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A browser based desktop environment including several default apps. All data is stored in plain text files for maximum data sovereignty and hackability.

λ Lamda

A browser based desktop environment including several default apps. Built with web technologies.

Yes, lamda without a "b"

Features

• Batteries included - Contains apps and services for most common computing needs.

• File based - All apps are required to only store and retrieve data as (plaintext) files in their assigned storage directory.

• Easily installable - Download the binary, execute it, open your browser. 🚀

• Effective - Made for power users. No useless whitespace, no animations, and no other pointless baggage.

• Innovative - Rethinks several UI and UX patterns which we've been taking for granted. (E.g. how a calendar is supposed to look like)

Anti-Features

• Window managment - Already handled by your browser

• Multi user features - Does not include any rights management, comment, or collaboration features. However, can still be used by several people simultaneously if they want to work on a shared set of data.

Apps

• Files (is default landing page)
  • Includes a basic text editor and file previewer
• Contacts
• Events (aka Calendar)
• Photos
• Books
• Movies
• Songs (aka Music)
• Tasks
• Projects
• Sheetmusic
• Things
• News (aka Feed Reader)

Planned:

• Terminal (running a shell for the underlaying computer / server)
• Mails
• Notes

Each app can also be deployed in a standalone mode. In this mode the app is only wrapped with a minimal version of Lamda and the GUI shows only the app itself. This can be used if only one particular app and not the whole Lamda Suite is needed.

Technology

• Frontend: Elm
• Backend: Node + Express (Potential rewrite in Haskell or Rust in the future)

Checkout the whitepaper for a more in depth explanation

Usage

Helpers

Use plop scripts to easily generate new files:

npm run generate -- thing -- \
  --date 2021-10-11 \
  --slug bicycle \
  --title "Hyper Bike" \
  --articleNumber 1234

Ideas

• Browse files based on tags and not hierarchies
• List of bookmarklets which can be drag & dropped into new browsers
• Config to specify a list of directories each app is allowed to access

lamda's Issues

Make code completely async

Alternative: Homebox

• Homebox - Inventory and organization system built for home users.
• Inventree - Open Source Inventory Management System.
• Part-DB - Open source inventory management system for electronic components.
• PartKeepr - Open Source Inventory Management.
• Snipe-IT - Open source IT asset/license management system.
• StoreDown - Simple open source inventory system.

refinery

https://www.refinery.io/

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