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What projects does the opensource world lack (self.opensource)

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Is there some project that the opensource world is missing that you think it needs?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A Wayland reimplementation of XMonad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

There's work being done on it, but from my understanding, it's slow going...

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A project to give me money in exchange for me writing software.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Liberapay

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you checked out NLNet?

It is an European Agency that funds you to write FOSS software based on a project/idea you submit to them

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (8 children)

A. Phone.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A fitness tracker app that rivals Strava.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

On iOS I’m using OutRun. It provides basic activity tracking, which is what I care about. I don’t need a social network.

It’s open source: https://github.com/timfraedrich/OutRun

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would really like to see something like Jellyfin/Komga but for sheet music. There’s a software in early development called Sheetable that stores it in PDF format, but I really want to see something that has MusicXML support so that sheets can be played back.

[–] Flagstaff 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MuseScore Studio can open .XML and .MXL files, if that's what you mean.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It can, and it’s quite good! But I mean something more like a self hostable archive.

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[–] starshipwinepineapple 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It you're looking for ideas-- Something you're passionate about. Find a problem you're having, fix it, and make it open source. That's the best way to make sure whatever you do doesn't get abandoned. Good luck

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I have no clue yet if an open source solution exists, but I'm just getting started volunteering with a local animal rescue, and they definitely need a better solution for records management.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A more general business management application like Odoo could work?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Idk if there's a os music sheet software somewhere but if someone know one i am interested

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

MuseScore?

[–] Flagstaff 3 points 2 days ago

Or to be specific as of late, "MuseScore Studio." There have been... a lot of company changes over the past 2 years...