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A YouTube alternative, and an Excel competitor - This Week's Top 5 Open Source Projects (October 24, 2023)
Hey friends! This week's newsletter is serving up a fresh batch of the internet's best open-source gems. From sticking it to the man with an anti-tracking YouTube player to an Excel killer, I’ve got 5 open-source projects that I know you will love. Whether you're a dev looking to level up your skills or just love cheering on the projects you are excited about, you'll love what these open-source projects have going on.
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October 24th, 2023
A YouTube alternative, and an Excel competitor - This Week's Top 5 Open Source Projects (October 24, 2023)
Hey friends! This week's newsletter is serving up a fresh batch of the internet's best open-source gems. From sticking it to the man with an anti-tracking YouTube player to an Excel killer, I’ve got 5 open-source projects that I know you will love. Whether you're a dev looking to level up your skills or just love cheering on the projects you are excited about, you'll love what these open-source projects have going on.
And don’t ‘forget, we got this week’s deal/discount at the end!
FreeTube
FreeTube is an open-source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. Use YouTube without advertisements and prevent Google from tracking you with their cookies and JavaScript. Available for Windows, Mac & Linux thanks to Electron.
FreeTube uses a built-in extractor to grab and serve data/videos. The Invidious API can also optionally be used. FreeTube does not use any official APIs to obtain data. While YouTube can still see your video requests, it can no longer track you using cookies or JavaScript. Your subscriptions and history are stored locally on your computer and never sent out. Using a VPN or Tor is highly recommended to hide your IP while using FreeTube.
With almost 300 collaborators, a very long list of features, and a real use case for a lot of people, FreeTube is definitely a project you should check out.
To learn more about FreeTube, please visit their GitHub and official website.
Video.js
Video.js is a web video player built from the ground up for an HTML5 world. It supports HTML5 video and modern streaming formats, as well as YouTube and Vimeo.
It supports video playback on desktop and mobile devices. The project was started mid 2010, and now has hundreds of contributors and is used on over 450,000 websites.
With over 400 collaborators and a stacked sponsor list, such as Brightcove and Netlify, the video.js project is certainly not going away anytime soon. Video.js is obviously also used by a lot of people and companies, so you will get your code into a lot of different places if you help them out!
Learn more on their GitHub page.
Luckysheet
🚀 Luckysheet is an online spreadsheet like excel that is powerful, simple to configure, and completely open source.
Consider submitting Luckysheet, a project with over 70 collaborators, a large ecosystem, and countless features. It supports everything from NodeJS to React, so there's something for everyone.
Learn more on their GitHub page.
Brave Browser
Brave is a web browser that focuses on user privacy and security. It blocks ads and website trackers by default, preventing companies from gathering data on users' browsing habits. Brave promises faster page loading times compared to other major browsers like Chrome because there are fewer ads and trackers bogging down web pages.
The browser provides built-in protection against malware and phishing websites. It also prevents browser fingerprinting, a technique websites use to identify and track users based on their device and browser settings. For additional privacy, Brave allows enabling anonymous network routing through Tor.
Unlike other mainstream browsers, Brave has privacy features activated by default without requiring configuration changes by the user. The company markets its browser as a simple one-stop solution for private web browsing rather than making users toggle individual settings. Other key features highlighted are bookmark and password import from existing browsers to easily switch to Brave, integrated ad-blocking, and a built-in cryptocurrency wallet and rewards system.
With almost 100 collaborators, a large user base, and a community, Brave is definitely a project worth checking out. With the project being as large as it is, you should definitely strive to get your code in the codebase, and of course, add it to your portfolio, gotta get those jobs somehow 👷.
Learn more on their GitHub page.
Refine
Refine is a meta React framework that enables the rapid✨ development of a wide range of web applications.
From internal tools to admin panels, B2B apps, and dashboards, it serves as a comprehensive solution for building any type of CRUD application.
refine's internal hooks and components simplify the development process and eliminate repetitive tasks by providing industry-standard solutions for crucial aspects of a project, including authentication, access control, routing, networking, state management, and i18n.
refine is headless by design, thereby offering unlimited styling and customization options.
With over 150 collaborators, 15k GitHub stars, and backing from Y-Combinator, Refine is another project for you to check out.
Learn more on their GitHub.
This weeks deal (Hostinger)
Hostinger is currently doing a 77% discount on their hosting, and a 79% discount on their website builder.