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Open Source Eats the Software
I created osssoftware.org with a focus on:
- Winners of PH
- Best dev tools on DevHunt
- Recently active on GitHub
- Most internet backlinks
- Most mentions as "alternative to ..."
π 301 Open Source Alternatives:
Supabase - Open Source Alternative to Firebase
Explore the feature-rich, open source alternative to Firebase that provides real-time updates and authentication features.
Documenso - Open Source Alternative to Docusign
Discover an innovative tool for managing digital signatures with same ease as using Docusign but without the high costs.
Cal - Alternative to Calendly
Simplify your scheduling with this flexible, user-friendly alternative to Calendly.
Plausible - Open Source Alternative to Google Analytics
Take control of your data analytics with Plausible β a privacy-centered, open-source platform designed as an alternative for Google Analytics.
DevHunt - Open Source Alternative to ProductHunt
Find unique tech products or showcase yours on DevHunt, an exciting open-source platform similar in function but not limited like ProductHunt.
AI.Meta - Open Source Alternative to ChatGPT
Improve communication with machine learning-based AI Meta chat software thatβs easy-to-use and emulates human-like conversations just like Chat GPT but it's free!
Papermark - Open Source Alternative to Docsend
Share sensitive documents securely online through Papermark- comparable performance at lower cost than Docsend.
Godot Engine - Open Source Alternative to Unity3D
Develop professional-grade games without the price tag with Godot Engine, a completely free and open-source game development tool.
Ghost - Open Source Alternative to Medium
Publish your thoughts or start an online publication with Ghost, a powerful yet user-friendly platform that rivals Medium.
Mastodon - Open Source Alternative to Twitter
Join the federated social network Mastodon for a more crowd-controlled and less corporate-dominated experience than Twitter.
Rowy - Open Source Alternative to Airtable
Manage databases as effectively as Airtable but at lesser costs using Rowy- equally efficient but cheaper!
Sentry - Open Source Solution For Error Tracking
Monitor errors in real-time across all stages of app development with Sentry's robust code health tracking solution.
N8N - Open Source Alternative to Zapier
Frustrated about expensive automation tools? Meet N8N β The perfect sophisticated yet budget-friendly alternative for Zapier.
Appsmith - Open Source Alternative to Retool
Becoming faster at designing internal tools is possible now! Check out AppSmith today, which builds just like Retool but is entirely open source.
ClickHouse - Open Source Alternative to BigQuery
Manage real-time and high volume data with ClickHouse, a cost-effective yet powerful solution as compared to BigQuery.
GitLab - Open Source Alternative to GitHub
While maintaining the same collaboration features like version controlling and source code management GitLab provides more visibility, flexibility and scalability than Github.
Penpot - Open Source Alternative to Figma
Try Penpot for collaborative UI design β all the features you love about Figma but in an open-source platform.
Jenkins - Open Source Option For DevOps
Minimize your development downtime using Jenkins; its continuous integration offering makes it a worthy open-source alternative for DevOps tools.
Forem - Open Source Alternative to Circle
Join thriving communities or create your own on Forem much similar space like Circle but without any restrictions over customizations
PostHog - Open Source Alternative to Mixpanel
Your search for an analytics tool that respects user privacy ends here: Meet PostHog, an open-source counterpart of Mixpanel.
Dub - Open Source Alternative to Bitly
Looking for a URL shortener that's fully customizable? Check out Dub, the open-source alternative to Bitly.
OpenCart - Open Source Alternative to Shopify
Create your e-commerce store with ease using the open source platform of Opencart. Member of online community support equaling Shopify with less cost!
Typesense - Open Source Alternative to Algolia
Revolutionize search on your site with Typesense β a simpler and more transparent option as compared to Algolia.
AppFlowy - Open Source Alternative to Notion
Maintain notes, manage tasks, and organize work without any intrusion using AppFlowy; indeed an intuitive opensource replacement for Notion.
Webstudio - Open Source Alternative to Webflow
Design website freely at no cost by opting WebStudio- absolute comparable features with Webflow but far-out cheaper!
Typebot - Open Source Alternative to Typeform
Want flexibility in creating surveys or forms? Try Typebot: As simple as typeform but offers strong privacy control!
Passbolt an free open-source password manager that allows teams maintain passwords securely!
## @shadcn A robust UI toolkit offering just what you get from Tailwind UI without the overhead costs!
Rocket.Chat - Open Source Alternative to Slack
Explore Rocket.Chat, an advanced team communication platform that serves as a cost-effective and equally competent option compared to Slack.
GIMP - Open Source Alternative to Adobe Photoshop
Get rid of expensive graphic tools with GIMP- an excellent open source graphic editing tool with features matching up with Photoshop.
Akaunting - Open Source Alternative To QuickBooks
Effortlessly manage your business finances using Akaunting, a free accounting software providing nearly the same offerings as Quickbooks without the associated costs.
Mautic -Open Source Alternative To Hubspot.
Personalize your brand experience and automate marketing processes just like you do on Hubspot but at zero cost by utilizing Mautic!
Odoo: The ultimate all-in-one management software much like SAP ERP but only better since it's opensource!
## Open Project : Manage projects effectively for FREE! Here is your best project management solution that does everything Microsoft project can offer.
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Top comments (38)
I prefer to see these as the real deal. The proprietary stuff is the "alternative".
For them to be the real deal they must work better and have more features than the proprietary stuff they are based on.
I disagree. I think having a deliberately limited version of something is always going to make it worse.
:)
Ghost is not free
but the code is on github?
Open source software doesn't mean that it won't have pricing :) You can read more about it here: opensource.org/osd/
Source code appears to be licensed with the MIT license, so if you self-host it can be free.
Yes!! π
Ghost is free. It's pretty explicitly said in the docs. Their hosted offer is not.
I π«ΆπΎ metabase or superset as alternative to PowerBI or Tableau
Yes please! Love to see Papermark here @mfts
Amazing, this is very helpful. Thanks
Great!, Thanks for sharing
ur welcome
You missed OpenSign github.com/opensignlabs/opensign
gonna add
Amazing, thank you for sharing.
I know a tool called ServBay, which is alternative to MAMP. It's not open source, but it's free.
This is awesome! Best top X list I've ever seen π. This is extremely useful, and something I will be saving for a while.
thank you
Awesome curated list
thx
Is Supabase better than Firebase?
most say yes
Thanks for sharing
I don't like that title
I would have chosen something like that
Why ?
Because there is a very bad confusion that Open Source = free as in beer stuff = cheap low quality stuff
And every time we choose to insist to the fact that open source is usually free as in beer, then we encourage the confusions.
And we lose in the real world.
In the real world, free things are considered automatically to be low quality stuff.
Also in the real world, open source would need much more money to reach its full potential.
In the real world, there are lots of free things.
facebook is free in order to spy on you
bad press is free
freewares are free
skypwares are free
Cal is not a cheap Alternative to Calendly
Cal is better than calendly, and also unlike calendly, it is open source.
This reminds me of this post:
'Open source' is not 'free software'
opensource.com/business/16/11/open...
We are building an open source {free} Postman alternative: Hoppscotch - API request builder for web.
π½ Open source API development ecosystem - https://hoppscotch.io
it's added
Hoppscotch is great and - if you need such a tool occasionally - the better option. Postman is a fairly heavy package to install (125 MB installer), while hoppscotch is only 15 MB.
You can also run hoppscotch as a free web service (hoppscotch.io/), which I often prever (no installation). I honestly do not know if this option exists for postman.