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Logitech's Options+ software requires a cloud account and collects telemetry just to configure your mouse.
OpenLogi is a new open-source, local-first alternative written in Rust. It configures Logitech mice directly over HID++ — letting you remap buttons, manage SmartShift, and set per-app profiles without phoning home. Bindings are stored in a plain TOML file you control. 🖱️🔒
Readeck 0.23.0 just dropped. If you need an open-source read-it-later tool, this update adds some great features.
The new dashboard UI is cleaner, and you can finally add your own notes to saved bookmarks. They also added OIDC authentication for easier logins, plus a new fullscreen view for distraction-free reading.
Release: https://codeberg.org/readeck/readeck/releases/tag/0.23.0
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=readeck
Substack takes a 10% cut of every paid subscription — on top of Stripe's fees. The more you earn, the more they take.
Ghost is a polished open-source alternative with built-in newsletters, memberships, and paywalled content. Zero % revenue share, ever.
On PikaPods, it starts at $2.60/mo and your subscriber list stays yours. 📝
A new EFF report reveals that advertising libraries embedded in mainstream apps are routinely harvesting and leaking user location data. In many cases, the app developers themselves don't even realize it's happening. 📍
Open-source apps don't rely on third-party ad SDKs or hidden trackers. You get the features you need without the surveillance. 🛡️
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/sneaky-code-tracking-app-users-effector-3815
Trilium Next v0.105.0 is here with major improvements for organizing your knowledge base 🧠
It includes a new Space Usage treemap to reclaim database space, automatic image compression, and backup restore support. ARM64 Docker images now use Debian 13.
Release: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/releases/tag/v0.105.0
Run on PikaPods: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=trilium-next
A Microsoft account bug recently locked a user out of Notepad. When basic local utilities require a cloud login, the "PC" starts to feel less like a personal computer and more like a rented terminal.
Open-source tools offer a path back to digital sovereignty. Fundamental software shouldn't have a kill switch controlled by a third party.
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-client-era-ruining-pcs #opensource #privacy
SparkyFitness v1.6.2 is a major leap forward for open-source health tracking. 🏃♂️
This release ships advanced mobile workout sync, pulling GPS, heart rate, and calories directly from Apple HealthKit and Android Health Connect. It also introduces full historical data backfill, supplement tracking, and support for exercise and meal images.
Release: https://github.com/CodeWithCJ/SparkyFitness/releases/tag/v1.6.2
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=sparkyfitness
#opensource #privacy
GrapheneOS is officially partnering with Motorola to release a regular, non-folding privacy device. 📱🔒
This is a massive win for mobile privacy. For years, running a de-Googled Android meant relying on the Google Pixel lineup. Now, users will have more hardware choices that meet strict security requirements.
Greater Manchester is pushing back against the UK government's massive health care contract with Palantir.
Instead of handing over millions of sensitive patient records to a commercial vendor, the region insists it can manage its own health data better with in-house infrastructure. It's a massive, high-stakes win for data sovereignty and public data ownership. 🇬🇧🛡️
https://www.wired.com/story/the-single-english-county-saying-no-to-palantir/
NocoDB 2026.08.1 brings major collaboration upgrades. 🚀
Realtime Presence lets you see live cursors in Grid view and jump directly to colleagues' edits. You can also freeze multiple fields, organize workspaces with Folders, and use nested records for hierarchical data.
Update available soon.
Release: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/releases/tag/2026.08.1
PikaPods: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=nocodb
Mealie v3.23.0 brings some excellent structural and quality-of-life updates to the open-source recipe manager. 🍳
Highlights include a unified AI-powered recipe import page with rewritten provider internals, native OIDC endpoint support for passkey-based services, and a quick re-roll button for meal planner entries.
Release: https://github.com/mealie-recipes/mealie/releases/tag/v3.23.0
Run on PikaPods: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=mealie
OpenAI's ChatGPT macOS app now records your screen activity and keystrokes to feed AI suggestions.
Skip the passive data collection. Open-source AI interfaces like LibreChat and Open WebUI give you a powerful chat experience. Bring your own API key or local model, and keep your workflow private.
Tududi v1.4.0 is out, bringing significant updates to this open-source task manager 📝
The highlight is a new installable PWA featuring offline read and queued write sync. Subtasks are now first-class citizens with list visibility, and the goals UX got a complete overhaul with area integration and color support.
Update available soon on PikaPods.
Release: https://github.com/chrisvel/tududi/releases/tag/v1.4.0
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=tududi
Nine PBS is suing to recover 50TB of archives. Their cloud vendor shut down, and the physical data center refuses to return the drives because the defunct vendor technically owned the hardware. 🔒
Relying entirely on proprietary cloud vendors risks your history. Open-source storage ensures you retain control over your data.
https://current.org/2026/08/nine-pbs-sues-iron-mountain-over-blocked-access-to-archival-data/
Proliferate is a new open-source project that lets you work with multiple AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor from a single interface.
It's a practical option for developers who want to avoid vendor lock-in and own their tooling while leveraging multiple AI assistants. 🚀
Company wikis often turn into a maze of lost documents. BookStack fixes this by organizing everything into a simple hierarchy of books, chapters, and pages. 📚
Instead of spending hours searching for that one onboarding doc, your team gets a clean WYSIWYG editor and paragraph-level linking. Run it on PikaPods starting at $2.10/mo.
Wealthfolio v3.7.0 is here, bringing major updates to the open-source wealth tracker.
The holdings table now includes closed positions with realized P&L and cash filtering. Plus, they've decoupled UI language from regional formatting, and rebuilt the add-on runtime for WebKit/iOS compatibility. 📊
Release: https://github.com/wealthfolio/wealthfolio/releases/tag/v3.7.0
Run on PikaPods: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=wealthfolio
Activepieces 0.88.3 brings major upgrades to the open-source automation platform. The standout feature is a new AI Agents capability to create, browse, and publish agents from the UI and API.
They also rolled out an auth overhaul with passwordless sign-in, plus new integrations for RingCentral and QuickBooks Online. Available soon on PikaPods.
Release: https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/releases/tag/0.88.3
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=activepieces
#opensource #techfreedom
It’s the biggest trap in email marketing: the more successful your newsletter gets, the more your provider charges you. Mainstream services penalize you for growing your audience.
Enter Listmonk. It’s an open-source, high-performance mailing list manager. You get zero subscriber limits and full control over your data. Just bring your own SMTP.
Run it on PikaPods starting at just $1.50/mo.
The Internet Archive is losing access to major media sites as paywalls and robots.txt restrictions tighten. Digital 404s are becoming the norm for history.
This is a stark reminder to keep your own backups of critical info. Open-source tools like ArchiveBox can help you preserve what matters before it disappears behind a login. 🏛️
Source: https://go.pf7.net/SRSIG
Handing over your family memories to mainstream cloud services usually means giving up control of your data.
PhotoPrism is a privacy-first alternative to Google Photos. It uses AI to recognize faces, classify content, and organize your trips on high-res world maps. Your data stays entirely yours.
Run it on PikaPods from $6.20/mo with sponsor features included.
https://pikapods.com/pods?run=photoprism
Notifuse v38 brings full Web Analytics built directly on PostgreSQL. 📊
It features a lightweight 21KB cookieless browser SDK, session tracking with channel attribution, and an AI assistant for traffic analysis. You can also link sessions to contacts via HMAC-verified calls. Available soon on PikaPods.
Release: https://github.com/Notifuse/notifuse/releases/tag/v38.0
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=notifuse
Password Pusher (pwpush) v2.10.0 brings a highly anticipated feature: a user-facing light/dark theme toggle! 🌓
Securely share passwords with expiring links, now with better accessibility. Admins can also use the new PWP__THEME_MODE environment variable to force a preferred color scheme for their instance.
Release: https://github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher/releases/tag/v2.10.0
Run it: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=pwpush
A researcher recently discovered a 'smart' sleep mask broadcasting users' brainwave data to a public, unencrypted MQTT broker. 🧠
This is a textbook example of why closed-source consumer IoT is a privacy nightmare. For sensitive health and biometric data, open-source software and local data control aren't just features—they are requirements.
Source: https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/
Tired of help desk bills that punish you for growing your team? Every new agent on Zendesk or Help Scout adds $25+ to your monthly costs.
FreeScout is an open-source alternative that gives you unlimited users and shared inboxes, with zero per-seat fees. Keep your data private and your costs low.
Run it in 1 click starting at $2.30/mo.
https://pikapods.com/pods?run=freescout
Google's new reCAPTCHA requires Google Play Services on Android. Users running privacy-focused custom ROMs like GrapheneOS now automatically fail verification.
iOS users don't face this requirement to prove they're human. Gating web access behind proprietary software isn't about security, it's about ecosystem lock-in.
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
The Dutch Central Bank is migrating off AWS to Stackit, a sovereign European cloud (Schwarz Group / Lidl). Reason: U.S. Cloud Act exposure and geopolitical risk. 🇪🇺
When a national financial regulator calls cloud dependency a systemic risk and acts on it, data sovereignty stops being a niche talking point.
Stirling-PDF v2.9.0 is here with major workflow upgrades! 📄
Highlights:
• Alpha support for server-side file sharing and group signing (visual & certificate).
• Viewer now supports CSV, JSON, Markdown, and images.
• New dark mode filter for the PDF viewer.
A powerful, private alternative to commercial PDF suites.
Release: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/tag/v2.9.0
PikaPods: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=stirling-pdf
Mainstream streaming: $11.99/mo
Navidrome on PikaPods: from $2.70/mo
Host your own music server with a modern UI and native FLAC support. Use any Subsonic-compatible app on your phone to stream your library anywhere without the Big Tech monthly tax. 🎧
https://pikapods.com/pods?run=navidrome #selfhosted #opensource #privacy
A new privacy threat: WebinarTV has been joining Zoom meetings and recording them externally to publish the footage online. Since they don't use the built-in recording tool, Zoom's security alerts never trigger. 🔐
This is why open-source conferencing matters. Tools like Jitsi or BigBlueButton offer better transparency and control over your data.
Source: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/company-that-secretly-records-and-publishes-zoom-meetings.html #privacy #opensource
Microsoft Copilot was found injecting ads into 1.5 million GitHub PRs.
Dev workflows shouldn't be an ad space. This is a clear signal to look at independent, open-source git hosting.
Forgejo and Gitea offer the same core features without the corporate overreach or ad-driven incentives. It’s time to move your repos to a platform you actually control.
GitHub is enabling AI training on private repositories by default, with an opt-out deadline of April 24. This is a significant shift in how private code is handled by centralized providers.
If you want to avoid the "opt-out" treadmill, hosting your own Forgejo or Gitea instance ensures your code is never used for someone else's model training.
Available on PikaPods starting at $1.40/month:
https://www.pikapods.com/apps/forgejo
GoDaddy transferred a 27-year-old domain to a stranger in under 7 minutes, bypassing dual 2FA and "Full Domain Privacy and Protection." The audit log just said "Change Validated: No."
32 calls, 9.6 hours on the phone, zero callbacks. Every website and email at a 20-location national org went dark for 4 days.
The lesson: centralized providers control your infrastructure, not you. 🔐
https://anchor.host/godaddy-gave-a-domain-to-a-stranger-without-any-documentation/
