Category: APP

various apps and programs

📅 June 1, 2020

NightPDF: An Open Source Dark Mode PDF Reader

A free and open source PDF reader with dark mode support

 

A PDF reader is a piece of software that allows you to open .pdf files. Modern OS’ usually come with built-in options to show .pdf files, but a dedicated reader will often come with a number of advantages over the built-in option.

With .pdf being the most popular document format, there is no shortage of readers but if you’re looking for a clean, simple, free and open source reader that supports dark mode you should take a look at NightPDF.

NightPDF is built using Electron and PDF.js, and macOS and Windows users can download it from Github.

 

📅 May 27, 2020

Frappe Books: A Cross-Platform FOSS Accounting Software for Freelancers and Small Businesses

Free Desktop book-keeping software for small-businesses and freelancers.

 

If you’re a freelancer or own a small business and you look for a simple, well designed, desktop accounting software you should take a look at Frappe Books.

Frappe Books is a cross-platform ( Linux, macOS and Windows ), free and open source app that takes care of all your accounting software needs for your small business or freelance work from billing to payments, ledgers, invoices and reporting. There’s also no cloud support which might be an inconvenience for some, but it also means that there’s no hidden costs or unnecessary dependancies. You have full control over your data.

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📅 May 23, 2020

Chocolatey: The Missing Package Manager for Windows

The missing package manager for Windows that will make your life 1000x easier.

If you’re a macOS user, or followed most tutorials here on FSM, you’ve probably noticed we mention Homebrew a lot. Homebrew is a package manager for macOS ( and Linux ) that allows you to quickly install and manage apps.

Let’s say you want to install Firefox. Normally you will do a web search for Firefox, click on the Mozilla link, click the download button, wait for the .dmg to download, open the dmg, and drag the app to /Applications folder. With Homebrew, all you have to do is type brew cask install firefox in the terminal. Want to install Firefox ESR or Nightly, no problem just replace firefox with firefox-esr or firefox-nightly in the command above. That’s pretty darn neat.

So macOS users have Homebrew, Linux distros all come with their own package manager ( and Homebrew, however I’m not sure how many people are using it on Linux ). What about Windows?

Windows user have Chocolatey. A package manager similar to Homebrew, that we’ve mentioned in a few tutorials here on FSM. If you’ve never heard of Chocolatey or you’re not using it yet, you’re missing out. So let’s jump right in and see how to install and use Chocolatey.

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📅 May 13, 2020

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 Remastered

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 remastered in glorious 4K will drop for XBox 1, PS4 and PC soon.

Tony Hawk and Vicarious Visions will bring back Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2. Remastered, in stunning 4K and 60fps. The games will bring back the original levels, skaters, tricks, modes, songs from the iconic soundtrack and new ways to play the game including online multiplater.

THPS 1 & 2 remastered will drop for for XBox One, PS4, and PC on. September 4, 2020. XBox users who pre-order the digital game now will get access to the Warehouse Demo. There will also be a Collector’s Edition which includes all the digital content + a Birdhouse deck with Birdman’s autograph on it!

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📅 April 27, 2020

a-Shell: A Multiple Windows Terminal App for iOS

a-Shell is a free and open-source terminal app for iOS.

a-Shell is a free and open-source terminal app for iOS. It uses ios_system for command interpretation, and will ultimately include all commands from the ios_system ecosystem (nslookup, whois, python3, lua, pdflatex, lualatex…)

The project relies on iOS 13 to create and manage multiple windows. Each window has its own context, command history and current directory.

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📅 April 26, 2020

BitBar: Display Anything in Your macOS Menu Bar

BitBar is a free and open-source app that allows you to display the output of any script or program in your macOS menu bar

BitBar is a free and open-source app that allows you to display the output of any script or program in your macOS menu bar. You can create your own plugins or choose from existing ones.

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📅 April 18, 2020

Apple Music Web App is No Longer in Beta

Starting today you don’t need iTunes or Apple Music app anymore to enjoy Apple Music. The web app is official out of bet.a

This is just a quick post to let you know that Apple Music on the web is no longer in beta. So, starting today, you don’t need iTunes or Apple Music app anymore to enjoy Apple Music. The web app is officially out of beta.

This is particuallary good news for Linux users because, up until late last year when Apple released the web app in beta, they were out of luck since there’s no iTunes for Linux. Now, all that’s required is a web browser. Firefox should do just fine.

To keep this short, if you’re an Apple Music user as well as a macOS, Linux or Windows, starting today, all you need is to point your web browser to https://music.apple.com/.

📅 April 16, 2020

Meteo: A Weather Application Using OpenWeatherMap API

a fuly featured weather app for your linux machine, backed by OpenWeatherMap API

If you’re looking for a simple, straightforward and fully featured weather app for your linux machine, you should take a look at meteo, a weather app for linux that uses OpenWeatherMap API.

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📅 April 16, 2020

Search and Preview Fonts Using The Terminal

a commandline tool that lets you quickly search for fonts that are installed on your machine and preview them

fontpreview is a commandline tool that lets you quickly search for fonts that are installed on your machine and preview them. The fuzzy search feature is provided by fzf and the preview is generated with imagemagick and then displayed using sxiv.

This tool is highly customizable, almost all of the variables in this tool can be changed using the commandline flags or you can configure them using environment variables.

Arch and Arch based distro users can install fontpreview from AUR. But it’s easy to install it on other distros too. Check out fontpreview on Github to learn how to install and configure it.

📅 April 14, 2020

espanso: A FOSS, Cross-Platform, Configurable Text Expander

a free, open source, cross platform and highly customizable text expander

Text expanders or snippet tools can boost your productivity in a major way. The purpose of a text expander is to save you time whenever you need to type the same sentence, phrase or paragraph over and over.

There are many text expanders apps available, but rarely you’ll find one that’s free, open source, cross platform, highly configurable and also allows you to sync between devices.

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