Bubbling Under

Funkwhale

Funkwhale is a libre federated music platform, similar to Grooveshark or SoundCloud. It lets you easily discover and share music online through a music-oriented social network.

It’s still being developed, but you can try it out at the demo link below, or join one of the “whales” listed on the project website.

Carnet

Carnet is a free open alternative to Google Keep, featuring notetaking, todo lists, images, audio and syncing with NextCloud, with Google Drive support planned.

It’s still in beta testing. Carnet is currently available for Android, Linux and NextCloud.

Translation Projects

There are some free open alternatives to Google Translate in development.

Scuttlebutt

Scuttlebutt is a social network with no servers. All your data is stored on your own computer or phone, and you can use it offline.

There’s a mobile app for ScuttleButt called Manyverse and a desktop app called Patchwork. Some parts of it are still in development, so it can be tricky to use.

InterPlanetary File System

IPFS is a decentralized network for storing and sharing data online. Instead of custom URLs, files are automatically addressed based on their content and served by their users.

Currently, most websites depend on central servers. Therefore, content tends to be slow-loading, proprietary and short-lived. IPFS “seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files” to ease discovering, spreading and archiving of content.

Olive

Olive is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software.