141 products compared
Open-source and self-hosted alternatives to popular software
Replace the subscriptions you pay for with apps you own. Pick a product to see its self-hosted alternatives, with open-source apps first and source-available ones clearly labelled.
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Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat
Adobe's PDF software for viewing, editing, converting, signing and organizing PDF files.
6 alternatives · Stirling-PDF, Docuseal, BentoPDF
Alternatives to Adobe Lightroom
Adobe's photo organizer and RAW editor with cloud sync.
6 alternatives · Immich, PhotoPrism, Ente
Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop
Adobe's professional raster image editor.
4 alternatives · Immich, penpot, PhotoPrism
Alternatives to Airtable
A spreadsheet-database hybrid for building lightweight business apps.
6 alternatives · Budibase, Teable, Grist
Alternatives to Algolia
A hosted search-as-a-service API for fast site and app search.
5 alternatives · ElasticSearch, MeiliSearch, Typesense
Alternatives to AnyDesk
A remote desktop application for accessing and supporting computers over the internet.
3 alternatives · Warpgate, MeshCentral, Guacamole
Alternatives to Asana
A work management platform for planning projects, tasks and team workloads.
6 alternatives · Plane, Huly, OpenProject
Alternatives to Audible
Amazon's audiobook subscription service.
4 alternatives · Jellyfin, Navidrome Music Server, Audiobookshelf
Alternatives to Auth0
An identity platform offering login, single sign-on and user management as a service.
6 alternatives · Keycloak, Authelia, authentik
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Alternatives to BambooHR
HR software for small and midsize businesses covering employee records, time off, hiring and onboarding.
5 alternatives · Frappe HR, Ever Gauzy, Horilla
Alternatives to Bitly
A link shortener with click analytics and branded links.
5 alternatives · YOURLS, Kutt, Shlink
Alternatives to Bitwarden
A cloud password manager with browser extensions and mobile apps.
5 alternatives · Vaultwarden, Bitwarden, Passbolt
Alternatives to Blackboard Learn
Anthology's commercial learning management system for universities and schools.
7 alternatives · Open edX, Moodle, Canvas LMS
Alternatives to Bubble
A no-code platform for building web apps visually.
6 alternatives · ToolJet, Appsmith, Budibase
Alternatives to Buffer / Hootsuite
Social media scheduling and management tools.
3 alternatives · Postiz, Socioboard, n8n
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Alternatives to Calendly
A scheduling tool that lets people book meetings from your availability.
4 alternatives · Cal.diy, Rallly, Easy!Appointments
Alternatives to Calibre Cloud
Hosted e-book library and reading services.
6 alternatives · Calibre, Calibre Web, Kavita
Alternatives to Canva
A drag-and-drop online design tool for graphics, slides and social posts.
4 alternatives · revealjs, penpot, Reactive Resume
Alternatives to Carrd
A simple builder for single-page sites and profile pages.
4 alternatives · Ghost, LinkStack, LittleLink
Alternatives to ChatGPT
OpenAI's conversational AI assistant.
8 alternatives · Ollama, AnythingLLM, LocalAI
Alternatives to Confluence
Atlassian's team wiki and documentation workspace.
7 alternatives · Wiki.js, docmost Community Edition, BookStack
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Alternatives to Datadog
A cloud monitoring platform for metrics, logs and traces.
7 alternatives · Uptime Kuma, Netdata, Grafana
Alternatives to Discord
A voice, video and text chat platform built around communities and servers.
7 alternatives · Rocket.Chat, Zulip, Lemmy
Alternatives to Docker Hub
The default public registry for hosting and sharing container images.
3 alternatives · Gitea, Harbor, ZOT OCI Registry
Alternatives to DocuSign
An electronic signature and agreement management service.
4 alternatives · Docuseal, Documenso, OpenSign
Alternatives to Dropbox
A cloud file hosting service that syncs folders across devices.
7 alternatives · Syncthing, Puter, Nextcloud
Alternatives to Dropbox Paper
A lightweight collaborative document editor from Dropbox.
6 alternatives · Etherpad, Docs, CryptPad
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Alternatives to Feedly
A hosted RSS reader and news aggregator.
7 alternatives · RSSHub, FreshRSS, Miniflux
Alternatives to Figma
A collaborative browser-based interface design and prototyping tool.
4 alternatives · Excalidraw, penpot, draw.io
Alternatives to Firebase
Google's backend-as-a-service with database, auth, storage and functions.
7 alternatives · Supabase, PocketBase, Appwrite
Alternatives to FreshBooks
Invoicing, expense and time-tracking software for freelancers and small service businesses.
8 alternatives · InvoicePlane, InvoiceShelf, Rachoon
Alternatives to Freshdesk
Freshworks' customer support software with ticketing, a help center and an omnichannel inbox.
5 alternatives · Chatwoot, Zammad, FreeScout
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Alternatives to GitHub
A hosted Git platform for repositories, pull requests and CI.
6 alternatives · Gitea, Gogs, OneDev
Alternatives to GitHub Actions / CircleCI
Hosted continuous integration services that build and test code on every push.
6 alternatives · Gitea, Drone, Jenkins
Alternatives to GitLab
A DevOps platform bundling Git hosting, issue tracking and CI/CD.
6 alternatives · Gitea, Gogs, OpenProject
Alternatives to Gmail
Google's email service with web and mobile apps.
7 alternatives · docker-mailserver, Mail-in-a-Box, Stalwart Mail Server
Alternatives to Google Analytics
Google's web analytics service for traffic and conversion reporting.
7 alternatives · PostHog, Umami, Plausible Analytics
Alternatives to Google Calendar
Google's online calendar with sharing and event invites.
7 alternatives · Nextcloud, Radicale, Baïkal
Alternatives to Google Docs
Google's browser-based word processor with real-time collaboration.
6 alternatives · Nextcloud, Etherpad, Docs
Alternatives to Google Drive
Google's cloud file storage and sync service with built-in document editing.
7 alternatives · Syncthing, Nextcloud, Cloudreve
Alternatives to Google Forms
Google's free form and survey tool that feeds into Sheets.
5 alternatives · Formbricks, HeyForm, OpnForm
Alternatives to Google Home
Google's smart speaker and smart home control ecosystem.
6 alternatives · Home Assistant, Node RED, Domoticz
Alternatives to Google Keep
Google's simple note and checklist app.
6 alternatives · Memos, Joplin, Blinko
Alternatives to Google Meet
Google's video meeting service bundled with Workspace.
5 alternatives · Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton, MiroTalk P2P
Alternatives to Google Photos
Google's cloud photo and video backup service with search and sharing.
6 alternatives · Immich, PhotoPrism, Ente
Alternatives to Google Workspace
Google's suite of email, calendar, docs and storage for teams.
6 alternatives · Nextcloud, Mailcow, CryptPad
Alternatives to Grafana Cloud
A hosted observability stack for metrics, logs and traces.
6 alternatives · Netdata, Grafana, Prometheus
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Alternatives to IFTTT
A consumer automation service that links apps and devices with simple if-this-then-that applets.
6 alternatives · Home Assistant, Huginn, Activepieces
Alternatives to Imgur
A popular image hosting and sharing site.
6 alternatives · Lychee, Zipline, Chibisafe
Alternatives to Intercom
A customer messaging platform for live chat, support and onboarding.
6 alternatives · Chatwoot, Zammad, FreeScout
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Alternatives to Last.fm
A music scrobbling and discovery service.
4 alternatives · Navidrome Music Server, koel, Your Spotify
Alternatives to LastPass
A cloud password manager and digital vault.
5 alternatives · Vaultwarden, Bitwarden, Passbolt
Alternatives to Lightspeed
A cloud point-of-sale and inventory platform for retail stores and restaurants.
7 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Dolibarr
Alternatives to Linktree
A link-in-bio page that gathers your social and project links in one place.
4 alternatives · linkding, LinkStack, Shaarli
Alternatives to Loom
A screen recording tool for sharing quick video messages.
3 alternatives · PeerTube, Screego, MediaCMS
Alternatives to Lovable
An AI app builder that turns prompts into working web apps.
4 alternatives · LibreChat, Dify.ai, Open-WebUI
Alternatives to Lucidchart
A web-based diagramming and flowchart tool.
5 alternatives · Excalidraw, penpot, draw.io
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Alternatives to Mailchimp
An email marketing platform for newsletters, campaigns and audiences.
6 alternatives · Listmonk, Mautic, Dittofeed
Alternatives to Mailgun
An email API for sending, receiving and tracking transactional mail.
6 alternatives · Postal, Stalwart Mail Server, Maddy Mail Server
Alternatives to Medium
A hosted publishing platform for long-form writing and reader subscriptions.
6 alternatives · Ghost, WordPress, WriteFreely
Alternatives to Metabase Cloud
A hosted business intelligence service for dashboards and ad-hoc questions.
6 alternatives · Superset, Metabase, PostHog
Alternatives to Microsoft 365
Microsoft's subscription suite of Office apps, Exchange mail and Teams chat.
6 alternatives · Nextcloud, Mailcow, CryptPad
Alternatives to Microsoft Access
Microsoft's desktop database for building tables, forms and reports.
4 alternatives · Budibase, Teable, Grist
Alternatives to Microsoft Excel
Microsoft's spreadsheet application for calculations, charts and data analysis.
3 alternatives · Teable, Grist, ONLYOFFICE
Alternatives to Microsoft Project
Microsoft's project management software for schedules, Gantt charts and resource planning.
5 alternatives · Plane, Huly, OpenProject
Alternatives to Microsoft Visio
Microsoft's diagramming software for flowcharts, org charts and network diagrams.
5 alternatives · Excalidraw, ChartDB, draw.io
Alternatives to Mint
A free personal finance dashboard that tracked spending and budgets (now discontinued).
6 alternatives · Actual, Firefly III, Ghostfolio
Alternatives to MyFitnessPal
A calorie counter and nutrition and workout tracker.
4 alternatives · Mealie, wger, FitTrackee
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Alternatives to Nest / SmartThings
Cloud-based smart home platforms from Google Nest and Samsung SmartThings.
7 alternatives · Home Assistant, Tasmota, Node RED
Alternatives to Netflix
A subscription streaming service for movies and TV series.
6 alternatives · Jellyfin, Kodi, Stash
Alternatives to Netlify
A hosting platform for static sites and serverless functions with Git-based deploys.
5 alternatives · Caddy, Coolify, Dokploy
Alternatives to NetSuite
Oracle's cloud ERP suite for financials, inventory, orders and CRM.
7 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Aureus ERP
Alternatives to ngrok
A tunneling service that exposes local servers to the internet.
6 alternatives · frp, Traefik, Pangolin
Alternatives to Notion
An all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, wikis and lightweight databases.
6 alternatives · SiYuan, docmost Community Edition, Colanode
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Alternatives to Obsidian
A local-first Markdown knowledge base with linked notes and plugins.
6 alternatives · Joplin, SiYuan, Logseq
Alternatives to Odoo
A suite of business apps covering ERP, accounting, CRM, inventory and e-commerce, with an open-source Community edition and a paid Enterprise edition.
6 alternatives · ERPNext, Aureus ERP, IDURAR
Alternatives to Okta
An enterprise identity and single sign-on provider.
4 alternatives · Keycloak, Authelia, authentik
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Alternatives to Pastebin
A site for sharing snippets of text and code via short links.
6 alternatives · PrivateBin, Opengist, Yopass
Alternatives to Pingdom
A website uptime and performance monitoring service.
5 alternatives · Uptime Kuma, Netdata, Gatus
Alternatives to Pipedrive
A sales CRM built around visual deal pipelines for small sales teams.
7 alternatives · Twenty, Krayin, Frappe CRM
Alternatives to Plex
A media server and streaming app for personal movie, TV and music libraries.
4 alternatives · Jellyfin, Kodi, Stash
Alternatives to Pocket
A read-it-later app for saving articles and web pages.
5 alternatives · Karakeep, LinkWarden, Wallabag
Alternatives to Pocket Casts
A podcast player and discovery app.
5 alternatives · Audiobookshelf, AzuraCast, Pinepods
Alternatives to Postman
An API platform for designing, testing and documenting HTTP APIs.
3 alternatives · Hoppscotch Community Edition, Bruno, Kong
Alternatives to Power BI
Microsoft's business analytics and reporting tool.
5 alternatives · Superset, Metabase, Redash
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Alternatives to Reddit
A network of topic communities with voting and threaded discussion.
6 alternatives · Discourse, Flarum, Answer
Alternatives to Retool
A low-code platform for building internal tools and admin panels.
6 alternatives · ToolJet, Appsmith, Budibase
Alternatives to Ring
Amazon's cloud-connected doorbell and home security cameras.
6 alternatives · Frigate, Zoneminder, motionEye
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Alternatives to Sage Accounting
Sage's accounting and bookkeeping software for small and midsize businesses.
7 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Dolibarr
Alternatives to Salesforce
An enterprise CRM platform for sales, service and marketing.
8 alternatives · Twenty, Krayin, SuiteCRM
Alternatives to SAP Business One
SAP's ERP for small and midsize companies covering accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory and production.
7 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Aureus ERP
Alternatives to Sentry
A hosted error tracking and performance monitoring service for developers.
4 alternatives · Langfuse, Rustrak, Sentry Self-Hosted
Alternatives to Shopify
A hosted e-commerce platform for building and running online stores.
8 alternatives · MedusaJs, Bagisto, Saleor
Alternatives to Shopify POS
Shopify's in-store point of sale that shares products, stock and customers with a Shopify online store.
6 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Dolibarr
Alternatives to Slack
A team messaging platform with channels, threads and integrations.
6 alternatives · Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, Zulip
Alternatives to Smartsheet
A spreadsheet-style work management platform for projects, tasks and workflows.
6 alternatives · Plane, Huly, Teable
Alternatives to Sonos
A multi-room wireless speaker system with streaming apps.
5 alternatives · Navidrome Music Server, Mopidy, Snapcast
Alternatives to Spotify
A music and podcast streaming service with personalized playlists.
7 alternatives · Jellyfin, Navidrome Music Server, koel
Alternatives to Square POS
Square's point-of-sale app and hardware for retail shops, restaurants and service businesses.
6 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, Dolibarr
Alternatives to Squarespace
A hosted website builder with templates and e-commerce.
5 alternatives · Ghost, WordPress, Joomla!
Alternatives to Statuspage
Atlassian's hosted public status page for incidents and uptime.
5 alternatives · Uptime Kuma, Gatus, OpenStatus
Alternatives to Steam Link / GeForce Now
Cloud and LAN game streaming services.
5 alternatives · Sunshine, RomM, Retrom
Alternatives to Strava
A social fitness app for logging runs and rides.
3 alternatives · Dawarich, wger, FitTrackee
Alternatives to Substack
A publishing platform for paid newsletters and blogs.
5 alternatives · Ghost, Listmonk, Mautic
Alternatives to Supabase
A hosted Postgres backend with auth, storage and realtime APIs.
6 alternatives · PocketBase, Appwrite, Hasura
Alternatives to SurveyMonkey
An online survey platform for questionnaires and feedback.
4 alternatives · Formbricks, HeyForm, OpnForm
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Alternatives to Tableau
A business intelligence and data visualization platform.
6 alternatives · Superset, Metabase, Redash
Alternatives to Tailscale
A mesh VPN built on WireGuard for connecting devices and servers.
6 alternatives · Headscale, NetBird, wg-easy
Alternatives to TalentLMS
A cloud LMS for employee, customer and partner training.
6 alternatives · Open edX, Moodle, Frappe LMS
Alternatives to Teachable
A hosted platform for creating and selling online courses and coaching.
5 alternatives · Moodle, Frappe LMS, LearnHouse
Alternatives to TeamViewer
A remote desktop and support tool for connecting to other computers.
4 alternatives · Neko, Warpgate, MeshCentral
Alternatives to Thinkific
A hosted platform for building, marketing and selling online courses and communities.
5 alternatives · Moodle, Frappe LMS, LearnHouse
Alternatives to Toast
A restaurant point-of-sale and management platform with ordering, kitchen display and payments.
4 alternatives · Odoo, Open Source POS, NexoPOS
Alternatives to Todoist
A to-do list and task manager with projects, labels and reminders.
6 alternatives · Super Productivity, Kanboard, Vikunja
Alternatives to Trello
A kanban-style board tool for organizing tasks into lists and cards.
7 alternatives · Wekan, Kanboard, Vikunja
Alternatives to Twilio SendGrid
A transactional and marketing email delivery API.
6 alternatives · Novu, Listmonk, Postal
Alternatives to Twitter / X
A microblogging social network for short public posts.
6 alternatives · Mastodon, Lemmy, diaspora*
Alternatives to Typeform
An online form and survey builder with conversational layouts.
4 alternatives · Formbricks, HeyForm, OpnForm
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Alternatives to Wave
Accounting and invoicing software for small businesses, with paid add-ons for payments and payroll.
6 alternatives · Bigcapital, InvoicePlane, InvoiceShelf
Alternatives to Webflow
A visual site builder and CMS for designers.
6 alternatives · Strapi, Ghost, Payload CMS
Alternatives to Wix
A drag-and-drop website builder with hosting.
5 alternatives · Ghost, WordPress, Wagtail
Alternatives to WordPress.com
A hosted version of WordPress for blogs and small business sites.
6 alternatives · Strapi, Ghost, WordPress
Alternatives to Workday
An enterprise cloud suite for human capital management, payroll and finance.
5 alternatives · Frappe HR, Ever Gauzy, Horilla
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Alternatives to Zapier
A no-code automation service that connects thousands of web apps with triggers and actions.
7 alternatives · Huginn, Kestra, Activepieces
Alternatives to Zendesk
A customer support suite with ticketing, help center and live chat.
6 alternatives · Chatwoot, Zammad, FreeScout
Alternatives to Zoho Books
Zoho's online accounting software for invoicing, expenses, inventory and tax.
7 alternatives · Odoo, ERPNext, IDURAR
Alternatives to Zoho CRM
Zoho's customer relationship management software for sales, marketing and support.
8 alternatives · Twenty, Krayin, Dolibarr
Alternatives to Zoom
A video conferencing service for meetings and webinars.
6 alternatives · Jitsi Meet, BigBlueButton, MiroTalk P2P
What is an open-source alternative?
It is software with publicly available source code that does the same job as a commercial product. Most of the alternatives listed here can be self-hosted, so your data stays on a server you control and there are no per-seat subscription fees.
Are open-source alternatives really free?
The software is free to use and modify. Self-hosting it means you pay only for the server, often a few dollars a month for a small VPS. Some projects also sell a managed cloud version if you would rather not run it yourself.
How do you choose which alternatives to list?
We match each commercial product with self-hosted apps that cover the same core use case. Open-source apps come first, then source-available ones and apps whose license appsgit could not verify; within each group, projects with at least 12 commits in the last 12 months come before less active or archived ones, then by GitHub stars. Source-available apps are labelled and never called open source.