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Free Software Day and Our Love for Open Source

Celebrate Free Software Day with us as we share our favorite open-source projects and the passion behind building tools that empower the community!

· 3 min read
Daniela Knöpfle

Free Software Day is the perfect occasion to celebrate the power of open source and the amazing things we can create together. Open source is deeply woven into our work—it’s our way of giving back to the community that supports us every day. We’re always looking for ways to improve our tools and share what we’ve learned, building solid foundations for others to build on. In honor of Free Software Day, we want to highlight some of the open-source projects we’ve created and maintain. It’s a day to reflect on the freedom open-source software gives us—the freedom to use, learn from, tweak, and share without limits. It’s a reminder of why open source matters and why we’re proud to be a part of it.

📄 ChromicPDF

Need to turn HTML into PDFs? ChromicPDF makes it super easy with Chrome and Ghostscript under the hood. No need for NodeJS, and it even supports custom headers and footers. Plus, it can generate PDF/A files for long-term storage. Pretty neat, right?

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🗄️ Carbonite

Keeping track of database changes can be a headache, but Carbonite takes care of it for you! It helps Elixir and PostgreSQL apps log all changes smoothly using database triggers. Perfect for keeping things transparent and making sure nothing gets lost.

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⏰ Tickety-Tick

Ever struggled to remember the right branch name for a ticket? Tickety-Tick is here to save the day! It’s a browser extension that connects your tickets with your branches and PRs, making your workflow a whole lot smoother. Less hassle, more coding!

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🖋️ bitstyles

We love consistency in our frontend work, so we built our own component library. It’s full of reusable, well-structured components that speed up development and keep everything looking clean and accessible.

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❤️ Why We Do This

We open-source our work because we truly believe in sharing knowledge and making life easier for everyone. There’s no point in reinventing the wheel when we can all help each other build better, faster, and smarter. Plus, working on these projects together with the community makes them even better!

🤝 Join Us!

Got ideas, feedback, or just want to say hi? We’d love to hear from you! Check out our GitHub and feel free to jump in—whether it’s fixing a bug, suggesting a feature, or improving docs. Let’s build something awesome together! 🚀 Happy Free Software Day, and happy coding! 🎉

Daniela Knöpfle

Daniela Knöpfle

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