Libby, freaking love audiobooks.
Easily the most used app on my phone
Adding voice and audiobookshelf, for non-DRM books.
Also podcasts, with progress sync across devices.
Xmanager, newpipe, Firefox with ublock origin and dark reader extensions.
I self-host my own instace, save articles I want to read from my laptop, and then they sync with the app on my phone. I read them offline when I have some time to kill
That looks exactly like something I’ve been looking for. I’m going to spin up an instance tonight and take it for a test drive. Thanks!
You’re welcome!
Been meaning to check out Wallabag for some time now. How easy/ difficult is it to setup your own instance?
I don’t self-host a lot of things, but I’d say this is not the easiest I’ve done, just because it involves setting up multiple containers (unlike something like SearXNG). Also thought that I had to set-up an SMTP container, but I got away with not having to do it.
I used ansible (and
passto store credentials), so this is how I did it (maybe someone can pitch in and tell me what I can improve):- name: Deploy Wallabag database community.docker.docker_container: name: db_wallabag image: mariadb recreate: true state: started memory: 500MB restart_policy: always log_options: max-size: "10m" max-file: "1" env: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_mysql_root_password', missing='warn') }}" volumes: - ~/wallabag/data:/var/lib/mysql healthcheck: test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "-h", "localhost"] interval: 20s timeout: 3s - name: Deploy Wallabag redis community.docker.docker_container: name: redis_wallabag image: redis:alpine recreate: true state: started memory: 500MB restart_policy: always log_options: max-size: "10m" max-file: "1" links: - "db_wallabag:db_wallabag" healthcheck: test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"] interval: 20s timeout: 3s - name: Deploy Wallabag community.docker.docker_container: image: wallabag/wallabag:latest name: wallabag recreate: true state: started memory: 500MB restart_policy: always log_options: max-size: "10m" max-file: "1" links: - "redis_wallabag:redis_wallabag" - "db_wallabag:db_wallabag" ports: - "80" env: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_mysql_root_password', missing='warn') }}" SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_DRIVER: pdo_mysql SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_HOST: db_wallabag SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PORT: "3306" SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_NAME: db_wallabag SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_USER: db_wallabag SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_PASSWORD: "{{ lookup('community.general.passwordstore', 'self_host_containers/wallabag_symfony_env_database_password', missing='warn') }}" SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_CHARSET: utf8mb4 SYMFONY__ENV__DATABASE_TABLE_PREFIX: "wallabag_" SYMFONY__ENV__MAILER_DSN: smtp://127.0.0.1 SYMFONY__ENV__FROM_EMAIL: wallabag@example.com SYMFONY__ENV__DOMAIN_NAME: SYMFONY__ENV__SERVER_NAME: volumes: - ~/wallabag/images:/var/www/wallabag/web/assets/images - ~/wallabag/data:/var/www/wallabag/data healthcheck: test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost"] interval: 1m timeout: 3sThen I set up caddy for the reverse proxy
- name: Upload Caddyfile ansible.builtin.copy: src: ./upload_files/Caddyfile dest: ~/Caddyfile - name: Deploy caddy community.docker.docker_container: image: caddy:2 name: caddy user: "1000:1000" recreate: true state: started memory: 500MB restart_policy: always log_options: max-size: "10m" max-file: "1" links: - "wallabag:wallabag" ports: - "80:80" - "443:443" volumes: - ~/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile - ~/caddy_data:/data - ~/caddy_config:/configAnd this is the
Caddyfilemy.url.com { reverse_proxy wallabag:80 }Finally, you then have to login with user:wallabag and password:wallabag and change them in the webUI. I changed the “wallabag” user to my user and set a new password.
TickTick would be hard to replace. Ive yet to find another cross-platform reminders app that’s so good
Most of my other fav apps (Voyager for Lemmy, Bitwarden, NextCloud, NeoStore) could be replaced if I needed pretty easily (altho itd be a downgrade)
I didn’t read close enough and thought you said TikTok. I thought to myself, “TikTok has reminders?!?”
May I recommend Tasks? Not only is it open source and doesn’t collect nearly as much information as TickTick apparently does (according to Play Market), but it’s packed full of features, and also interfaces with a bunch of other apps, like Google Calendar and Google Drive for backups.
Edit: it also is still maintained and updated regularly
I will check it out but, unless I’m just missing it, it doesn’t seem to have an iOS/iPad app. That unfortunately might be enough to be a dealbreaker
It’s Android only.
A few I haven’t seen mentioned:
- Moon+ Reader - My favorite ebook reader of all time.
- Tea Time - Simple timer widgets
- Simple Time Tracker - Track what you do
- NES.emu, Snes9x EX+, M64+ FZ - Emulators
- Thunder - Lemmy
- Root Explorer - file explorer
- Lichess - Chess, free of ads, no fees. Almost entirely FOSS.
Also +1 to the usual favorites: Firefox, Termux, Nova, etc.
Ok, I saw Lichess and read that entirely differently the first time.
Sync for Lemmy, Voyager and Summit, if I need to narrow it down to three Lemmy clients.
Google Photos with Pixelifly 🏴☠️
Telegram to discuss about custom ROMs and talk with my gf.
Spark Mail because I love Inbox Zero, also has some nice team features.
Spotify for music, ViMusic as a close second.
Google Chrome (looking to replace it with Ice Raven, Firefox when it gets full extension support).
Feedly and Feeder, the one to discover and manager plus multi platform, the second because I think it is a superior RSS app, used along with Discovery Killer to replace cringe Google Discover.
Bitwarden (Vaultwarden) for password management.
Showly synced with Trak.tv to manage my TV shows/Anime and Movies.
Todoist (looking to replace it with Tasks.org, but I really need this to be multiplatform, just as with Feedly), also testing with Ruppu for simpler stuff.
Droidify to handle all these awesome Open Source mess ;)
Smart Dock
Classic PowerMenu
Ice Box and App Manager/SD Maid
Franco Kernel Manager and Magisk.
Runners up:
Download Progress ++ and Media Bar
I think this would be the summarized list.
Just as an FYI - tasks.org and iOS Reminders are compatible if you use a CalDAV provider as the underlying source. EteSync also works, but not very well, so I’d suggest CalDAV.
I saw something like that when I knew about tasks.org, unfortunately I don’t have my Mac right now to test it, but I will once I get it back!
I have had it set up and working, let me know if you need help :)
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Pixelifly for Google Photos allows you to spoof the Google Photos app to the Pixel XL, meaning we get full quality unlimited storage for the photos and videos (requires root).
Smart Dock is a dock which places in the bottom of your screen for quick access to apps and system actions, it can be used to replace the Android app switcher and Android Buttons, but I only use it for multitasking and accessing my favorite apps quickly.
Classic PowerMenu allows you to have your Gpay stuff when you hold the power button, I don’t use it because my country does not support it lol, I mainly liked it because I like the quick access to the smart devices, also requires root.
Download Progress and Media Bar add a tiny bar near the statusbar, one for downloads from every app (no need to pull down QS 😂) media bar for all music and video apps, also lets you to rewind, forward and pause from there, as many other features.
Alarmed (iOS only, unfortunately). It allows you to set nagging reminders with notifications and has great features for snoozing a reminder or setting up routine reminders.
It’s great for ADHD. I basically use it for my schedule I’ll have it remind me the morning of something (or the day before depending on the event), when the reminder comes up, I’ll snooze it to to just before I have to leave.
I had been using apples “reminders”, which just seem to disappear into the ether if you happen to miss the notification.
Joplin - general note taking and to do lists
Feeder - my favorite RSS app. I also use it to save my YouTube subscriptions
Sync For Lemmy - The best Lemmy app out there rn IMO
NewPipe - YouTube app with built in ad blocking, background play, download function etc no login required.
Proton Mail - Emails
Proton Calendar - Calendar
Proton Drive - Cloud Storage
Proton VPN - VPN
AntennaPod - Podcast app
Spotify - Music
VLC - playing local video/ audio files
Firefox - Web Browser
Waze - Navigation
Signal - Messaging
Jellyfin - Accessing my movies and TV shows
Tailscale - What I use to access my Jellyfin when I’m away from home.
CamScanner - Very handy for scanning/ digitizing physical documents.
Speedtest from Ookla - I use it a lot to check my internet connection
Shazam - Music detection
PhotoScan - one of the only Google apps I use, let’s you easily scan/ digitize old photographs
Bitwarden - Password Manager
Have you considered Proton Pass as an alternative to BitWarden? I made the switch recently and I’m much happier with the integrations.
Google Calendar - I live my life by this calendar. If it’s not on the calendar, I’m not doing it
Audible - Audiobooks by Amazon (I know they suck, but it’s a really decent service)
Tachiyomi - Manga and Comics manager and reader
Libby - Books and Audiobooks for free from your local library
Youtube - I use this way too much. I learn everything from here
+1 for Tachiyomi. Absolutely incredible app to manage my collection digitally :)
Nextcloud (connected to self hosted instance), Obsidian (combo with FileSync app for free syncing to my other devices), Wifiman by Ubiquiti
Jalapeño Poppers Wings Clams half shell Drunken clams Calamari Potato skins
Translation for the non-yanks: Americans call starters “appetisers” and then shorten it to “apps”
jumpapp. A run-or-raise application switcher for any X11 desktop.
It’s THAT good.
So many:
afwall+
joplin
proton vpn
protonmail
davx5
nova launcher
simple gallery
simple dialer
simple contacts
simple calendar
nextcloud
dropbox
aniyomi
buzzkill
voyager
infinity for reddit revanced
fdroid
mixplorer
xmanager
youtube revanced
the score
foss telegram
bitwarden
adaway
kde connect
tailscale
remote desktop client
nzb360
instander
ibraodcast
bubble upnp
nextcloud
localsend
syncthing
native alpha+
Librera FD
Feeder
Magic Earth
obtanium
seal
termux
unchained
premiumized
shelter
youcut or capcut
picsay pro
idm+
xbrowser sync
fennec
ocr
neo backup
magisk
imgur viewer
gptAssist
freebiealerts
aftership
de-bloater
fairemail
hypatia
That’s cool, but can you maybe provide a one-sentence summary of what each does for you?
Someone recently recommended Keyboard Designer to me. Now i can type on my phone without my hands going numb in under ten minutes.
“FitNotes” the workout app, because i’ve been using it for 7(?) years now to track my workout progress over the years and love the data/analytics. pretty user friendly, not super powerful, but great for tracking exercises.
and since google no longer supports music player apps outside of youtube, i guess Spotify, cuz that’s the only way to listen to music nowadays. shout out to a friend who added me to his premium years ago
Plexamp and NewPipe for sure. Especially now that Plexamp doesn’t require a Plex Pass.
Thanks for the plexamp reco! I didn’t realize there was a music app by Plex.
