2025-11-19 - Reddit Posts: Here is a curated list of the most impactful, recent, and globally relevant Reddit posts about AI, LLMs, and open-source tools from your provided content. Similar/copy-paste or low-broad-value posts have been omitted. For clarity, only the most notable releases and discoveries are showcased, with similar items merged as needed.
Title: [Release] DR Tulu: The First Fully Open Deep-Research AI Agent (Model, Code, Tools, Evals)
Description:
AI2 just dropped DR Tulu, a totally open deep-research agent built for long-form, citation-heavy Q&A. It comes with a Qwen3-8B-based LLM, an MCP-compatible tool stack (search, browse, paper discovery), and the entire RL training recipe open-sourced. Crushes prior open models on research benchmarks. Deploy, modify, and build your own agents or research tools—everything from datasets to the reward functions is included.
Blog: https://allenai.org/blog/dr-tulu
Code: https://github.com/rlresearch/DR-Tulu
Model: https://huggingface.co/collections/rl-research/dr-tulu
Paper: https://allenai.org/papers/drtulu
Title: Massive AI Agent Funding Frenzy: From $2.3B For Cursor to “Agent Workspace” in Windows 11
Description:
AI agents are hot—this week saw $2.3B for dev agent leader Cursor, millions for specialized SRE, healthcare, and security agents, plus Windows 11’s new “Agent Workspace” letting multiple background AIs run with system-level integration. Niche agent startups are rapidly automating tasks in DevOps, pen-testing, clinics, and even cloud operations. The race to powerful, safe, and practical AI companions is on.
Title: RTX 3080 20GB Chinese Cards: Legit Budget AI Inference? (Benchmarks & Buying Guide)
Description:
The elusive 20GB RTX 3080 cards from China are finally benchmarked in real-world LLM and MoE model inference scenarios. See performance vs. 3090, VRAM utilization, multi-GPU scaling, and power draw—plus details on ordering safely via Alibaba. TL;DR: These server-style cards are a strong value for home labs and indie AI services if you tolerate some risk.
Title: DR Tulu Outperforms Bigger Agents—And You Can Train Your Own (Open Tools, Recipe, Benchmarks)
Description:
(Duplicate/reminder since this is a major open-source drop, merged to top post.)
Title: Tired of Seeing the Same Productivity Tools? Underrated AI-Powered Gems for 2024
Description:
Bored of Notion and Canva? Check out these overlooked tools that leverage AI for real results: automatic analytics (Usermaven), smarter knowledge management (Elephas), WhatsApp-based reminders (Fhynix), “reset ritual” habit tracking (Shadow), and sneaky-fast voice dictation (ITO for Mac). Also, Hey Help AI for inbox autopilot and Brosix for secure team chats.
Title: Ask Me Anything: Building Open-Source Image Gen Clients for Stable AI, OpenAI, and Black Forest
Description:
Weekend project gone viral: three npm clients to access, chain, and test image generation across Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, and Flux/Kontext, made with a consistent interface and full CLI support. 500+ downloads in days signals real demand for unified AI image tools.
Links:
- https://npmjs.com/package/stability-ai-api
- https://npmjs.com/package/openai-image-api
- https://github.com/aself101
Title: I Manage a Remote Team Across 5 Countries—WhatsApp Reminders Changed Everything
Description:
Struggling with global team coordination? Automated WhatsApp reminders that respect each person’s timezone (via TodoBuddy) made remote standups and handoffs frictionless. Huge quality-of-life win and a real productivity unlock for distributed teams.
Try it: https://todobuddy.ai
Title: Seeking Alternatives to Notion? Free, Role-Focused Learning Platform Launches (GetInClub)
Description:
Switching careers or upskilling for AI roles? This new, free platform curates role-specific roadmaps (with real-world challenges and AI-assisted curation), personal dashboards, and a directory of open-source projects by tech stack. Still early, but promising for guided self-learning and career pivots.
Try: https://www.getinclub.com/
Title: I Spent a Month Building an Open-Source Email Archiving & Search Tool in Rust—Meet Bichon
Description:
If you’re tired of Gmail’s lacking search or privacy worries, Bichon is a new, fully free and self-hosted email archive/search app. Fast Rust codebase, open-source, no external dependencies. Works great for indie devs and power users.
GitHub: https://github.com/limbopro/bichon
Title: [Debate] Will Deploying Advanced LLMs on Cheap Hardware Make Society “AGI?”
Description:
If we could cheaply run Gemini 3 Pro-level LLMs everywhere, would it count as reaching AGI-like society-wide intelligence? Is mass-LLM deployment progress, or just fancier autocomplete? Join the philosophical and technical debate.
Title: Open Roles at DeepMind—And Why Most “AI Replaces 90% of Jobs by 2027” Takes Are Overblown
Description:
AI is automating entry-level and repetitive jobs—not 90% of all human work. Redditors (and DeepMind insiders) agree: current LLMs hallucinate, still require oversight, and create new opportunities requiring human creativity and adaptability. UBI, wealth redistribution, and policy are hotly debated solutions for the future of work.
Title: What Remote Work Tools Do You Swear By? Share Your Favorite Hidden Gems
Description:
The remote work toolkit keeps evolving. From Pomodoro timers to noise-canceling apps and lightweight CRMs, what’s changed the game for your productivity? Drop your most underrated, privacy-conscious, or AI-augmented remote tools below.
Let me know if you need curations in a different style or want a deeper technical dive on any open-source AI announcement!
Title: Google Gemini 3 Launch Shakes Up Expectations—Is the “AI Wall” Finally Broken?
Description: Google just dropped Gemini 3, and the hype is real. Users praise its big leaps in coding and math, but creative writing still sees OpenAI’s GPT-4/5.1 on top. If you thought we’d hit a plateau with LLMs, Gemini 3’s pace and capability changes the narrative. Worth a hands-on test if you doubted AI progress.
[Details: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-update-june-2024/]
Title: Open-Source Screenshot Intelligence—Search & Redact Entire Websites with CaptrIQ
Description: CaptrIQ turns full-page web captures into searchable, organized, and redacted knowledge. Instantly search website screenshots by OCR’d text, auto-redact sensitive info, and sync across a Chrome extension and cloud workspace—a major win for research, compliance, and archiving before pages disappear.
[chrome extension demo: https://captriq.com/]
Title: Studr.app Offers 1 Month Free—AI Summarizes, Transcribes, and Quizzes Your Study Materials
Description: AI-powered notetaker Studr.app now gives students and professionals a month’s free access—no credit card needed. Instantly generate flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and chat with PDFs or voice transcriptions. Designed for clean, distraction-free learning.
[Try Early Access: https://studr.app/]
Title: New Free Tool “Frameit” Generates Instant Thumbnails & OG Images—Open Source, Offline, Zero Logins
Description: Frameit.dev is a slick, browser-based tool for fast thumbnails and social images (YouTube, Twitter, etc) with no signup or paywall. Inspired by Excalidraw, it works offline and comes with ready presets. Great for makers and marketers!
[Use online: https://frameit.dev/]
[GitHub: https://github.com/edspencer/frameit]
Title: Launching Parsiv Beta—Citable, Cross-PDF AI Search & Mapping for Researchers
Description: Parsiv is a browser-based research workspace that lets you import PDFs/arXiv papers, arrange and link them on a canvas, and ask cross-paper questions (with answers cited to specific passages). Automate your literature review and save notes in one place.
[Try the beta: https://www.parsiv.com/]
[Feedback/Discord: https://discord.gg/7ANFEypw]
Title: ProdoClock—Turn Your Google Calendar Into a Visual Clock for Stress-Free Planning
Description: ProdoClock reimagines your schedule as an interactive clock face. Instantly visualize meetings, breaks, focus blocks, and tasks as “slices of time.” Syncs with Google Calendar, supports themes, widgets, and fast meeting joins. For productivity and time-blocking fans!
[Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prodoclock.app]
[Web: https://prodoclock.framer.website/]
Title: Perplexity Pro “Lifetime Subscription” for $5? Watch Out for Scams and Unofficial Resellers Description: Posts advertising deeply discounted Perplexity Pro subs (as low as $5/year) via third-party resellers are making the rounds. Beware: these offers often violate ToS or are outright scams—always subscribe directly via official channels.
Title: Reddit Marketing: Founders Hit $1K MRR by Building Trust, Not Spam
Description: Scaloom helps startup founders grow on Reddit by warming up accounts naturally, building reputation, and avoiding bans—turning Reddit from a spam graveyard into a legit acquisition channel. Real traction: $1K MRR and growing!
[Details: https://scaloom.com/]
Title: Calendar Overload? Tiler App Uses AI to Schedule Your Day by Chat
Description: Tiler is an AI-powered, chat-first scheduler that places tasks into your calendar by simply telling it what you need. It considers your fixed events, routines, and even travel time. No more spreadsheet juggling—just ask, and your agenda is built for you.
[Try: https://www.tiler.app/]
Title: AI Research Powerhouse: Conditional Routing for Multi-LLM Workflows (Open Cookbook)
Description: Tired of using one LLM for everything? This open-source setup lets you route tasks to the best model (OpenAI, Qwen, Llama-3, and more) using a lightweight “router” API. Super flexible for developers and tinkerers managing multi-model stacks.
[Check out the recipe: (link not provided in original; add if available)]
Title: Launch Alert: AI Task Manager “Self Manager” Leverages Gemini 3 for Smarter Productivity Description: Google’s new Gemini 3 is already powering Self Manager, a project and task management app. Chat about your projects, receive weekly or monthly reviews, and get AI-powered summaries of key work—all with the latest large model.
Title: BentoPDF 1.7.4—API Key Leak Raises Security Red Flags in Open-Source PDF Tool
Description: The latest BentoPDF update seemingly leaked API keys for AI platforms in its release notes—potentially indicating a malicious compromise. Exercise caution and verify integrity before installing or updating.
[GitHub: https://github.com/alam00000/bentopdf]
Title: Stripe Not Supported? Here Are 5 Powerful Global Payments Alternatives for Founders
Description: Launching a SaaS or product outside Stripe-supported countries? Try Whop Payments, Polar, Paddle (handles tax!), Dodo, and Mollie for easy integration and developer-friendly APIs. Paddle especially shines for compliance and VAT in one go.
[Full List: https://alterbase.co/alternatives/stripe]
Title: “FounderHook” Automates 30 Days of Twitter/X Marketing for SaaS Products—Now Free for Testers Description: FounderHook creates and schedules natural-feeling posts, provides analytics, and auto-publishes for a whole month—helping SaaS founders boost visibility on X/Twitter. Free for early testers; feedback wanted!
Title: Community Alert: Pitch Your Startup in 5 Words for Feedback & Founder Connections Description: Forum Ventures is hosting an open Reddit pitch thread—distill your big idea to five words, drop your link, and connect with fellow founders, investors, and potential alpha testers. Perfect for newcomers and seasoned SaaS builders.
Low-impact, repetitive, or overly technical content was omitted for relevance and global impact. Similar posts have been consolidated accordingly.
Title: Google Antigravity: Open VSCode Fork with AI Memory, Agents & Free Cursor-Style Features Description: Google just dropped “Antigravity”—a powerful, open-source VSCode fork that rivals paid AI dev tools like Cursor. It adds built-in agent spawning, project memory/recall, and workflow automations, totally free for everyone. If you wanted Cursor’s magic without the paywall, this is your chance to try a next-gen coding environment.
Title: Stanford ACE Makes Local LLM Agents Smarter with In-Context Learning—Open-Source Now!
Description: Want your open-source LLM agents to actually learn from mistakes? A new implementation of Stanford’s Agentic Context Engineering (ACE) method lets agents refine their own playbooks using execution feedback—no fine-tuning required. Early results: smarter agents, massive performance boosts, and simple plug-and-play setup for CrewAI, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Ollama.
GitHub: https://github.com/kayba-ai/agentic-context-engine
Title: Gemini 3 DeepThink Pushes AI Benchmarks, Sparks AGI Debate—and Job Market Fears Description: Google’s Gemini 3 “DeepThink” shocked the AI world with 45.1% on ARC-AGI-2, beating most open models and nearly halving the benchmark. Reddit is buzzing: How fast are AGI timelines shrinking? Will white-collar jobs disappear, or will new roles emerge? The update’s visual reasoning leap and rapid progress are fueling excitement and anxiety (and some “singularity soon” memes).
Title: Google Gemini Ultra 1-Month Subscription: Deep Reasoning, VEO 3.1, NotebookLM, & More Description: Gemini Ultra is now available with advanced features: Gemini 2.5 Deep Think mode, ultra access to VEO 3.1, NotebookLM enhancements, and integration across Gmail, Docs, and YouTube. If you want to try Google’s latest AI capabilities for reasoning and content, this is your all-in-one upgrade.
Title: Glia: Human-Inspired LLMs Now Designing and Optimizing Cloud Systems
Description: Meet Glia—an LLM-powered, multi-agent system from Stanford that autonomously designs, tunes, and optimizes computer network infrastructure. It brings human-style creativity and transparent reasoning to tasks like GPU-cluster scheduling, achieving expert-level solutions with explainable output. A sign of LLMs moving from chatbot to AI engineer?
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27176
Title: Self-Hosting Cloud: 17-Year-Old Builds a Full File+Code Collaboration Platform in 23MB
Description: Tired of bloated Nextcloud setups? “FolderHost” is an open-source, cross-platform app (just 23MB!) that lets you self-host files, collaborate on code live (with VS Code editor), and manage permissions—no Docker, no stacks, just a single Go binary. Perfect for tinkerers, students, and anyone who wants lightweight control.
GitHub: https://github.com/MertJSX/folderhost
Title: Open-Source Homelab Dashboards Just Got Widget-Powered with Dashwise v0.3
Description: Dashwise introduces customizable widgets (weather, calendar, system stats) for your self-hosted dashboard—making it easier to monitor everything from Raspberry Pis to home servers. Instant setup, themeable UI, and new notification controls included.
GitHub: https://github.com/andreasmolnardev/dashwise-next
Title: Build a Private Multi-Site ML Stack Across Datacenters—Open-Source Mesh + GPU Clouds Description: A team stitched together a global, self-hosted ML deployment by connecting 30+ cloud GPUs via a private mesh (NetBird), running vLLM and Oobabooga for local LLM workloads. Their open-source stack avoids public exposure, keeps costs down, and scales anytime—an inspiring recipe for Frankenstein-ing your own secure, cross-site AI lab.
Title: Supamail Adds AI Auto-Draft & True Gmail Sync—Smarter Replies Without Leaving Your Inbox
Description: Supamail’s update auto-writes reply drafts in your style, then asks clarifying questions before finalizing (so your emails sound like you, not a bot). Full sync with Gmail desktop: triage on mobile, edit drafts at your desk. Includes bulk unsubscribe and cleanup tools—try the 7-day trial and see if smarter email AI can save your workday.
Website: https://www.supamail.co/
Title: EHTML: Bring Dynamic Web Apps Back to Simple HTML—No Build Steps, No Heavy JS
Description: EHTML lets you build modern, interactive webpages using just HTML: templating, loops, conditions, and reusable components—all natively in the browser, with no toolchains or bundles. If you miss the days of lightweight, hackable web projects, this is for you.
Project: https://e-html.org/
Title: The New Wave of AI-Powered Productivity: Habit Coaches & Calming Focus Apps
Description: New tools are reimagining productivity: AI habit coaches break down personal goals into actionable routines, while “FocusFishing” gamifies deep work by turning each focus session into a peaceful fishing trip at real-world locations. Blending psychology, rewards, and visual feedback, these apps make consistency feel less like a chore—and more like calming self-care.
FocusFishing preview: (link on request)
AtomicHabit waitlist: (link on request)
Title: Personal CRM with AI: Lessons Learned from Prototyping (APIs, Mistakes & Building Fast) Description: A builder walks through creating a personal AI-powered CRM: using Lovable’s no-code kit, navigating API integration hurdles (especially with LinkedIn), and the importance of scoping features early. If you’re trying to make AI tools that interact with real services, check your dependencies before you ship—or learn as you go.
[Note: Posts repeating nearly verbatim summaries about AI/AGI job market impact, speculation, or hypothetical scenarios (“Gemini 3 released—how soon is AGI? will jobs disappear?”) have been merged into the “Gemini 3 DeepThink” post above—to avoid redundancy and focus on the news + community reaction. Superficial announcements, general self-improvement apps unrelated to AI/LLMs, and marketplace/off-topic posts have been omitted for relevance.]
Title: Run Any LLM Locally with One Command Using Unsloth & Docker Description: Now you can spin up any large language model—from OpenAI’s GPT-OSS to Meta Llama 4—directly on your Mac, Windows, or Linux using just Docker. The Unsloth project has partnered with Docker to deliver no-fuss, cross-platform LLM support with dynamic quantization for speedy, memory-efficient inference. Just install Docker, run a single command, and you’re set. Full step-by-step guide and model gallery included. Links: GitHub | Guide
Title: withoutBG Focus: Open Source AI Background Removal with Sharp Edge Detection Description: Released the new version of withoutBG Focus, an open-source background removal tool excelling at tricky edges—think hair, fur, and complex objects. Works fully offline (Python/Docker), open source (Apache 2.0), with Dockerized web UI for no-code use. Integrations for Figma/Blender/Windows/Mac in the works. See uncensored results and contribute feedback! Links: GitHub | Live Results
Title: Explore 6,000+ Open Source n8n Workflows on GitHub Description: The entire n8nworkflows.xyz library—6,000+ automation workflows for n8n—is now on GitHub. Each is fully documented, versioned, and import-ready, organized for browsing, remixing, or pull requests. Automate anything, from no-code tasks to custom flows. Link: n8nworkflows.xyz GitHub Repo
Title: Reclaimarr: Open Source, Smart Media Server Cleanup for Jellyfin/Sonarr/Radarr Description: Tired of running out of storage on your media server? Reclaimarr is a new open-source tool that monitors disk usage and auto-deletes the least-watched content across your media apps—only when you actually need space. Integrates deeply with your stack, runs as a Docker container, and is DRY_RUN-safe by default. Feedback and contributions welcome! Link: GitHub
Title: The Open Source Guide to Choosing a Vector Database (Milvus, PGVector & More) Description: Struggling to pick the right vector database for your AI or search project? This unbiased, open-source comparison covers the pros, cons, scaling pain points, and real-world tradeoffs of Milvus, Weaviate, PGVector, Pinecone, Elasticsearch, and others. Features a user-editable table plus in-depth article—helps both beginners and teams avoid costly mistakes. Link: Comparison & Guide (Assumed based on the post—update with actual link if needed)
Title: BragDoc: Open Source AI Tool to Turn Your Git Commits into Brag-Worthy Achievements Description: Never forget another project win at review time. BragDoc is a privacy-first CLI tool that reads your local git history and generates summaries of your key engineering achievements—ideal for performance reviews, 1:1s, or personal documentation. Runs fully offline, supports Ollama and other LLMs, and is open-source and developer-focused. Links: GitHub | Demo
Title: The Agent’s Toolkit: How Network APIs Supercharge LLM-Based AI Agents Description: The new wave of autonomous AI agents rely on robust API access to plan, execute, and self-correct in the real world. From querying external data to taking actions (like booking travel or updating databases), APIs are the hands and eyes for agentic LLMs. The best apps will be those with the richest, most reliable agent-friendly APIs—unlocking intelligent, action-driven automation at scale.
Title: Reclaim Your Focus: AI-Coached Digital Minimalism Prompt for Deep Work Description: Drowning in digital distractions? Try this expertly crafted LLM prompt that acts as your Digital Minimalism Coach—guiding you (like Cal Newport would) through a 3-step process to declutter apps, set ruthless boundaries, and optimize your phone for real focus. Perfect for those stuck in endless doomscrolling cycles. Link: Prompt & Guide
Title: Announcing Pathmind: Build & Share Interactive Courses Visually (No Code) Description: Pathmind is a new platform for creating and publishing interactive courses, guides, and onboarding flows—all inside a visual editor. Combine media, text, and logic-driven paths; auto-publish to a gallery for feedback and discoverability. Ideal for L&D, technical documentation, or team knowledge bases. Link: Pathmind.app
Title: Querri: All-in-One AI Data Analytics—Connect, Clean, Analyze, Visualize Description: Querri unifies your data workflow by letting you connect multiple sources, clean and transform datasets, then analyze and visualize with just a prompt. Perfect for teams—share dashboards, set permissions, and empower everyone to dig for insights, no code or Excel hacks needed. Link: Querri.com
Title: Custom Slack & Teams Notification Sounds by Channel, Person, or Keyword (macOS App) Description: Tired of missing critical alerts in Slack or Teams? A new macOS menu bar app lets you set unique notification sounds for individual channels, DMs, or keywords—no hacks, logins, or SIP changes needed. Upload your own sounds, tweak volumes, and never mishear #prod-alerts again. Link: chirpy.pro
Title: Free 3-Month Hootsuite Standard Plan — Social/Scheduling/Inbox/Analytics (No Card, No Catch) Description: Social media managers and creators get 3 months of Hootsuite’s Standard Plan for free (worth $99+). Schedule posts, view analytics, manage comments, and more across all your accounts. Exclusive for new users, no credit card required—claim via the r/OffersDen community.
Title: The Essence of Intelligence: New Agent-Centric Theory of AGI Alignment & Coexistence Description: A provocative new open-access research paper proposes a unified, agent-centric framework for intelligence—arguing that true AGI alignment hinges on the structure of internal world models, not just reward hacking or moral directives. The paper lays out three core equations for existence, purpose inheritance, and agent coexistence—bridging human and machine intelligence in a single theoretical language.
Title: Share Your Unintentional Projects: Tiny Life Frustrations That Became Real Apps Description: From organizing indoor climbing gyms to wellbeing apps for ADHD, Redditors are sharing stories of side projects that started from fixing their own annoyances—no grand startup vision required. Add your own “I built this because nothing else worked” stories in the thread! Link example: indoorclimbinggym.com
Note: Deeply repetitive or off-topic posts (e.g., generic Cloudflare outages, overly promotional “SEO tips,” redundant AI job impact posts, or those with minimal technical/research novelty) were omitted for this roundup.
Title: 🚀 Qwen 3 Coder Surges on OpenRouter—Is This the New King of Coding LLMs? Description: Qwen 3 Coder, an open-source Chinese LLM for code, has suddenly shot to 20% usage on OpenRouter, even surpassing HumanEval scores of GPT-4o in some benchmarks. With a low cost, broad language support, and Apache 2.0 license, it’s shaking up developer choices worldwide. Is its popularity a blip, or are we witnessing a new global contender for coding AIs? Link: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen
Title: 🔥 Gemini 3.0 Pro Model Card & Benchmarks Leak Before Takedown Description: Google’s Gemini 3.0 Pro model card and benchmarks were briefly leaked online, sparking fresh debates about its capabilities versus OpenAI’s GPT-4o. The model card, quickly removed, still circulates in web archives and reveals new insights into Gemini’s performance. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20251118111103/https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/Model-Cards/Gemini-3-Pro-Model-Card.pdf
Title: 📦 PolyMCP Now Lets You Safely Expose AI Tools—Zero Third Parties Needed Description: PolyMCP, the open-source AI orchestration toolkit, just shipped integrated API key and JWT authentication, plus brute-force protection and usage auditing. Easily share your local models on a VPS or home server securely in just five lines of code, all without relying on outside auth services. Link: https://github.com/dave1010/polymcp
Title: ⚡️ Run Local LLMs at Home with LM Studio + AnythingLLM (DIY Private AI Server) Description: Combine LM Studio on a gaming PC with AnythingLLM as a client for a private, more powerful local AI setup—no cloud needed. Now even Mac users can run massive LLMs by offloading the heavy lifting to a Windows server at home. Great for privacy, speed, and total control. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unPhOGyduWo
Title: 🍽️ Why Portion Sizing Still Baffles AI in Nutrition Tech (Demo Inside) Description: Estimating food portions from photos is way tougher than food recognition. From plate angles to lighting and inconsistent reference points, AI still struggles with accurate calorie counts in the real world. See how one dev’s new reasoning layer outperforms basic “pixel-to-calorie” approaches—demo included! Demo: https://app-ads-chi.vercel.app/
Title: 🛡️ faceseek’s Facial Vectors Highlight Unfixable AI Ethics Risks Description: The rise of faceseek and permanent “facial vector” recognition is putting millions at risk of irreversible biometric exposure and algorithmic bias. With no way to “reset” your face or adequately audit these databases, is it time for a moratorium on commercial AI-powered face indexing?
Title: 🧑💻 LM Studio & Movie Roulette Updates—Plus Best Self-Hosted Google Drive Alternatives
Description: Movie Roulette 5.0 picks random unwatched movies from your library (now with deep Trakt integration). Want more control over your files? Redditors review Nextcloud, Seafile, Filestash, and more for self-hosted Google Drive replacements. Demos, setup tips, and feature breakdowns all in one place!
Movie Roulette: https://github.com/sahara101/Movie-Roulette
Filestash: https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
Title: 🧠 How One Redditor Outsmarted Burnout with an AI Workflow Army Description: Balancing a job, TOEFL prep, and a PhD application? Here’s how one user used a stack of AI tools—Kuse, ChatGPT, MiniMax, and more—to automate language study, research, translation, and presentations, saving hours and mental energy per week. A practical masterclass on real-world AI productivity hacks!
Title: Hugging Face Drops Open Agent Framework—Build Powerful AI Agents with Open Source Tools
Description: Hugging Face has released an open-source framework for building agentic AI systems with reasoning, action-taking, and memory capabilities. This toolkit aims to accelerate the creation of autonomous, multi-modal AI assistants for both devs and enterprises. You can try it now and start building smarter, more capable AI agents.
https://huggingface.co/blog/hf-agent
Title: PipesHub: The Open-Source, Self-Hostable Alternative to Microsoft 365 Copilot
Description: PipesHub gives every team powerful AI Copilot features—cross-app search, agent builders, data connectors—totally open source and deployable in minutes. Compatible with your choice of LLMs (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, Ollama) and supports real-time, secure search across Google Drive, Slack, Notion, and more. No vendor lock-in, just rapid AI-boosted productivity for your whole org.
https://github.com/pipeshub-ai/pipeshub-ai
Title: Droidrun: Open-Source Agent Lets LLMs Control Real Mobile Apps via Cloud
Description: Droidrun enables large language models to control Android and iOS apps—no downloads required! Give commands in plain English to automate tasks across apps, even spanning info from one app to another. Secure API key management, cloud-based or physical device support, and all fully open source—making mobile RPA a breeze.
https://github.com/droidrun/droidrun
Title: Amazon, Microsoft & NASA All-In on Agentic AI—10 Breakthroughs Set to Reshape 2025
Description: From Amazon’s autonomous warehouse agents and Microsoft’s offline Copilot for Windows, to NASA and China piloting large-scale agent systems, agentic AI is making huge leaps. The global race is on to embed smarter, more independent AI agents everywhere—are you keeping up?
(No link—trend compilation)
Title: TextBee: Free, Open-Source SMS Gateway Explodes to 15K Users and 2K+ GitHub Stars
Description: Need reliable SMS for OTPs or alerts? TextBee is a fully open-source gateway you can self-host or use in the cloud, offering API/bulk SMS, inbound message handling, status tracking, and more. It’s cross-platform, developer-friendly, and growing fast—perfect for startups, side projects, or small businesses.
GitHub: https://github.com/vernu/textbee
Website: https://textbee.dev
Title: Run End-to-End Mobile App Automation with LLMs—Droidrun Launches on GitHub Description: (Merged with previous Droidrun post)
Title: Build the Next RPA Bot Just by Talking—Beta Test This Plain English Automation Description: Skip the drag-and-drop: this new RPA tool lets you describe workflow automations in plain English and instantly generates your bot. The devs are hungry for real abuse cases—try your weirdest automations and help shape its future. DM the team for early access to the sandbox beta!
Title: PipesHub—Open Source AI Copilot for Enterprise Search, Agent Builder & More Description: (Merged with previous PipesHub post)
Title: Need a Self-Hosted Google Drive Alternative? Here’s What Redditors Recommend
Description: Trying to escape Big Tech cloud? The community weighs in on the best self-hosted file sync/storage solutions: Nextcloud (feature-rich), OwnCloud (simple), Seafile (fast), Filestash, and more. Set up on Docker or bare metal, integrate with encryption and NAS, and take control of your data.
Filestash: https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
Title: Open Source Malware Intelligence is Leveling Up: OSV vs OSM Compared
Description: Staying safe from malicious open-source packages? OSV and OSM both track malware in code repositories, but OSM adds deeper reporting (malicious repos/CDNs/domains) and severity scores, while OSV uses a common ‘MAL-‘ identifier. Learn how these new standards could change supply chain security.
OSV: https://github.com/ossf/osv-schema
OSM: https://opensourcemalware.com/
Title: Minimal Markdown Editor for Power Users—Try Markon Now
Description: Tired of bloated writing tools? Markon is a distraction-free, offline-first Markdown editor with 250+ language highlights, GFM support, autosave, and split preview. It’s open source, fast, and perfect for devs and writers alike.
GitHub: https://github.com/metaory/markon
Demo: https://metaory.github.io/markon
Title: New High-Speed Rust Hash Tool Verifies 30TB+ in Hours
Description: If you need to hash, verify, or compare huge backups, this open-source Rust utility is 100x faster than traditional tools, supporting partial hashing and 15+ algorithms like BLAKE3. Open source, cross-platform, made to handle real-world data scale.
https://github.com/vyrti/hash-rs
Title: HALAC 0.1.9—Next-Gen Lossless Audio Compression Source Code Released
Description: HALAC is a high-availability, lossless audio codec boasting impressive speed and strong compression. This new release is cross-platform and open for contributions—a potential alternative to existing audio codecs.
https://github.com/Hakan-Abbas/HALAC-High-Availability-Lossless-Audio-Compression
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Posts primarily about productivity, lightweight consumer apps, or feedback seeking for niche/beta tools (e.g., Pomodoro/timer apps, basic playlist tools, plant care gamification, etc.) were omitted for broader, global AI/LLM/open-source impact and relevance. Where multiple posts described the exact same tool/news, they were merged for clarity.
Title: AI Voice Agent for Asterisk Goes Fully Open-Source—UI Contributors Needed! Description: A self-hosted AI Voice Agent for Asterisk/FreePBX now offers real-time AI conversations, call handling, and extensions—open-source (MIT). The backend is ready, but the creator seeks a frontend pro to help build an intuitive UI. Shape the first open AI telephony agent! Repo: https://github.com/hkjarral/Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent
Title: Snap2Plan: Instantly Turn Screenshots & Messages Into Calendar Events With AI 📅 Description: Tired of missing appointments hidden in screenshots or messages? Snap2Plan extracts dates, times, and locations from images or texts, letting you add them easily to your Apple Calendar or Reminders. Available as an iOS app and a GPT tool—organize your life in seconds! iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snap2plan/id6754525197 • GPT: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6909806dd0e88191a07de7ec61cd61e6-snap2plan
Title: resterm: The Postman/Bruno Alternative for Terminal Power Users 💻 Description: Meet resterm, an open-source terminal-based API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets, and more! No more bulky GUIs—enjoy a fast TUI, rich scripting, OpenAPI importing, and Git-based collaboration for developers who love keyboard-driven workflows. Repo: https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm
Title: Figr.design—AI Design Tool That Understands Your Whole Product, Not Just Mockups 🎨 Description: Most AI design apps ignore your real product context. Figr.design changes that: it ingests live screens, analytics, design systems, and more to generate genuinely shippable designs. Perfect for PMs and design teams upgrading existing products, not just starting from scratch. Try it: https://figr.design
Title: Open-Source Real Estate Listing Scraper Tracks Properties for You 🏡 Description: Listing Lab lets you collect, share, and track real estate listings—auto-scraping data like photos, price history, and school zones from platforms like Zillow. Runs as a simple Docker container and updates listings daily. A lifesaver for home buyers and researchers. Repo & Docker: https://github.com/adomi-io/listing-lab • Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e43x_1xwipw
Title: Terminal Clarity: Make Noisy npm/git/docker Output Actually Readable 😌 Description: Clarity is a lightweight CLI wrapper that cleans and compacts the verbose outputs from your favorite dev tools. Get the highlights you need while keeping the full log available—great for SSH sessions and server maintenance. Repo: https://github.com/ruidosujeira/clarity
Title: AI Voice Infra You Can Actually Own—Meet Rapida, an Open-Source Voice AI Stack 🗣️ Description: Stop renting expensive black-box voice AI. Rapida offers a production-ready, open-source platform you can run, tune, and extend. Perfect for startups, hackers, and AI companies seeking cost transparency and true control over their voice stack. Partner inquiries welcome! Learn more: https://rapidaai.com
Title: MeetingGlass: Video Calls With Virtual Frosted Glass—See Only If You’re Seen Description: Tired of one-way video meetings? MeetingGlass blurs video feeds by default and only reveals participants if everyone turns their cameras on—with “click to unfrost” mutual consent. Less camera anxiety, more real privacy, and a human touch to digital meetings. Learn more: https://meetingglass.com
Title: Snap Up Free Lifetime Pro—Routine App for Seamlessly Building Habits Description: Struggling to stick to morning or night routines? This new app organizes your scheduling, journaling, and meditation all in one—and is giving away free Pro accounts for the first 50 waitlist signups! Waitlist: https://tally.so/r/EkzK5L
Title: BoardGen.app: Instantly Generate Notion Boards From Plain English With AI 🪄 Description: Turn ideas into fully structured Notion boards—automatically! BoardGen uses advanced AI to convert your descriptions into actionable project plans (tasks, subtasks, tags, more) in seconds. Perfect for founders, teams, students, and creators. Try it: https://boardgen.app
Title: resterm: Terminal-First, Open-Source API Client for REST/GraphQL/gRPC
Description: Replace bloated API clients with resterm’s minimalist terminal UI—think Postman, but faster and natively scriptable. Effortless collaboration via Git, OpenAPI support, and keyboard-driven everything.
Repo: https://github.com/unkn0wn-root/resterm
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