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I got hooked on browsing openalternative.co is "Most Popular" list (openalternative.co)
submitted 3 days ago by otto@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This list is an absolute gem in finding what are the trending state-of-the-art open source programs. I have found so many cool open source projects I feel addicted to browsing more..

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wow, you weren't kidding.

  • Ad: AI company.
  • Our sponsors: the same AI company.
  • #1: A code editor designed for AI
  • Ad: Another list website.
  • #2: Messaging app (no AI)
  • #3: Note taking and planning software... with AI.
  • #4: Screen recording software (no AI)
  • #5: Visual Studio Code extension for using AI to write internal tooling.
  • #6: Project management software (no AI?)
  • #7: A web interface for using AI models.
  • #8: A note-taking app (no AI)
  • #9: AI-based workflow automation software.
  • #10: Yet another AI code editor.
  • #11: A bookmark manager... with AI.
  • #12: A collaboration software suite (no AI)
  • #13: A different note-taking app (no AI)
  • #14: AI-powered social media management.
  • #15: AI personal assistant.
  • #16: Markdown-based wiki software (no AI)
  • #17: Rich text wiki software (no AI)
  • #18: A third note-taking app (no AI)
  • #19: A LLM interface.
  • #20: AI-powered personal finance tool.

Over half of the first 20 items focus on AI, and that's not even considering the ads.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Number 1 is Zed but it's not actually an "AI editor", they're just leaning into it a bit for funding. Its a fully open source Rust editor made by the former Atom developers and I highly recommend it as a replacement for Microsoft's VSCode. A good selling point is that its not just another electron app and has a native UI. On first startup, they even offer you the option to fully disable any AI features

If you do want to enable AI, they've worked hard to allow you to use your own self hosted model

[–] Linearity@infosec.pub 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why replace VSCode is it’s also open source? (VSCodium)

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Less Microsoft and a native UI. Microsoft is already making it hard to use alternative releases of VSCode like Codium by restricting them from using their extension marketplace and things like Pylance (their newer, more advanced proprietary Python LSP that replaces Pyright). Try to even download a .vsix extension from Microsoft's site - you can't because they don't offer the ability to anymore without VSCode

Zed also openly integrates with LSP so you can use servers like basedpyright and get a more featurefull editor than Code

edit: I realise I sound like a Zed salesman but I really like it lol