Libby, freaking love audiobooks.
this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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Easily the most used app on my phone
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 Iβve been looking for. Iβm 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 pass to 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: [email protected]
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: 3s
Then 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:/config
And this is the Caddyfile
my.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 didnβt read close enough and thought you said TikTok. I thought to myself, βTikTok has reminders?!?β
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
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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.
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Sync for Lemmy, Voyager and Summit, if I need to narrow it down to three Lemmy clients.
Google Photos with Pixelifly π΄ββ οΈ
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.
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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.
Itβs great for ADHD. I basically use it for my schedule Iβll have it remind me the morning of something (or the day before depending on the event), when the reminder comes up, Iβll snooze it to to just before I have to leave.
I had been using apples βremindersβ, which just seem to disappear into the ether if you happen to miss the notification.
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
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JalapeΓ±o 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"
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 Iβm much happier with the integrations.
Nextcloud (connected to self hosted instance), Obsidian (combo with FileSync app for free syncing to my other devices), Wifiman by Ubiquiti
So many:
afwall+
joplin
proton vpn
protonmail
davx5
tasks.org
nova launcher
simple gallery
simple dialer
simple contacts
simple calendar
nextcloud
mega.nz
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?
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Plexamp and NewPipe for sure. Especially now that Plexamp doesn't require a Plex Pass.
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Swift Backup, i just can't imagine using my phone without that app.
+1
Google solution is not a solution at all, one of the biggest reasons I root as well.
- Syncthing
- Nextcloud
- Jitsi Meet
- FreeTube
- Syncthing
- AntennaPod
- NewPipe
- Army Knife
- Sync for Lemmy
- Telegram
- Tusky
SearXNG.
It's a metasearch engine (aggregates results from several engines and feeds then back to me). It also filters out sites I don't want, and redirects Reddit to the old interface.
- Iceraven
- Newpipe
- Foxy Droid
- Bitwarden
- Termux
- RVNC
- Showly
- Librera
- Simple File Manager
- Simple Gallery
- Syncthing
- Newpipe
- Mull
- Signal
- OpenCamera
And Librewolf on the Desktop
LibreWolf
Terminal
VLC Media Player
Visual Studio Code
Qt Creator
gcc
Home Assistant
OpenWRT
OpenVPN
Steam
Bottles (manage Wine installations/run Windows software)
Squeekboard/phosh (Linux phone UI/onscreen keyboard)
Hacker's Keyboard (Android onscreen keyboard)
OpenRGB
Weawow - the greatest weather app ever created. No ads 4.9 review in the Play Store, highly recommend it.
Termux
Tasker
Homeassistant
ChatGPT
Files by Google - actually it is pretty good and allows you to transfer files peer to peer with other devices
Anytype - Notion alternative
DuckDuckGo - for app tracking and blocking of tracking requests
Wireguard
ZeroTier One
ReadEra
TradingView
JustETF
Infinity for Lemmy
The rest were already mentioned here
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On my android phone: keepassDX - password manager w/ autofill Aegis - 2 factor authenticator Joplin - markdown journal
Great thread btw!
Librera Reader Bromite/Cromite adaway
Nova launcher (super customizable and clean and you can unlock premium with revanced Manager)
KWGT (allows you to create custom widgets for your phone and has a very good editor so you can jam pack all the info you want into one widget)
Revanced Manager (ad free YouTube with extra features like return dislike and sponsor block and more)
Xmanager (free Spotify premium)
Vlc (best way to play video and audio files)
Fdroid (alternative app store which allows you to basically find a clone of most apps but open source and privacy friendly, plus a ton of other privacy respecting apps)
Aurora store (Google Play store but more customization and less Google tracking stuff attached)
Seal (allows you to download videos and stuff from basically any big site)
Apollo :(
Voyager?
Steam.
steam, moonlight, newpipe/freetube, mullvad (vpn and browser), bitwarden, signal
On Windows, my absolutely vital stuff on the gaming rig are:
- Discord
- Firefox
- Keepass - KeepassXC in my case, but that's because I also use it on other OSes and well, same UI; otherwise on Windows itself I'd recommend the actual Keepass.
- MPC-HC, a media player that has a tiny install size and easily outperforms VLC without even breaking a sweat
- Playnite, a multi-library game launcher.
Firefox Focus
Musicolet my local music player. It has the fondamental feature of switching between playlists without losing the position of the last played tracks. A feature that no othercplayer has
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