awesome sauce

Over time, I found some neat tools, projects, websites, etc. This is a collection of some of them.

Most of these tools are Open Source Software (OSS), which means software whose code is visible to the public. OSS projects often allow contribution from anyone willing to improve the project. They are also very often free to use :3

If you have any suggestions for things to add, feel free to open an issue or a pull request.

Table of Contents

• User Scripts
  • Script Managers
  • Useful Scripts
• Social Media
  • Fediverse
  • Matrix
  • General Tools
• Maps and Route Planning
• Documents and Presentations
  • What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
  • What you see is what you mean (WYSIWYM)
  • Markdown – The weird in-between
  • Tools
• Remote Control

User Scripts

User scripts are extra code that gets added to websites you visit. You can use them to, for example, add extra features, redirect to alternative sites, etc.

Script Managers

Browser Extensions that manage and run your scripts.

• ViolentMonkey – An open source userscript manager.

Useful Scripts

If you have a script manager installed in your browser, just click the links below to install the scripts.

• Redirect X/Twitter to Nitter – xcancel.com is an alternate frontend for x.com, which allows you to view posts and comments without an account.
• Redirect Instagram to Kittygram – Kittygram is an alternate frontend for instagram.com, which allows you to view posts and comments without an account.
• Bring Back Old Reddit – Redirect to the old Reddit UI (avoids forced login on NSFW posts)
• Simple YouTube Age Restriction Bypass – Watch age restricted videos on YouTube without login and without age verification (may not work)

Social Media

Fediverse

The Fediverse is a collection of social media servers that can interact with each other.

• JoinTheFediverse.net – A guide to the Fediverse and its components
• Blahaj Zone Network – Queer collective running many Fediverse services
  • blahaj.zone – Federated Twitter alternative
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone – Federated Reddit Alternative
• Furries.club – Federated Twitter alternative for furries by furries

Matrix

Matrix is a decentralized alternative to Discord, MS Teams, Slack, etc.

• Join Matrix! – A guide to Matrix
• Cinny – A Matrix client inspired by Discord's UI

General Tools

• Postybirb – Send art/messages to multiple platforms at once

Maps and Route Planning

• OpenStreetMap (OSM) – Community-built alternative to Google Maps
  • CoMaps – Mobile App for OSM
• Transitous – Provider-neutral public transport routing service.
• OpenTrafficMap – Public Transport Stalking (Live Smart Infrastructure Map)

Documents and Presentations

Some definitions first:

• What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) – graphical document editors such as MS Word, LibreOffice Writer, etc., where the thing you see on the screen is what the final document looks like.
  • Pros: instant feedback, easy to use
  • Cons: document may look different on other computers
• What you see is what you mean (WYSIWYM) – instead of editing the document directly, you describe what you want the document to look like using a specialized markup language. The computer then takes your description and builds a document that matches the description as best as it can.
  • Pros: reproducible, will look the same everywhere, consistent style is very easy
  • Cons: steeper learning curve, complex layouts may be hard to achieve, sometimes cryptic error messages (depending on system)

What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)

• LibreOffice – open-source alternative for MS Office
  • Tip: for a more MS Office-like look, go to View \rightarrow User Interface... and change the UI Mode to "Tabbed".
• OnlyOffice – another alternative to MS Office (⚠️ Russian Company ⚠️)
• Euro-Office – upcoming European office solution derived from OnlyOffice

What you see is what you mean (WYSIWYM)

• LaTeX – high-quality typesetting system
  • TexLive – LaTeX installation for Linux and macOS (also supports Windows)
  • MiKTeX – LaTeX installation for Windows (also supports Linux and macOS)
  • latex-pfeile.de – Cheat sheet for most kinds of arrow symbols in LaTeX
  • The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List – huge cheat sheet for almost all LaTeX symbols
  • CTAN – TeX archive network. Contains many useful packages and their documentation.
• Typst – modern, powerful typesetting system, aims to be the better LaTeX

Markdown – The weird in-between

With Markdown, you can write plain-text documents that are readable as is, but can be enhanced when rendered. Many platforms use some variant of Markdown for their formatted posts. This very document is written in Markdown :3

• CommonMark – the common ground for most Markdown implementations
• Inline LaTeX – some markdown implementations allow inline LaTeX. Thus, $$ \sum_{n=1}^\infty n = -\frac{1}{12} $$ turns into \sum_{n=1}^\infty n = -\frac{1}{12}

Tools

• pandoc – document converter. Can convert almost any document into almost any format.
• pandoc for the people – web version of pandoc
• TeXstudio – powerful offline LaTeX editor
• Overleaf – online, collaborative LaTeX editor

Remote Control

Sometimes you have multiple devices you want to control without being physically in front of them.

• OpenSSH – set of command-line tools to execute commands on another machine or copy files over the network.
  • I recommend the different SSH Talks by leyrer (in German) for some neat tips and tricks you may not know about:
    1. Besser leben mit SSH - media.ccc.de
    2. Noch besser leben mit SSH - media.ccc.de
    3. OpenSSH, das neue Zeug - media.ccc.de
    4. Besser Tunneln mit SSH - media.ccc.de
  • Many of the graphical file managers on Linux support SFTP. For Windows, use either FileZilla or WinSCP.
• WireGuard – create virtual private networks (VPN) to connect multiple machines in different places into a common private network.
• KDE Connect – wirelessly connect your phone with your PC using the local network or WireGuard to send files, read notifications, or remote-control your PC from your phone. Works between all major platforms!