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Refeed

Modern self-hosted RSS reader with timed bookmarks, smart filters, in-article notes, and a built-in newsletter-to-RSS converter.

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Feedly

Tiny Tiny RSS

Long-running self-hosted RSS/Atom feed reader and aggregator, originally created in 2005 and now maintained at github.com/tt-rss/tt-rss.

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Feedly

CommaFeed

Self-hosted RSS reader inspired by Google Reader — organize, read and subscribe to your favorite feeds on your own server.

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Feedly

Huginn

Self-hosted automation platform for building agents that monitor and act on your behalf — a hackable, open source alternative to IFTTT and Zapier.

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IFTTT

Noctis

Cross-platform lossless music player with rich library management, synced lyrics, and gapless playback for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Spotify

ezBookkeeping

Lightweight, self-hosted personal finance and bookkeeping app with a mobile-friendly UI — an open alternative to Mint and YNAB.

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Mint

TryPost

Open-source social media scheduling platform — a self-hosted alternative to Buffer, Hootsuite, and Later for agencies and creators.

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Buffer

Paca

AI-native open-source project management platform for Scrum and Kanban teams.

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Jira

Commento

Fast, privacy-focused commenting platform for websites.

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Disqus

Pingvin Share X

Secure and easy self-hosted file sharing platform.

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WeTransfer

Slink

Self-hosted image sharing service with gallery support.

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Imgur

MiMoCode

An open-source terminal-native AI coding agent with cross-session memory, multiple agents, and support for any LLM provider.

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Claude Code

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