What does HackerNews think of open-source-mac-os-apps?

🚀 Awesome list of open source applications for macOS. https://t.me/s/opensourcemacosapps

#18 in Awesome Lists
#17 in Awesome Lists
#43 in C
#22 in C++
#159 in Hacktoberfest
#85 in JavaScript
#60 in macOS
#2 in macOS
#6 in Swift
#16 in React
#124 in Python
#20 in Ruby
#12 in Swift
The other responses have some great answers, but I learn best by breaking something that is already working, and so this list may have useful sources of code to poke around in: https://github.com/serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps
Here you can find many FOSS utilities: https://github.com/serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps Also, check r/apphookup on reddit for discounts (every day there’s a couple iOS apps that are made free and they’re often compatible with the Mac too thanks to Catalyst). If you have an iPhone you can use the Pager app and set monitors for the subreddit to receive notifications.

Eventually you can pay for a SetApp subscription (10 whatever your value is + 3 for any additional device).

> a half-decent Linux distro has a lot better usability

Has not been my experience with either Arch/kde or Ubuntu at all, but to each their own. They have their own strengths but usability isn't one of them IMO.

> the whole app ecosystem is a shock, where it's normal that basic tools (like FTP Client) cost 50EUR or come crippled (Like FileZilla). It's a horrible feeling coming from OSS world.

OSS versions of tools like FTP clients exist in the macOS world as well[0]. Theres a small but high quality ecosystem of independant mac software thats been around for a long time.

[0] https://cyberduck.io/ https://github.com/serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps

Edit: added a link and removed a sentence.

I simply cannot stand working on a macbook without at least:

- Spectacle, to have a real UI window manager system - Path Finder, to have a real file explorer - ITerm

This list could also interest you https://github.com/serhii-londar/open-source-mac-os-apps