en	**De-google-ify Internet** *Tech Care #2*

en	Taking care of our online services

en	It's thanks to your donations that we'll be able to move forward!

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en	"De-google-ify Tech Care" is the process of caring for our "De-google-ify Internet" services which started in 2023 (and is set to continue!). We would like to free up time to **repair, improve or strengthen** these services that we (and you) find indispensable. Care means human warmth. "De-google-ify Tech Care" also means **highlighting all the little hands behind the scenes**, who pamper and cajole, whose expertise is essential so that these healthy tools remain accessible to all. **This care time also comes at a price, and that's why we're calling on you!**

en	## Tech Care 2024: what's in it for you? We've already done a lot of pampering this year, and now it's time to put the spotlight back on it! - {icon1} **Some repairs**<br /> [Framalistes](@:link.listes), [Framaforms](@:link.forms) - {icon2} **Major updates**<br /> [Framatalk](@:link.talk), [Framaspace](@:link.space), [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/), [Mobilizon.fr](https://mobilizon.fr), [mooc.chatons.org](https://mooc.chatons.org), [Framapiaf](@:link.piaf), [Framacalc](@:link.calc) - {icon3} **Contributions** to the free/libre software that runs our services<br /> [Mypads](https://framagit.org/framasoft/Etherpad/ep_mypads) (Framapad), [Umap](https://github.com/umap-project/umap/) (Framacartes), [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) (Framagenda, Frama.space), [Sympa](https://www.sympa.org/) (Framalistes) - {icon4} **New services**<br /> [**Pytition**](https://pytition.org) (will be used for [Framapetitions](https://test.framapetitions.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=petitions&mtm_placement=list))<br /> **[Framalab](@:link.lab)** (on a trial basis, without support or warranty) : [Alternatives to Tricount](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=money&mtm_placement=list#tricount) ([I Hate Money](https://ihm.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [Spliit](https://split.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons)), [alternatives to Lucidchart](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=draw&mtm_placement=list#lucidchart) ([Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [Draw.io](https://drawio.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons)), [PDF handling](https://framalab.org/fr/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=pdf&mtm_placement=list#ilovepdf) ([Stirling PDF](https://stirling-pdf.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons), [PDF Signature](https://signature-pdf.framalab.org/?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons))<br /> **We're working on it** : quickly adapt visuals ([Aktivisda](https://aktivisda.earth)), integrate accounting and membership management into Framaspace ([Paheko](https://paheko.cloud))

en	dans {days} jours, nous ouvrons Framagroupes

en	Framagroupes est ouvert

en	## Focus: Framapetitions, a… petitions service! There are many petition platforms, but they are rarely based on free code. These platforms are also widely suspected of using your personal details (name, email, cause supported) for purposes other than adding your signature to a petition. For several years now, we've been supporting an open-source project called Pytition. It's functional, but still needs a lot of work on the visual aspects. Supporting us financially means that we can spend time working with the original developer to improve Pytition, in collaboration with the original developer, and in the medium term, to open an online store, in the medium term, to open up a truly free and open petitions platform, with a guarantee that your data will not be used for commercial purposes.

en	Test Framapetitions

en	To read

en	Read more on the Framablog

en	Questions you're likely to ask yourself

en	Illustration : De-google-ify Tech Care - @:people.revoy (@:license.ccby4)

en	The €60,000 will go solely to De-google-ify Tech Care?

en	No! A donation to Framasoft supports all our actions. Donations to our association fund all our projects. The care work that we are planning with De-google-ify Tech Care is a long-term operation that it is impossible for us to quantify exactly. This care is human, so our calculations can only be estimates for a day's work when ‘everything is going well’! We know that additional maintenance will cost us time, and therefore money. We therefore estimate that in 2024 De-google-ify Tech Care will cost us €60,000 more than in a year when this care would not be a priority (‘estimate’, because it's very hard to put a precise figure on a care project), and we're challenging you to raise the money in 3 weeks, between now and 2 July.

en	I was thinking of making a donation at the end of the year. Is it the same for you?

en	Yes and no. Yes, because a donation at any time of year will fund Framasoft's actions. We can't thank you enough for this! And no, because we want to carry out 2 experiments using this collection: - This is the first test of our association's budget funding (96% of which is based on donations). Currently, around 50% of the year's donations are made in the last 3 weeks of December. ([figures for 2023](https://soutenir.framasoft.org/fr/stats/#2023)). So it's ‘a bit stressful’ for us at the end of the year, when we can't be sure⋅es to reach our provisional budget before the last days of December. Highlighting our actions during the year (as with this fundraiser) potentially makes you want to support us at a time other than the end of the year. We're experimenting with this aspect, and we'll let you know if the test is conclusive or not! - C’est aussi une manière pour nous de voir si ce dorlotage régulier de It's also a way for us to see if you're enthusiastic about this regular pampering of our services. Let's pamper ourselves, it's a labour of love, a little less attractive than a brand new project, but we think it's particularly important. Taking part in this fundraising campaign will also help us to know whether we're heading in the right direction (or not!).

en	Will a contribution to this fund-raising campaign be tax-free?

en	Yes, Framasoft is an association of general interest: each donation to the association gives access to an income tax reduction of 66% of the amount paid, for French taxpayers. Whether your donation is made in May, August or December, it can be deducted from your 2024 taxable income on your 2025 tax return.

en	Where does your money go?

en	Non-contreparties

en	Ce que vos dons financent

en	{reward} et plus

en	Vous en voulez plus encore ?

en	Contributeur·rices

en	Soit **une facture payée avec attention**

en	Et c’est indispensable à toute association… Un travail de l’ombre qui mérite bien d’être remis en lumière !

en	Soit **45 minutes de bichonnage technique**

en	Page d’accueil, mises à jour ou gestion des mails… Une expertise technique essentielle au quotidien.

en	Soit **4 réponses apportées à vos questions**

en	Notre équipe du support active ses mimines et ses méninges pour vous apporter des solutions pratiques.

en	Soit **une heure d’intervention**

en	Stand, débat ou conférence… Sensibiliser aux enjeux du numérique reste une de nos priorités !

en	Soit **1 mois de location de serveurs…**

en	…de Framagroupes et de serveurs relais pour l’envoi des mails. Un petit nid douillet, quoi !

en	Soit **une demi-journée tous frais payés pour Framasoft**

en	avec toutes les bonnes conditions pour poursuivre nos actions d’éducation populaire !

en	Lots of services in the works

en	And even more

en	Access the service

en	Available soon

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en	Find out even more (in French)

en	Framalab

en	Framasoft's laboratory

en	Framalab is our (almost!) secret laboratory, where you can test the software we evaluate before we make it available to the public.

en	framalab

en	https://framalab.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=lab

en	Before we can offer you software in the form of a ‘Frama’ service, such as Framapad or Framadate, we need to test this software technically (is it stable? Is it easy to maintain? Can it handle thousands of people every day? etc.). That's what Framalab is all about - trying things out, tinkering, breaking things and starting again. You can use these softwares online, **THOUGH**, please note that no direct support will be provided by Framasoft for these test services (you can however ask for help on [Framacolibri](https://framacolibri.org/c/entraide/57) and that we are not committed to maintaining the services over time. In other words, your data could disappear overnight. We told you, it's for testing :)

en	Liberaforms

en	The successor to Framaforms

en	Yakforms, which currently powers Framaforms, is at the end of its life. We hope to have found a successor.

en	liberaforms

en	https://beta.framaforms.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=forms

en	[Framaforms](@:link.forms) will soon be [celebrating its 10th anniversary](https://framablog.org/2016/10/03/degooglisons-saison-3-30-services-alternatifs-aux-produits-de-google-co/). However, [Yakforms](https://yakforms.org/), the software that powers the service, is coming to the end of its life. We therefore need to find a replacement. Especially as Framaforms is one of Framasoft's most-used services (we also devoted considerable energy in 2023 to fighting spam). After looking at a dozen or so open-source software packages, we settled on [Liberaforms](https://liberaforms.org), a Spanish software package that may not be the prettiest (but we're going to work on it :) ) but which we felt was the most in line with our values. For the moment, [we're offering the software on a trial basis](https://beta.framaforms.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=forms&mtm_placement=Detail), and if the tests are conclusive, we'll start looking at migrating the Framaforms engine.

en	Aktivisda

en	Easily adapt visuals

en	Do you regularly use the same visuals (posters, cards for social networks, etc.)? Make your life easier with Aktivisda.

en	aktivisda

en	[Aktivisda](https://aktivisda.earth/) meets a simple need: to add text to visuals. The need may seem rather trivial, but in reality it's very useful. Whether you're a volunteer in a small choir performing 3 concerts in a row at different venues, or a [large environmental association](https://extinctionrebellion.aktivisda.earth/fr/) that wants to enable its activists to take action locally, Aktivisda will be invaluable. We're clearly a long way from software like Canva. But we are in discussions with its developer, as well as the company that employs him, and we hope that the visibility that Framasoft will help us find the energy (and funding!) to improve it, to infinity and beyond.

en	Framaspace

en	A (Next)cloud that's easier to learn and use

en	Let's work together to improve Framaspace, to make it easier for more than 1,000 associations and activist groups to use this free associative cloud.

en	framaspace-paheko

en	https://www.frama.space?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=space

en	[Framaspace](@:link.space) is our alternative to the ‘Big Tech’ clouds (Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Dropbox, etc). Free, but reserved for small associations and Framaspace is based on open source software [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/). Our aim is to make these cloud spaces more welcoming for people discovering Nextcloud for the first time, by helping them to get to grips with the tool or by facilitating the migration of their existing data to Framaspace. At the same time, your donations will allow us to explore the possibility of increasing the functionalities of Framaspace by adding, for example, accounting or membership management tools via the integration of the [Paheko](https://paheko.cloud/) software.

en	MyPads/Framapad improvements

en	Discreet but useful touch-ups

en	We've made a few useful corrections to MyPads.

en	mypads

en	https://framapad.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=pad

en	[Mypads](https://mypads.framapad.org/) is a plugin that lets you manage your collaborative documents within [Framapad](@:link.pad). It lets you create folders, place documents (‘pads’) in them, share these folders with others, or make them private. Today we're announcing a number of improvements to this plugin: improved navigation, global search in folders and pad names, etc. This could well be just the first phase of improvements to Mypads, and even Framapad. But of course this will depend on your support.

en	Carbon footprint of associations

en	Digital isn't automatic

en	Assessing your association's carbon footprint is good. Finding ways to reduce it is even better.

en	empreinte

en	https://empreinte.framalab.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=carbon

en	We are not climatoseptics. We believe that global warming is the mother of all battles. We believe that the response to climate change is first and foremost a political one, and we are irritated to see the extent to which public policies are primarily geared towards individual action, sometimes in very guilt-inducing ways, on individual actions. However, in order to deal with a problem properly and respond appropriately, it can be useful to have a clear understanding of the issues at stake, as well as the levers on which to act. With this in mind, Framasoft, in partnership with the [Labos 1point5 research group](https://labos1point5.org), hopes to offer, in the medium term, an online application to assess the carbon footprint of one's association (as well as a simulator to see the impact of each lever that can be activated).

en	Handling pdf files

en	https://framalab.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=pdf#ilovepdf

en	Organise, compress and sign your PDFs

en	Need to add a signature to a PDF? Add pages from another document? Reduce the size of a PDF so that it can be used as a PDF file?

en	pdf

en	Ahhhh, PDFs! [An open format](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format), which is certainly practical for printing, but clearly not suitable for editing. If you need to reorganise pages, delete them, add to them, rotate them or sign them, it's all over pretty quickly. What's more, sometimes you need to be able to reduce their weight before sending them by email. The two tools we offer are just what you need!

en	Alternatives to Tricount

en	Sharing expenses between relatives

en	Want to go on holiday with friends and not come back as enemies? Need a simple way to manage a budget between flatmates? Then these apps are for you!

en	tricount-like

en	https://framalab.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=money#tricount

en	‘Good accounts make good friends’, as the saying goes. It's easy to deduce from this that the reverse can quickly lead you to fall out with your mates, your family, and so on. Fortunately, there are small software programs (free/libre, and which don't give a damn about the content of your data) to manage shared expenses. They're terribly simple and effective: all you have to do is enter all you have to do is enter everyone's expenses, say who is affected by the expense in question, and BAM! with one click, they'll tell you ‘Who owes how much to whom?’

en	Alternatives to Visio/Lucidchart

en	Create diagrams on digital whiteboards

en	Need to get an idea down on paper screen? These tools can help you do just that.

en	tableauxblancs

en	https://framalab.org?mtm_campaign=Dorlotons&mtm_source=Soutenir%20Dorlotons&mtm_content=draw#lucidchart

en	Yes, we've seen you, you who are trying to reproduce an organisation chart in LibreOffice (or PowerPoint) created by Jean-Mi-from-accounting 6 years ago, or you who want to to present your project for an AI-powered-cat-food-dispenser based on a diagram drawn on a pizzeria table, then photographed with a 2009 smartphone. Fortunately, we're offering you the chance to try out (without guarantee or support) two tools to meet these needs.