BuyFromEU

Re: Office Suite, i’m slowly persuading my work to move to all text based. Markdown to replace Word docs. Csv files and python scripts (streamlit, pandas, numpy, scipy, duckdb, plotly) to replace excel & power bi. Markdown and Slides to replace powerpoint. Git to replace sharepoint.

Imo, all corporate & government documentation should be in plaintext. Changes easily tracked, versioned, inspected, and audited.

Helix editor with markdown and python LSPs and formatters has been my stack for all my personal documentation/personal finance for years, so i know the approach works. And since it’s just plain text, anyone can use their preferred editor. Vim, emacs, etc

SimpleXchat doesn’t seem to get a lot of love. Open source, European, encrypted and very privacy focused.

Searching

I feel like SearXNG goes way under-mentioned. It's a meta search engine, basically a search engine aggregator...

mobile Apps

Obtainium should be mentioned more. It's not technically European, as its creator is Canadian, but it's fully open-source. It's an app that helps you manage other open-source apps. I feel like it's a good way to avoid the Google Play Store, if you're looking to use European open-source software.

Passwordmanagers

KeePass is oft mentioned, but KeePassXC is better, IMO. Keepass2Android is the Android equivalent.