TL;DR: I accidentally deleted the old repository with 107 stars, and have moved the project to GitLab because GitHub requires a paid account to recover deleted repositories. I take full responsibility for this, it was an extremely stupid mistake on my part. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience. I understand if this damages the trust in the project.
I appreciate all the support you all have given towards the project, it truly means a lot to me! For those of you who bookmarked the repo, please update it to the new GitLab page which will now be actively maintained.
If you don’t know what Open Source Everything is, see my original post. It’s my own curated list of open source software.
Update: GitHub was able to restore the repository! Special thanks to Seve from GitHub Support for bending the rules a bit. GitLab will still be the primary place where the repository is hosted.
oopsies
GitHub may be able to restore it, we’ll see if support is willing to bend the rules a bit…
Edit: They were able to. The project is still moved to GitLab permanently, though.
Finally, I can give it a star, being only on gitlab and not on github
He tried to break free from the corpo world and they grabbed onto him.
These parasites surely know how to make life uncomfortable at most inopportune moments…
Oh no not gitlab
Look on the bright side: I bet a fair number of folks like me didn’t know about this and now it’s on my front burner to-do list to check it out! Thanks for the good work.
Thank you! I’m glad this inadvertently raised some awareness
Good luck…
I remember some panic after Audacity was sold, so it’s good again?
No, use Tenacity instead.
I’m going to mostly copy paste a similar reply I made in this thread: A fork of Audacity was made called Tenacity. They explain in their history why it was made. Yes, Audacity was bought by Muse Group. There were talks of adding trackers, but nothing ever actually got added. They changed the privacy policy at one point, but reverted it after backlash. The reason I am keeping Audacity there is because I believe it is better to have quick security/feature updates from upstream (Audacity) so long as the upstream project does not have any current code issues that warrant a fork (Tenacity). If Audacity ever does add any telemetry, etc. I will absolutely change it to Tenacity.
I will be creating an FAQ section that answers this question in more depth.
Hey, your upfront, honest, no-excuses post goes a long way, in my opinion.
Shit happens. We’ve all screwed things up - letting everyone know immediately what’s going on means we won’t guess when our shortcut doesn’t work, etc.
Also thanks for the effort you put into this. It’s really helpful.
Thank you! I tried my best to get things back on track ASAP, but GitHub’s support ticket system was in an outage at the time. I’m just happy to get it resolved.
I’d like to urge you not to use GitLab for your source code due to the ridiculous numbers of severe CVEs. I don’t think they have any idea how to write secure code and I don’t think they care to learn.
Here is the most recent one I know of. The article mentions it’s the fourth in a year. Here is the most egregious one IMO, how are they so bad at coding they would accept unverified inputs to send emails to?
I will consider making changes once I get around to mirroring to other platforms. Thank you for the information, and providing links.
Why did you choose gitlab and not codeberg/forgejo for open source everything?
I may mirror it to Codeberg in the future. The honest answer is that I was in a panic and needed somewhere to quickly get the project back up in case GitHub never resolved itself. GitLab was a good choice since it’s open source and has a lot of other big open source projects on there.
since it’s open source
Open core with an open community edition. 100% better than fully proprietary & Microsoft.
please mirror to codeberg. (or move completely to codeberg). they are more in line with your mission.
I thought audacity was purchased by some Venture Capital bros and was being enshittified.
Or am I remembering something else? Didn’t they put some sort of tracker or something in their code, causing a fork?
The fork you are thinking of is Tenacity. They explain in their history why it was made. Yes, Audacity was bought by Muse Group. There were talks of adding trackers, but nothing ever actually got added. They changed the privacy policy at one point, but reverted it after backlash. The reason I am keeping Audacity there is because I believe it is better to have quick security/feature updates from upstream (Audacity) so long as the upstream project does not have any current code issues that warrant a fork (Tenacity). If Audacity ever does add any telemetry, etc. I will absolutely change it to Tenacity.
Weren’t the trackers opt-in? This doesn’t seem like a bad thing if you don’t mind giving up those user metrics for them to build something better. It is the opt-out stuff with no transparency over the kind of data collected to be worried about.
it is still a great list so thanks for getting it back up 👍
but i have a few questions: is there a reason (or privacy concern) why Linux Mint isn’t one of the recommended distros? and am I wrong or isn’t bitward a good privacy friendly password-manager?
The recommended distro section will get overhauled, as it doesn’t quite meet my standards. I personally don’t like Linux Mint because Cinnamon is less than what I would like it to be, but it is getting a makeover.
Bitwarden was heavily considered as a password manager, and it is a great option, but they make you pay to use certain features (hardware security keys, etc.) that KeePassXC and others offer for free. Hence, KeePassXC is a better option and Bitwarden didn’t make the cut.
Good questions! Thanks for taking a look!
Can we donate for you to get a paid account? Or is it just simply not something you want to do?
I do not accept donations, although I appreciate it! I would rather not support Microsoft/GitHub if they are going to make you pay to use features that costs them nothing.
https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/
Also, it’s Microsoft. A more evil company has never existed.
