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+title: Software that I use
+subtitle: Desktop software, server software, phone apps, everything
+author: Loek
+date: April 13 2021
+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)
+