--- title: Best Open Source posts — September 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Open Source posts from September 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/open-source/best-of/2022/09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/open-source/best-of/2022/09 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Open Source posts — September 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Open Source posts from September 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Open Source — September 2022 1. 1 [](/posts/the-algorithms-jniwwrkea "The Algorithms") Article Changelog · 4y The Algorithms The Algorithms Hello, algorithms! Welcome to GitHub's largest open-source algorithm library. We are a group of programmers helping each other build new things. Each language has its own GitHub repository where all the code for the algorithms is stored. 244 10 2. 2 [](/posts/gitignore-io-is-great-gzf82twtk "gitignore.io is great") Article Community Picks · 4y gitignore.io is great gitignore.io is a tool that is so profoundly helpful that I've forgotten what life was like without it. Its purpose is simple: for any project you're working on, it'll generate a valid.gitignore file for you. You can write it by hand, or grab one from another project you work on. 214 16 3. 3 [](/posts/appwrite---100-open-source-alternative-for-firebase-umop06zvi "Appwrite - 100% open source alternative for Firebase") Article Product Hunt · 4y Appwrite - 100% open source alternative for Firebase Appwrite provides authentication, database, storage, functions, and advanced realtime capabilities. 174 18 4. 4 [](/posts/notesnook-is-now-open-source--ubajsk-lu "Notesnook is now open source!") Article DEV · 4y Notesnook is now open source! Notesnook is a free (as in speech) & open source note taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. It features 100% end-to-end encrypted sync (free & unlimited for all) encrypted attachments (unlimited storage for as low as $0.99/mo) and encrypted publishing of notes. Creating free alternatives to data "stealing" 154 5 5. 5 [](/posts/open-source-for-developers-a-beginner-s-handbook-to-help-you-start-contributing-ji627p02b "Open Source for Developers – A Beginner's Handbook to Help You Start Contributing") Article freeCodeCamp · 4y Open Source for Developers – A Beginner's Handbook to Help You Start Contributing Open Source is a generic term for Open Source Software (OSS) Open-source software is built on source code that's open to everyone to view, change, extend, and distribute. 119 30 6. 6 [](/posts/alinea---open-source-headless-cms-efwcm8vaj "Alinea - Open source headless CMS") Article Product Hunt · 4y Alinea - Open source headless CMS Open source CMS Alinea is an open source content management system written in TypeScript. Installed as a single NPM package you get going without setting up databases, environments or any other services. 116 4 7. 7 [](/posts/penpot-is-a-solid-open-source-figma-alternative-to-look-out-for--sdnpigenw "Penpot is a Solid Open-Source Figma Alternative to Look Out for!") Article Community Picks · 4y Penpot is a Solid Open-Source Figma Alternative to Look Out for! Penpot is a free and open-source solution as an alternative to Figma and similar design tools. It is in its beta phase following its launch on ProductHunt nearly two years ago. The major highlight is the use of SVG as its native format. 100 2 8. 8 [](/posts/turn-anyone-into-a-pok-mon-with-this-ai-art-model-daqihmcte "Turn anyone into a pokémon with this AI art model") Article Community Picks · 4y Turn anyone into a pokémon with this AI art model The model is the work of machine learning researcher Justin Pinkney, who’s built a number of visual AI tools and resources. A quick search on Twitter shows people have been using Text-to-Pokémon to make all sorts of mash-ups, including Goku, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Jesus H. Christ himself. 51 9. 9 [](/posts/adobe-buys-figma-what-does-this-mean-for-web-standards--y6wvipsoe "Adobe Buys Figma: What Does this Mean for Web Standards?") Article The New Stack · 4y Adobe Buys Figma: What Does this Mean for Web Standards? Adobe Buys Figma: What Does this Mean for Web Standards? Figma is one of the most impressive web standards-compliant tools in recent memory. It's a bitter pill for Figma users, especially since Figma was originally marketed as an open web alternative to Adobe’s proprietary desktop tools. 49 8 10. 10 [](/posts/four-top-front-end-monitoring-tools-for-your-website-qc5lip90x "Four top Front End Monitoring Tools for your Website") Article asayer · 4y Four top Front End Monitoring Tools for your Website Front-end or front-end application monitoring includes the process and tools for tracking and managing an application’s presentation layer. It also helps fix websites, native apps, and web apps by discarding potentially harmful errors. For example, NGINX Amplify, a SaaS-based monitoring tool, monitors performance. 48 11. 11 [](/posts/5-ways-to-find-projects-in-hacktoberfest-dxhmwndck "5 ways to find projects in Hacktoberfest") Article Community Picks · 4y 5 ways to find projects in Hacktoberfest Hacktoberfest is a yearly Open Source celebration/event in October. It's all about learning and giving back to the community. Why should you take part? It's fun working and collaborating with different people on different projects and learning new skills. 35 3 12. 12 [](/posts/my-favorite-open-source-alternatives-to-notion-v8h3rwpqm "My favorite open source alternatives to Notion") Article Open Source Way · 4y My favorite open source alternatives to Notion A popular application that isn't open source is Notion, but here are two options that respect your privacy. Standard Notes uses an intuitive and natural tagging system to help you organize your content. 33 3 13. 13 [](/posts/how-i-maintain-oss-projects-y1he4fbob "How I Maintain OSS Projects") Article DEV · 4y How I Maintain OSS Projects There are a plethora of ways to configure and automate workflows around your project that are freely accessible to open source projects. Dependabot helps me spend less time maintaining my projects by automating dependency updates as pull requests. 30 4 14. 14 [](/posts/release-radar-august-2022-edition-td-mevesd "Release Radar · August 2022 Edition") Article GitHub Blog · 4y Release Radar · August 2022 Edition Release Radar has been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022\. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. The latest update is a brand new icon set which includes outline, solid, and mini icons, as well as a website redesign. 30 15. 15 [](/posts/horizon-ui-typescript---trendiest-free-typescript-admin-template-for-react-j8z3rt57y "Horizon UI TypeScript - Trendiest free TypeScript admin template for React") Article Product Hunt · 4y Horizon UI TypeScript - Trendiest free TypeScript admin template for React Free Typescript admin template for React. Turn all your data into a beautiful dashboard with Horizon UI. 26 2 16. 16 [](/posts/steven-tey-dub-an-open-source-link-shortener-with-built-in-analytics-free-custom-domains--x29uewjid "steven-tey/dub: An open-source link shortener with built-in analytics + free custom domains.") Article Pointer · 4y steven-tey/dub: An open-source link shortener with built-in analytics + free custom domains. Dub is an open-source link shortener SaaS with built-in analytics + free custom domains. Built with Vercel Edge Functions and Upstash Redis. Dub provides a powerful analytics dashboard for your links, including geolocation, device, and browser information. 24 2 17. 17 [](/posts/a-golang-based-open-source-alternative-to-datadog-new-relic-etc-g9covliva "A Golang-based open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc") Article Golang News · 4y A Golang-based open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc SigNoz is a Golang-based open-source alternative to DataDog, New Relic, etc. You can see metrics like p99 latency, error rates for your services, external API calls, and individual endpoints. You can find the root cause of the problem by going to the exact traces causing the problem. 22 18. 18 [](/posts/the-complete-list-of-heroku-alternatives-to-consider-c3yzsfbfz "The Complete List of Heroku Alternatives to Consider") Article DEV · 4y The Complete List of Heroku Alternatives to Consider Heroku will be shutting down its free tier in the coming months. Starting October 26, 2022, we will begin deleting inactive accounts and associated storage for accounts that have been inactive for over a year. Some people are looking for free alternatives to replace their current Heroku arrangement. Some are smaller companies that are just getting started. 22 1 19. 19 [](/posts/hacktoberfest-2022-is-almost-there-get-ready--rva7sstgl "Hacktoberfest 2022 is almost there! Get ready!") Article This is Learning · 4y Hacktoberfest 2022 is almost there! Get ready! Hacktoberfest 2022 is a global event with the main goal to raise awareness about Open Source. The event also comes with a challenge and the first 40,000 participants will be eligible to complete it. 20 3 20. 20 [](/posts/openai-opens-its-doors-to-dall-e-text-to-image-service-wfpinpmyd "OpenAI opens its doors to DALL-E text-to-image service") Article The Register · 4y OpenAI opens its doors to DALL-E text-to-image service OpenAI opens its doors to DALL-E, its cloud service for generating images from text prompts, available to the public without any waitlist. The original service debuted in January 2021 and was superseded by Dall-E 2 this April. OpenAI justified the closed list by citing the need to be cautious. 18 21. 21 [](/posts/semantic-versioning-2-0-0-hx-xtmxom "Semantic Versioning 2.0.0") Article Community Picks · 4y Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Build metadata may be denoted by appending a plus sign and a series of dot separated identifiers immediately following the patch or pre-release version. Identifiers must comprise only ASCII alphanumerics and hyphens \[0-9A-Za-z-\]. Identifiers MUST NOT be empty. Build metadata must be ignored when determining version precedence. 15 22. 22 [](/posts/11-interesting-firefox-add-ons-to-improve-your-browsing-experience-zxpea5-bj "11 Interesting Firefox Add-ons to Improve Your Browsing Experience") Article It's Foss · 4y 11 Interesting Firefox Add-ons to Improve Your Browsing Experience The Tranquility Reader add-on has the following stats: - Mozilla’s Recommended extension. It has an average rating of 4.6 stars (with 200 reviews) It gives you a clean UI with nothing but text, so you can focus on reading. The Tomato Clock is a clock timer, which feels either long or short or short depending on how long it is. A ‘tomato’ is 25 minutes long. 15 23. 23 [](/posts/configuring-your-git-environment-for-success-m1rudk2cx "Configuring your Git environment for success") Article Community Picks · 4y Configuring your Git environment for success The biggest barrier to entry is the Git workflow surrounding opening and updating a pull request. Maintainers are the final reviewers of pull requests (PRs) and ultimately responsible for the code that gets merged to the project. The first step in setting up your development environment is to pick the project you want to contribute to Add an upstream remote repository. 15 1 24. 24 [](/posts/formance---build-track-custom-money-flows-on-a-solid-foundation-karzyywnz "Formance - Build & track custom money flows, on a solid foundation") Article Product Hunt · 4y Formance - Build & track custom money flows, on a solid foundation Build & track custom money flows, on a solid foundation The Open Source & low-code solution for money movements. Build any payment scenario using pre-built use case templates. 12 25. 25 [](/posts/a-golang-based-open-source-authorization-service-iowostalm "A Golang based Open-Source Authorization Service") Article Golang News · 4y A Golang based Open-Source Authorization Service Permify converts authorization data as relational tuples into a database you point at. 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