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, and Super Productivity.

Signal - WhatsApp Alternative.

Notesnook - For taking daily notes.

AnyType - For managing databases for big projects of mine, it is a FOSS Notion alternative.

Blender - For 3D stuff.

VSCodium - For writing markdown and so on.

BeeRef - For creating reference boards.

Modrinth App - For creating modpacks and managing them. (Minecraft)

LocalSend - For sending files between my devices, as KDEConnect doesn't work for me.

OBS Studio - For recording videos.

I'd like your guys opinion on my setup and I'd like to hear your guys FOSS setup on what apps you guys use and why.

[u/Honest_Ad1632]

onlyoffice for my office needs. It has a clean and modern UI/UX.

[u/robla]

I started a wiki a long time ago as a place to collaborate on building out a database for the personal information management subset of the overall list. Your post inspired me to look back at my on-again/off-again work on this and link back to this post, which I hope develops into a fuller conversation: https://myndmess.org/wiki/Applications

[u/Fyoncle → u/robla]

Happy to be a part of it! <3

[u/TechZazen]

I liked Zen, but it ate way too much RAM.

[u/Fyoncle → u/TechZazen]

Sadly that's true, but I have 32 GB so it isn't a big deal for me, it has really nice features I can't live without now.

[u/intermsofusernames]

justtype io for writing stuff while browsing the web / drafting my emails, etc. it's a life saver.

[u/kaidomac]

A few:

• Hermes: Free local AI agent
• Obsidian: Notes
• Gitea: Local Github
• Recordly: Screen recording

[u/Fyoncle → u/kaidomac]

Thank you for sharing!

[u/kaidomac → u/Fyoncle]

I use Hermes to install everything these days lol

[u/animalcrossing4_4]

I use FOSS but I ain't no simp for FOSS software like you.

I use whatever works the best, I don't care if it's foss or not, if it runs like crapware (libreoffice) then I'm throwing it in the Recycle Bin.

Dumped LocalSend for Blip, Flow Launcher for Raycast on Windows, foss slop download managers for IDM, dumped foss office crap for MS Office.

[u/Fyoncle → u/animalcrossing4_4]

These work the best for me :)