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OSS Document Scanner is an open source mobile app to scan documents to PDF

2026-09-222026-09-22 Danie
Promotional graphic showing the OSS Document Scanner app on two smartphones, with scanned documents displayed against a turquoise background.

This mobile app does largely what Adobe PDF Scan or similar apps do, but your scans stay private and offline. It runs on Android and iOS, with the Android app being available from a variety […]

Leave a commentBlogdocuments, opensource, privacy, technology

Grist is an open source self-hosted spreadsheet with a database hiding underneath

2026-09-202026-09-20 Danie
Laptop displaying a spreadsheet on a wooden table, flanked by two large pine cones, with home decor in the background.

“Grist is a relational spreadsheet-database app that I can host on my own server. When I first tried it, it felt familiar because the basic idea is still the same: I get rows, columns, cells, […]

Leave a commentBlogopensource, privacy, selfhosting, spreadsheets, technology

OpenCode is an open source alternative to Claude Code

2026-09-162026-09-16 Danie
Computer monitor displaying OpenCode interface, with Star Wars lunchbox, mechanical keyboard, and copper desk lamp on a desk.

OpenCode is an open source agent that helps you write and run code with any AI model, including free (for now although the free tier uses a limited subset of backend models including Big Pickle) […]

Leave a commentBlogAI, opensource, programming, technology

I discovered KDE’s hidden superpowers after installing these 3 open-source utilities

2026-09-082026-09-08 Danie
Screenshot of the "Panel colorizer Settings" window showing various preset options for panel appearance and customization on a desktop PC.

“If you’ve been in the Linux space for a while, you know just how customisable KDE Plasma can be. However, a lot of us only limit that customisation to picking the theme or moving the […]

BlogKDE, opensource, Plasma, technology

Kept is an open-source self-hosted alternative to Google Keep notes

2026-09-062026-09-06 Danie
Person writing on colorful sticky notes on a wall, with text about Kept, an open-source private alternative to Google Keep.

It looks and feels like Google Keep notes, but is private and tracker-free. It has some extra features too, such as location notifications, CalDAV integrations, collaborative editing, file attachments, etc. Kept is designed for people […]

Blognotes, opensource, selfhosting, technology

Tether Brings the Apple Continuity Experience to Linux

2026-08-312026-08-31 Danie
Diagram showing Tether software linking iPhone to Linux via WiFi for file transfer and Bluetooth LE for messages, contacts, and notifications sync.

“Continuity. That is Apple’s catch-all term for how iPhone, iPad, and Mac talk to each other. It covers a wide range of small conveniences. Copy something on the iPhone and paste it on the Mac. […]

Blogios, opensource, technology

Image Toolbox is an open source Android app for social media creators

2026-08-282026-08-28 Danie
Screenshot of an Image Toolbox app with options for Single Edit, Resize and Convert, Format Conversion, and Crop functions.

“For you, as a content creator, the tools that matter the most are batch processing, format conversion, the 61 built-in export presets sized for platforms like Instagram, X, and YouTube, background removal, and watermarking. The […]

Blogcontentcreation, opensource, socialmedia, technology

I tested out the new Elecrow ThinkNode M9 with MeshCore Decentralised Radio Network

2026-08-252026-08-25 Danie
Elecrow ThinkNode M9 MeshCore radio that looks just like an old Blackberry phone

For those who don’t know, MeshCore (similar to Meshtastic and same hardware LoRa radios) is a decentralised radio network that runs in the license free bands. It’s a great way of being in contact with […]

Blogmeshcore, opensource, technology, thinknodem9

Jellyfin Playlist Membership — Easily browse Jellyfin Music song titles to add or remove from playlists

2026-08-222026-08-22 Danie
Screenshot of Jellyfin Playlist Membership interface showing a list of songs, artists, albums, and playlist tags in a dark-themed UI.

I wanted to quickly see which of my song titles are already in which playlists, and to quickly add them to other playlists or remove them etc. There is just no view that does this […]

BlogJellyfin, music, opensource, technology

Open Source Caving: 20 Years of Making Cave Mapping Tools

2026-08-182026-08-18 Danie
Inside a large rocky cave, miners with helmets explore uneven terrain, overlaid with blue grid lines and a red connecting line.

“In his talk Open Source Caving: 20 Years of Making Cave Mapping Tools at Hackaday Europe 2026, Phil takes us through a series of progressively more advanced open hardware devices that he’s designed to increase […]

Blogcaving, opensource, technology

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