So I am collecting new and amazing tools for a directory app I am making, v2 of Appydev.
I found out there are some great alternatives to some very popular products. Here's a list of some interesting things people pay for.
Although, the title say's don't pay, most of these OSS projects are made by independent developers on their free time, consider donating them on github sponsors or opencollective etc.
Shopify
Slack/Microsoft Teams
Firebase
ngRok
Postman
Sendgrid, Mailchimp
Bitly
Google analytics
Github/Bitbucket
Intercom/Livechat
Salesforce
Trello/Asana
Zapier
Algolia
Typeform
Filmora/Adobe Audition
MS Office/Google Doc
Lastpass
Google maps
- Openstreet maps - (Leaflet.js wrapper)
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Taiga isn't open source, it just have free tier.
github.com/taigaio
Ok, my mistake, sorry
Openoffice is nearly dead, I would not use it :/
Just an alternative, would definitely add something if you know anything similar.
All kde applications have a great UI and are easy to use :)
Adding this
Thanks :)
Take a look at WPS office
Thank you. I’ll share this in Turkish. Can I? I’ll mention this URL.
Sure, please go ahead
Great list! However, money needs to come from somewhere. It's unsustainable to expect great technology to just be free.
If you use any of these projects, consider also supporting them on opencollective.com, GitHub Sponsors, ko-fi.com, or patreon.com - wherever they might accept donations or support. Every dollar makes a difference!
Agreed, the title might be misleading.
Added a small note about this. Thanks.
Fully agree. Even if a certain user cannot contribute to the open source project with a monetary donation, there are many different ways to contribute to open source projects, e.g. by publicizing it so that it reachers others that can help with the funding
Yes totally agree, Not paying to these awesome people who make these open source tools and Projects was not my motive, instead the other way around.
Google Analytics is free and others are paid 🤔 Start paying?
Open source, that was the point of this list, people cant take a hint.. I guess I'll have to update the title.
The picture you chose says "Stop Paying" so I got confused :)
There is also owncloud.org/ as alternative for Google Drive/Dropbox.
And Nextcloud!
Nextcould is already added
And Syncthing for a different approach.
A humble suggestion: ActivityWatch, an open source version of RescueTime with privacy.
Firebase is a series of products...
What's a safe alternative to Firebase Auth / Google Auth, or do you collect Oauth2 client ID / secrets, by yourself?
Firebase Auth is a guaranteed way to work with Google OAuth2, BTW. I have problem with getting permission from Facebook and Twitter...
Auth0 & Okta are good alternatives. Or you could directly implement oAuth 2.0 client authentication with respective sdk's
Not sure if Auth0 is better or cheaper than Firebase Auth. Actually, I moved from Auth0 to Firebase Auth.
MongoDB Stitch also have an Auth.
Why not handle the authentication yourself? I did it recently with Nuxt + Node + Mongodb + Google sign in
I still need some kind of Object / Image storage, though. But I don't think I should use MongoDB Atlas's 500 MB of GridFS...
That's why I come to Firebase Auth + Firebase Storage.
I use Google Cloud for hosting BTW, not AWS.
Nuxt Auth Module might be nice, but still I fear security and not being able to track...
Honestly, Mongodb atlas free tier is good for small apps.
If you do need image storage, you could probably use imgur or imgbb
keycloak.org
github.com/keycloak/keycloak
Still looks complicated, but I will consider...
AppyDev is useful 😄, Is AppyDev Open Source ?
seems it is not open-sourced 😄
Great list Fayaz and thanks for including Plausible Analytics!