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----
-title: Software that I use
-subtitle: Desktop software, server software, phone apps, everything
-tags:
- - software
- - open
- - source
- - server
- - phone
-cover: /img/software.png
----
-
-## PC software
-
-All of the software on this page is cool and I think you should try it. I also
-use all of this software, and will update this page when I find new, *even
-cooler* software to use instead. Most if not all of my configuration files
-(dotfiles) are on my [github](https://github.com/lonkaars/dotfiles). You can
-clone these and edit them to fit your needs, or you can use them as a reference
-for when you can't figure out how to configure something.
-
-### Regular software
-
-- **Email client**: [neomutt](https://neomutt.org/). It's fast and simple,
- though configuring it was a pain in the ass. I'm currently using it in
- combination with mbsync and imapnotify to get notifications for new emails,
- and sync my mailbox for fast email viewing.
-
-- **Music player**: [mpd](https://www.musicpd.org/) with
- [ncmpcpp](https://github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp). This is the best music setup
- I've ever used. I download all my music in .flac format and mpd *just works*.
- Since mpd has a server-client structure, I could also use this to set up
- multiple devices that can add music to a central queue at a party or
- something, but I just use it to launch [an fzf mpc
- wrapper](https://github.com/DanielFGray/fzf-scripts/blob/master/fzmp) to
- quickly add music while I'm doing something else.
-
-- **Text editor**: [nvim](https://neovim.io/). It's vim. If you don't like vim,
- you should try using it longer. If you still don't like vim, you can use
- [code oss](https://appimage.github.io/Code_OSS/) which is visual studio code
- but without Microsoft's creepy telemetry features.
-
-- **PDF viewer**: [zathura](https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/). It's a pdf
- viewer with vim bindings, and it works with my TeX editing setup's live
- reload thingy.
-
-- **Image viewer**: [sxiv](https://github.com/muennich/sxiv). It's like zathura
- but for images, but it also does a bunch of other stuff that I don't use very
- often.
-
-- **Browser**: [brave](https://brave.com/). It's a normie-friendly chromium
- fork with extra privacy features! I of course use brave (or any
- chromium-based browser) with [tampermonkey](https://www.tampermonkey.net/),
- [ublock origin](https://ublockorigin.com/),
- [stylus](https://github.com/openstyles/stylus) and [dark
- reader](https://darkreader.org/).
-
-- **Terminal**: [st](https://st.suckless.org/). It's fast and simple, nothing
- to complain about. I have my [own st fork](https://github.com/lonkaars/st),
- with a bunch of patches that make me happy.
-
-- **Password manager**: [bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/). Open source
- password manager that you can host yourself. It also has public servers which
- are mostly free, but some features like time-based one-time passwords are
- paid. All the clients are also open source.
-
-- **Document typesetting**: [LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) (using
- [latexmk](https://personal.psu.edu/~jcc8/software/latexmk/) with the
- [XeTeX](http://xetex.sourceforge.net/) compiler).
-
-- **File browser**: [ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger). It's kind of
- slow, but I use the bulkrename feature very often, and I haven't gotten used
- to the perl `rename` script yet.
-
-- [unar](https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster). I like running `unar [archive]`
- instead of using `7z`, `tar`, `unzip`, etc. It creates a new folder to unpack
- to automatically so it does exactly what I need.
-
-### OS stuff
-
-- **Window manager**: [i3-gaps](https://github.com/Airblader/i3). I tried it
- once and didn't switch back so this is a winner I guess. I've also heard good
- things about [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/), though I haven't used it
- myself. Most people complain about i3's limited configurability, but I
- haven't ran into something that it doesn't do for me.
-
-- **Application launcher**: [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi). I've
- been using rofi since I started using linux, and haven't switched to anything
- else because it's *very* configurable, and has a dmenu mode for using it
- instead of dmenu with other scripts. I use it primarily as my application
- launcher, but I also have a hotkey setup to launch `bwmenu` which is a script
- that fills in bitwarden passwords using rofi.
-
-- **Shell**: [zsh](https://www.zsh.org/) with [oh-my-zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/).
- It's zsh, all the cool kids use it already. I do have `/usr/bin/sh` `ln -s`'d
- to `/usr/bin/bash`, but I'd like to change that to `/usr/bin/dash`. Eh, I'll
- get around to it someday.
-
-- **Status Bar**: [polybar](https://github.com/polybar/polybar). Simple bar,
- gets the job done, the configuration files make me go insane though. It took
- me a good half year of ricing to understand the polybar configuration files,
- and I'm still not sure if I do.
-
-- **Notification daemon**: [dunst](https://dunst-project.org/). I used to use
- deadd-notification-center, but that has waaaay too many haskell dependencies
- on arch, so I don't use that anymore.
-
-- **Global keybinds**:
- [xbindkeys](https://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html). Simple
- configuration, works flawlessly, 10/10.
-
-- **Compositor**: [picom](https://github.com/yshui/picom). It's a simple
- compositor. I use it to enable vsync for desktop windows, and I have it set
- up to only show a drop shadow on floating i3 windows.
-
-### Closed source
-
-- [discord](https://discord.com/). Gamer. The only reason this is listed here
- is because I use discord with
- [betterdiscord](https://github.com/rauenzi/BetterDiscordApp) (which *is*
- open-source). Betterdiscord allows you to use custom css themes, custom
- plugins and a whole bunch of other cool stuff that regular discord doesn't
- do. It's technically against TOS, but I don't really care as I only use
- quality of life improvement plugins.
-
-- [figma](https://figma.com). It's the designing software that I use to create
- user interface or website mockups. It's easily accessible though a browser,
- and it uses webassembly so it's also decently fast. It's free for personal
- use.
-
-## Server software
-
-This is the software that runs on my home server.
-
-### Email
-
-I used [Luke Smith's](http://lukesmith.xyz/)
-[emailwiz](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz) to set up my email server.
-The script installs and configures an email setup with
-[postfix](http://www.postfix.org/), [dovecot](https://www.dovecot.org/),
-[spamassassin](https://spamassassin.apache.org/) and
-[opendkim](http://www.opendkim.org/).
-
-### Etesync
-
-I run my own [etesync](https://www.etesync.com/) server for synchronizing my
-to-do lists, calendar and contacts. It's relatively easy to set up, and has a
-web interface that you can use with your own self-hosted instance.
-
-### Bitwarden
-
-I also run my own [bitwarden](https://github.com/bitwarden/server) server. It
-uses docker with docker-compose, which are two things that I'm supposed to know
-about, but I don't.
-
-I'm working on a connect 4 website myself, and I'm planning on learning to use
-docker with docker-compose to make it easier to run the seperate parts that are
-needed to host the project.
-
-### Git
-
-I have a [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/) server to host my git
-repositories on <https://git.pipeframe.xyz>, and I use
-[gitolite](https://gitolite.com/gitolite/) for ssh git push access. Cgit is
-very easy to set up, and I like it very much. Gitolite on the other hand is a
-pain in the ass to set up, because the documentation is not that great. If
-you're planning on using gitolite on your own server, set the umask in
-`~/.gitolite.rc` of your server's git account to `0022`.
-
-### SFTP
-
-I have two semi-public sftp accounts set up on my server: `media` and `sftp`.
-`sftp` is for generic file sharing, and `media` is for my media. Both accounts
-have tty login disabled and are chroot-jailed to /var/media and /var/sftp.
-
-## Phone apps
-
-These are the apps that I use on my phone. I recently upgraded my 2017 Nokia 6
-to a Google Pixel 4a (sunfish). It's a great phone! You can root it or flash
-custom rom's very easily, and it gave me new appreciation for the basic
-features of a smartphone. The Pixel 4a has really good haptics. They're almost
-iPhone level, though I won't be using iPhones any time soon.
-
-I flashed [CalyxOS](https://calyxos.org/) as soon as it was 5 minutes out of
-the box, but ended up not liking it because of it's nonexistant root support.
-I'm currently using [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/) 18.1, rooted using
-[magisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk).
-
-### Open source
-
-- **One-time password generator**: [andotp](https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP)
-
-- **App store**: [aurora store](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore). This
- app works better when you're rooted, but it's way better than the google play
- store.
-
-- **App store**: [aurora f-droid](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/auroradroid)
-
-- **Password manager**: [bitwarden](https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile)
-
-- **Browser**: [bromite](https://www.bromite.org/). This is basically ungoogled
- chromium but for mobile.
-
-- **Calendar**: [etar](https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar)
-
-- [etesync](https://github.com/etesync/android)
-
-- **File browser**: [material
- files](https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles). It looks sexy, it's free,
- it's awesome.
-
-- **Email client**: [k-9](https://k9mail.app/).
-
-- **Maps**: [osmand](https://osmand.net/).
-
-- **Music player**: [shuttle](https://www.shuttlemusicplayer.com/). It looks
- sexy, it's free, it's awesome.
-
-- **Instant messenger**: [signal](https://signal.org/). [papa musk said
- it](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153).
-
-- **Manga reader**: [tachiyomi](https://tachiyomi.org/)
-
-- **To-do lists**: [tasks.org](https://tasks.org/). This is easily the best
- to-do app I've ever used, and it integrated very well with etesync.
-
- If you're cheap (like me), you can get 'free' pro by downloading this app
- through f-droid instead of the play store. It's still nice to donate.
-
-- **Smart home control**: [home assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/).
- [the whole spiel](/post/homeauto).
-
-- **Notes**: [leaflet](https://github.com/PotatoProject/Leaflet). It's
- basically Google Keep but open source and without Google. It's part of the
- PotatoProject which is a custom Android rom, and there were plans for an open
- source notes sync server that you could host yourself, but I haven't seen
- that pop up yet.
-
- The app is written in Flutter, and did have choppy scrolling animations on my
- old phone. I'm not sure if that was a bug or my old phone just being
- underpowered, but it's something I want to mention anyways.
-
-- **Weather**: [geometric
- weather](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/wangdaye.com.geometricweather/).
- It's really good. Good animations, live wallpaper, fast, etc.
-
-- **RSS Reader**: [tiny tiny
- rss](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fox.tttrss/). This app requires
- that you host your own tiny tiny rss server, but I do and the app works
- great!
-
-- **Myanimelist client**: [moelist](https://github.com/axiel7/MoeList). I don't
- know how I found this app but it's a real gem. If you use MAL you should
- download this app.
-
-- **PDF reader**: [pdf viewer
- plus](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.gsnathan.pdfviewer/). This is the
- only one that's actually decent. Good UI, good UX, pretty fast rendering.
- 9/10
-
-### Requires root
-
-- **Ad-blocker**: [adaway](https://adaway.org/). It does have a rootless mode,
- though the app warns you that it's slower and impacts your battery life
- negatively.
-
-- **Theme engine**: [substratum](https://github.com/substratum/substratum).
- Substratum requires root on android 9+, unless you're on stock samsung (one
- ui). Android 8 and under users can buy
- [andromeda](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda).
- Samsung users can buy
- [synergy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.samsung.theme.compiler).
- They're both developed by the same people behind substratum, but they're not
- open source.
-
-### Closed source
-
-- **Reddit client**:
- [sync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync)
-