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What apps would you love to have open-source alternatives for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems like the FOSS community is continuing to grow, and FOSS apps keep getting better (Immich reallh blew my mind recently), which is a big win 😎 but there are still many apps I use that I would kill for an open source alternative. I am curious what you guys think? Are there any apps you'd love alternatives for?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

There are many APPs build on top of OSM that can do directions in a user friendly way. Personally I use MagicEarth, which uses OSM but isn't itself open source. They include live traffic from some other nav provider.

My goal was to degoogle my phone and MagicEarth was the app which came closest, but I bet you can find all sorts of webapps or fully open source ways to get directions if you don't care for live traffic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Gotta look at that. Live traffic info is one of those things, that OSM lacks...

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

Is there no browser version? Do I have to get the app?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

MagicEarth is only an app.

If you want web based OSM routing you have to look at other services which there are many of. Here are some examples:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions

https://routing.openstreetmap.de/

https://maps.openrouteservice.org

On the wiki you can find a lot more:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Routing#End_users:_routing_software