LibreOffice, marking its 40th year with version 25.2, introduces browser-based capabilities through ZetaOffice and real-time collaboration features using CRDT technology. The new developments allow for browser-embedded document handling and JavaScript integration, potentially revolutionizing how users interact with office suite applications without relying on cloud services.
A key contributor to the Wii homebrew scene and founder of Asahi Linux announces their resignation, citing burnout from entitled users, upstream Linux kernel community challenges, and personal circumstances. Their groundbreaking work made Linux run on Apple M1 chips, but increasing pressure, decreasing donations, and toxic community dynamics led to this decision.
Wger Workout Manager is an open-source web application for managing personal workouts, weight, and diet plans, offering both a user interface and REST API. The application can be easily deployed using Docker and provides flexible hosting options from demo instances to full production setups.
An open-source website project that offers professional alternatives to common workplace phrases, based on content from @loewhaley on Instagram. The creator emphasizes that the suggestions should be taken as guidance rather than literal scripts, while actively seeking community feedback for improvements.
DeaDBeeF is a versatile, modular audio player supporting multiple platforms including Linux, macOS, and Windows. The software offers extensive audio format compatibility, UI customization options, and expandability through plugins.
An engineering director's simple web page about local-first software unexpectedly grew into a thriving community of 700+ members, championing the movement for client-side data ownership and offline-capable applications. The local-first approach challenges cloud-dependent architecture by prioritizing user data control, offline functionality, and seamless collaboration while maintaining cloud benefits.
Jujutsu is a modern version control system that offers Git compatibility while introducing innovative features like working-copy-as-a-commit, automatic conflict resolution, and safe concurrent replication. The system combines design elements from Git, Mercurial, and Darcs, providing a powerful yet user-friendly experience for both individual developers and large teams.
An open-source iOS app was developed to enhance Syncthing's file synchronization capabilities with features like selective sync and media streaming. The project combines Go and Swift programming to create a more user-friendly mobile experience for self-hosted file synchronization, addressing limitations of existing solutions like Dropbox and Resilio Sync.
Microsoft released open source PostgreSQL extensions to handle document-style data, challenging MongoDB's dominance in the NoSQL space while blurring the lines between relational and non-relational databases. The extensions enable BSON support and MongoDB-compatible commands, partnering with FerretDB to create a viable MongoDB alternative on PostgreSQL.
A fork of TinyX servers (Xvesa and Xfbdev) aims to maintain and improve these lightweight X servers while keeping them minimal and fully featured, prioritizing small binary size over modern features like XKB and XInput.
OpenComply is an open-source security and compliance platform designed to simplify infrastructure monitoring and policy enforcement across multiple cloud services and tools. The platform offers universal visibility, automated compliance checks, and integration with various cloud providers while maintaining an engineer-friendly approach with git-managed policies and pipeline integration.
A comprehensive introduction to k, a family of concise vector-oriented programming languages designed by Arthur Whitney, exploring its various generations and implementations. K emphasizes terseness and execution speed, making it particularly powerful for data analytics and transformation, while maintaining a minimalist approach with no standard libraries.
A modern revival of Hotline, a 1997 Mac OS community platform, is being rebuilt in Swift and SwiftUI for contemporary Apple systems. The project aims to recreate the client-side functionality of the original software, which enabled chat, file sharing, and community features without central servers. Currently supporting macOS and iOS, the implementation maintains the core features while modernizing the experience.
A detailed discussion about code security perceptions highlights how any unread code, not just explicitly keyboard-interfacing programs, could potentially be malicious. The author uses their global caps lock synchronization project to argue that security scrutiny should be applied consistently across all unverified code, regardless of its stated purpose.
A major rewrite of asdf from Bash to Go has been released as version 0.16.1, delivering 2x-7x performance improvements and enhanced maintainability. The tool is now distributed as a single binary instead of Bash scripts, maintaining backward compatibility while requiring users to follow specific upgrade procedures based on their installation method.
Kanata is a cross-platform keyboard remapper offering QMK-like features for any keyboard, enabling multiple layers of key functionality and advanced customization options like tap-hold and macros. The open-source tool allows users to create custom keyboard layouts and behaviors without requiring specialized hardware, making ergonomic keyboard setups accessible to anyone.
Cooperative Linux (coLinux) is an open-source solution that enables native Linux kernel execution alongside Windows without traditional virtualization software. The system achieves near-native performance by using special driver software and sharing hardware resources cooperatively with the host operating system.
A collaborative effort between Debian and Arch Linux developers showcases their work on reproducible builds using rebuilderd, a tool implemented since 2020 for Arch and 2024 for Debian, to verify package integrity across distributions.
A critical analysis examines the limitations of 'open' AI systems, revealing how claims of openness often lack precision and fail to address industry concentration in AI development. The research demonstrates that while open AI can offer transparency, reusability, and extensibility, these features alone do not disrupt power concentration in the sector, as large tech companies maintain control over essential resources and infrastructure. The study highlights how corporate actors leverage open AI rhetoric to consolidate market advantages while deflecting regulatory scrutiny.
A Flutter-based mobile app called 'The Deck' enables multiplayer card games using multiple devices, with one device serving as the central table display. The project is open-source, built with Dart and Flutter, and welcomes community contributions for new game implementations.