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Alternatives to Parallel Journal

50 Photo & Video apps to use instead, best rated first.

Top picks

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    Jellyfin

    Launch

    Free, open source media server that lets you collect, manage, and stream your personal library to any device, with no fees, tracking, or vendor lock-in.

    Open source

  2. I

    Immich

    Launch

    Back up, organize, search, and browse your personal photo and video library on your own server, with no third-party cloud access.

    Open sourceSelf-hosted

  3. Photopea

    Launch

    A free, full-featured image editor. Opens PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD, RAW, AI and more.

    Free

  4. remove.bg

    Launch

    Remove the background from any image in 5 seconds, automatically.

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    Flickr

    Launch

    American image and video hosting website

  6. I

    Instagram

    Launch

    Photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta Platforms

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LosslessCut

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OBS

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming

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OpenCut

Browser-based, open source video editor built for privacy

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Etherpad

Highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time

Launch
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VLC media player

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player

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Yt DLP

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

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MPV Config

High-quality configuration for mpv media player

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Frigate

Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI

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Tox

Distributed, secure messenger with audio and video chat capabilities

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Ente

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage

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Invidious

Open source front-end for YouTube

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PeerTube

Create your own video hosting platform with PeerTube

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Pixelfed

Decentralized social media

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Screenity

Privacy-friendly screen recorder & video editor

Launch
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Shotcut

Shotcut is a free, open source and simple cross-platform video editor

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IINA

The modern video player for macOS

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NewPipe

A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android

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PhotoPrism

Personal photo management powered by Go and Google TensorFlow

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MeTube

Web GUI for youtube-dl, with playlist support

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Manim

Animation engine for explanatory math videos

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SRS

A simple, high efficiency and real-time video server, supports RTMP, WebRTC

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Photocraft

An open-source, photo editor written by scratch in pure Rust

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Dailymotion

Video streaming site

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Docs

Transform document collaboration

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Fluxer

Free, open-source instant messaging and VoIP platform

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Kap

Capture, edit, and share your screen with ease

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kdenlive

Open source video editor. Free and easy to use for any purpose, forever

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Kodi

Plays videos, music, TV shows, photos, and games from a single interface

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Vevo

The World's Leading Music Video Network

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YTCH

If Youtube had actual channels

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Owncast

Decentralized single-user live video streaming and chat server

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Compositor

Mac-native Photoshop alternative built around compositing

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CryptPad

Open-source collaboration suite offering encrypted document editing

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Lorem Picsum

Lorem Ipsum... but for photos

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Odysee

Explore a whole universe of videos on Odysee from regular people just like you!

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ray.so

Turn your code into beautiful images

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Spot The Drowning Child

Can you spot the drowning child in this crowded wave pool?

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Tube Archivist

Organize, search, and enjoy your YouTube collection

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LibrePhotos

Photo management service with a slight focus on cool graphs

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PixelFed

Ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation

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ImageGlass

A fast, open-source, modern image viewer for 90+ formats

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Photoview

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SnapOtter

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Zoneminder

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About Parallel Journal

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Parallel Journal

Parallel is a private journal built for real life

Parallel is a private journal built for real life — including the parts other journaling apps don't handle well. Write quickly, tag your mood, add a photo, and keep every entry organized by date. Choose from calming built-in themes or fully customize your own colors.

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DAVID JOHN THIELE
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Photo & Video
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