OSS/Libre alternatives I use every day
After working in IT for over 10 years and 5 as an embedded dev I've managed to find out some OSS/Libre alternatives to common tools devs and sysadmins use every day. So I compiled a WIP list below:
| Product | Alternative | Info |
|---|---|---|
| VMWare | Proxmox* | |
| MailChimp | listmonk* | Runs over everything, even NetBSD |
| VSCode | VSCodium | No more AI and telemetry |
| Router firmware | OPNsense / OpenWRT | OpenWRT is best if you have WIFI |
| Bambu Slicer | Orca Slicer | Because bambulab sucks |
| SynologyNAS | TrueNAS SCALE* | |
| Any streaming service/Plex | Jellyfin* | |
| GitHub | Forgejo* | Used by Codeberg |
| LastPass | BitWarden* | |
| DaVinci Resolve | Kdenlive | |
| Fusion360 | FreeCAD/OpenSCAD | |
| Hardware debugging | BlackMagic Debugger | Works great with blue pill/black pill |
| Altium Designer | KiCad |
* available as self hosted services