Welcome to episode 1 of Don’t Forget to FOSS!

Software

• Harper (https://writewithharper.com) , a FOSS Grammarly replacement


• FrankenPHP (https://frankenphp.dev) , a PHP Web Server written in Go



• Quick Start (https://frankenphp.dev/docs/#examples-and-skeletons) examples

News

• Mastodon.social Terms of Service Drama



• Cory Doctorow’s Toot (https://mstdn.social/@pluralistic@mamot.fr/114706885656617026)


• Update from Mastodon.social (https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821)





• The Matrix/Element situation



• Matrix is cooked (https://blog.cyrneko.eu/matrix-is-cooked) by alexia on June 15


• Wire’s Matrix Is Not Safe For EU Data Privacy post (https://wire.com/en/blog/matrix-not-safe-eu-data-privacy) on June 18


• Element’s response (https://element.io/blog/addressing-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-thrown-at-element-and-matrix/) on June 20


• Matrix.org’s response (https://matrix.org/blog/2025/06/dispelling-myths/) on June 20


• Wire’s follow up response (https://matrix.org/blog/2025/06/dispelling-myths/) on June 23.

Email (https://letterbird.co/rpm) , Toot (https://monks.city/@robin) , or Skeet (https://bsky.app/profile/robinmonks.com) me with new episode ideas!