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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (26 children)

It's a long shot, but a viable alternative to Google Maps or other proprietary mapping websites (and no, OpenStreetMap is not a viable Google Maps alternative).

EDIT: Not sure why downvotes, OpenStreetMap doesn't even have directions as far as I can tell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You are supposed to use an app and not the website for navigation and generally looking 1t the map.

On android the best two IMHO are Osmand and Organic Maps but depending on what you what there are others. Many on F-Droid. Osmand also has an ios app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What if I want to look at the map in my browser though? I like to plan ahead on my desktop before leaving.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know there is unfortunately no good webapp using OSM.

I guess graphopper is probably the best but I don't personally like it that much. You can create a route with it 1nd send the gpx file to your phone and open it Osmand and then follow that. It's nothing like using the Google maps feature send to phone or email because you can't really modify it then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That sounds much too complicated yea

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