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Paying $14.99/mo or $109/year for YNAB just to budget your own money feels counterproductive.
Actual is a fast, privacy-focused alternative built around the same proven envelope budgeting method. It’s local-first, meaning it works offline, and features end-to-end encryption to keep your financial data totally private across all your synced devices. 🔒
Take back control of your finances starting at $1.50/mo on PikaPods. 💸
A researcher released YellowKey, an exploit bypassing Windows 11 BitLocker encryption without a password.
They claim the vulnerability is an intentional backdoor built by Microsoft, as the triggering component only exists in official WinRE images.
Closed-source security tools demand absolute trust in the vendor. Open-source software provides verifiable transparency.
According to the researcher, YellowKey appears unusual for a previously unknown security bug. Nightmare-Eclipse explained that the flaw can be reproduced by copying an attached "FsTx" folder...
When Fisker went bankrupt, 11,000 EVs lost software support. Instead of accepting bricked cars, owners organized to reverse-engineer the systems and build open-source tools to keep them running.
This is a powerful example of why relying on proprietary, cloud-dependent software is risky, and how open-source communities can step in to solve vendor lock-in.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/16/fisker-ocean-open-source-ev-story-after-bankruptcy/
Moodle is officially available on PikaPods. 🎓
If you need to host online courses or employee training, Moodle provides a powerful open-source alternative to Canvas and Blackboard. You get built-in assignments, grading, and quizzes while keeping complete ownership of your student data.
Skip the complicated server configuration and deploy your learning management system in seconds.
Run now: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=moodle
Open-source Slack alternative Zulip is officially moving to an independent nonprofit foundation structure.
Following the path of organizations like Mozilla and Signal, this move ensures the project remains community-driven and free from venture capital pressure. It's a massive milestone for sustainable open-source software and a great sign for the future of decentralized team communication.
https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/
Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …
Tired of paying $12.99/mo for Spotify just to watch your favorite albums disappear over corporate licensing disputes?
Navidrome is an open-source personal streaming service that puts you back in charge. You bring the music files, and Navidrome gives you a modern web UI, mobile app support, and on-the-fly transcoding so you don't burn your data plan.
Your music, your rules. Run it on PikaPods starting at $2.70/mo. 🎶
OpenAI is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly sharing ChatGPT user data with Google and Meta.
Proprietary AI means you rarely know who else is looking at your prompts. Switching to open-source AI interfaces like Lobe Chat or LibreChat puts you in control of the infrastructure, so you can choose exactly where your data is processed.
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1tdeag4/openai_hit_with_classaction_privacy_lawsuit_for/
The Dutch government recently launched code.overheid.nl, moving its source code from GitHub to a self-hosted Forgejo instance. The reasons? Microsoft's AI data collection, outages, and a strict requirement for digital autonomy.
You don't need a government budget to own your code and keep it out of AI training sets. You can spin up a managed Forgejo instance in seconds and take back control of your repositories.
TriliumNext v0.103.0 is a massive update for your knowledge base. 📝
Highlights:
- Spreadsheet note type with Excel-like formulas
- Built-in OCR for images & PDFs
- Reintroduced LLM chat with note-altering tools
- Basic Markdown preview
Note: Upgrades required on both client & server to sync. Available on PikaPods soon!
Release: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/releases/tag/v0.103.0
Run: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=trilium-next
Moving away from Google Photos doesn't mean giving up smart features. PhotoPrism is an AI-powered photo app that automatically tags images, recognizes faces, and maps your trips, without scanning your data for ads.
Includes RAW support, Live Photos, and full access to sponsor features starting at $6.20/mo. Take control of your memories.
