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What is your favourite open source software that you discovered in the past year, that you can no longer live without? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Shape4985@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine is Local Send which is a FOSS alternative similar to air drop that works across a variety of devices.

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Home Assistant. I only installed it to help me control my solar/battery but I ended up putting other things on it and fell down a rabbit hole.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

That's how it starts. Before you know it you'll be buying no-name smart bulbs from Ali Baba and investigating custom firmware for full local only control.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you done other home automation that you could compare it to?

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Not really. Only the odd thing on a brand's app, which isn't really comparable.