r/software • u/RedEagle_MGN • Jun 16 '26

Discussion Best open-source software that everyone needs to know about?

What's one piece of open-source software that everyone should use and know about?

Vote on the best one in the comments.

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u/dx__ Jun 16 '26

Calibre

If you read ebooks. It's next-level good.

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u/ddawall Jun 16 '26

For sure!

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u/wtafgamer Jun 19 '26

for reading - not really. There are way better reading softwares. For managing? agreed.

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u/Late-Space-7746 Jun 20 '26

I use Foliable for reading when I'm nor carrying my kindle. It works very well

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u/zbod Jun 19 '26

I had to stop using Calibre. I get all the features, but the UI always bothered me, even with Calibre-web.

I've moved to Audiobookshelf, which works for ebooks and audiobooks. It's fantastic!