I hope you enjoy this one, it's my favorite video I do each year. It's my list of Open Source software I'm using on a regular basis in 2026. If you go back and watch my previous year videos on this, you'll see a lot of the same items, and a lot of new ones as well. === Links === Show Notes https://wiki.opensourceisawesome.com/books/annual-open-source-software-im-using/page/the-open-source-software-im-using-in-2026 Get the AwesomeOpenSource Merchandise https://osia.printify.me Support my Channel and ongoing efforts through Patreon: https://patreon.com/awesomeopensource Buy Me a Coffee or Beer https://paypal.me/BrianMcGonagill?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US === Get My Novel === Entanglement - by Brian McGonagill Dave is just a normal guy with a normal job that he doesn't like that much. That is, until he meets Leo, and gets the job he never imagined. Action, adventure, betrayal, love, loss, and some serious weirdness happen throughout this science fiction thrill-ride. --- eBook on Amazon by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG JP - Japan - https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG BR - Brazil - https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG CA - Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG MX - Mexico - https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG AU - Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG IN - India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG --- Paperback by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPM682N UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZPM682N DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZPM682N FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZPM682N ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZPM682N IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZPM682N NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZPM682N PL - Poland - https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0DZPM682N SE - Sweden - https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0DZPM682N JP - Japan - https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DZPM682N CA - Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DZPM682N AU - Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DZPM682N --- Hard cover by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ PL - Poland - https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ SE - Sweden - https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ === Timestamps === 00:00 Beginning 00:09 Introduction 00:42 Authentik 01:50 Nextcloud 03:40 Navidrome 04:45 Jellyfin 06:00 Metabase 07:10 Beszel 08:41 Bookstack 09:15 vaultwarden 10:35 Pangolin 11:40 Immich 12:50 Chhoto URL 13:20 LubeLogger 14:!5 Quant-UX 15:45 Netbird 17:05 Peertube 19:25 Home Assistant 21:05 Matomo 21:55 Nexterm 22:35 Forgejo 23:!5 Guacamole 24:10 LXConsole 25:50 Invoice Ninja 26:40 OBS - Open Broadcast Studio 27:20 Thunderbird 28:45 Nextcloud Talk 29:25 Ollama and Open-Web-UI 31:50 Ardour 32:20 FreeCAD === Contact === Matrix: @mickintx:discuss.opensourceisawesome.com Mastodon: @[email protected] === Special Thanks === Gabriela Lopez - Video Editor === Affiliates === Get a super cheap, yet pwerful VPS at Racknerd https://my.racknerd.com/aff.php?aff=14764 Get a $50.00 credit for Digital Ocean by signing up with this link: https://m.do.co/c/a6a61ae55242 Use Hover as your Domain Name Registrar to get some great control over you domains / sub-domains: https://hover.com/SHPaiirr Support my Channel and ongoing efforts through Patreon: https://patreon.com/awesomeopensource What does the money go to? To Pay for Digital Ocean droplets, donations to open source projects I feature, any hardware I may need to purchase for future episodes.
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I don't mind long videos. Love getting ideas from these videos
Open source life is.... AWESOME !!!
No CEO will tell me what to do with the software. That's the beauty of Open Source. The System is Yours
What’s the difference between pangolin and netbird?
I always watch these annual videos and genuinely get alot of joy from them. Thanks for uploading friend
I love this as you're showing the in prod deployed software, which is much more interesting to see than a boring empty fresh install. Quality stuff!!
Happy to see this. I always enjoy your "what I'm using" videos every year. They always give me some ideas for new projects.
We gonna get updated guides on these projects👀 love the vids!
Man i have watched many of your videos from when you first started this channel to now. You have taught me how to build my own environment! Over the last year or two I have kinda put my home lab on the back burner. But im getting back to it now and there has been so much improvement! I need to go through your videos and find all the new cool stuffs to host! I tried looking at your website but to be honest i struggled with it... Its a bit much. Anyhow... Thank you for all the awesome tutorials!
I always love these videos every year. They are definitely part of the reason I subscribed in the first place as they give me so many ideas and motivation to go try out new things on my hardware. Great video as always.
Best type of your videos. My favorite. So much good stuff!
Как же отлично что есть такие энтузиасты, которые рассказывают про открытый софт, спасибо тебе друг!
Would like to see a video on the equipment/servers you are running all these services on.
Thanks for this found a few new gems I'm going to try out! You have so many tools in so many different places and some tools have overlapping functions. How do you keep track of it all?
Great recap! My next dive is Immich. I have nextcloud backing up my photos currently but I hate the way they backup and how searching them works. Also shout out Lube logger! Thats a game changer for me! I have a small fleet (5 vehicles) at the company I own and then I have 4 at my house, plus 3 at a daycare I own and its been invaluable. I really need to donate to that project cause damn its one of the best open-source projects I've found in years!
How about open source hardware, like a microphone for recording commentary for YouTube videos
1st one here 🎉😊
4:50 The project licence checks for things like goals, etc., but the DVD or Blu-ray licence didn’t bother 😆 Where do you get your films and TV series from, given that ripping DVDs is illegal? After all, when you buy a DVD or Blu-ray, you’re only licensed to play it from the DVD or Blu-ray disc, aren’t you? 🤔 Linus Tech Tips has a whole video on this, and they usually ask their lawyers 🫣
May I ask what new tab extension you're using at 0:28
I look forward to this video every year lol. I appreciate you sharing the software you use!