Peter's Digital Garden

There are several tools I am using that are not very mainstream but I still find them immensely useful.

1. Syncthing is a file syncronization tool that keeps the files on my devices and does not store them in the cloud.  I loose the pseudo backup provided by a cloud copy of my files, but I gain a lot more privacy. On iOS I can use Möbius Sync. However, the developer for the android build of Syncthing discontinued the project. Seems it was becoming too much effort to maintain the custom UI and update for changing versions of Android.  I have switched to Syncthing Fork becuase it supports battery optimizations. Syncthing inside Termux is possible, but doesn’t automatically support battery optimizations.
2. KeePass is a local only password manager. It uses an encrypted file on disk to store the passwords.  This means that my passwords will not get stolen when a big name password manager gets hacked. On Android I am using KeePass2Android, and on iOS I am moving from Strongbox to KeePassium because of license changes in commercial usage. In both cases the password file is copied via Syncthing.
3. TiddlyWiki is a browser only Wiki that provides a lot of advanced features.  Sure it does not provide the live editing that Obsidian does, but instead it provides an out of the box ability to query and modify the UI that will survive version updates.  I use rclone to serve a WebDav instance of my Syncthing folders because TiddlyWiki provides builtin support to autosave back to a WebDav server.
4. Bazzite is an “immutable” linux distribution based on Fedora Atomic that I use for my SteamDeck and my Framework laptop. On my SteamDeck it looks the same as the default os from Valve, but lets me install aditional software and roll back if a software update fails. My Framework laptop, is probably going to be the last laptop I ever buy, because they designed it to be user serviceable and I can replace the various parts of the laptop myself.