OpenAlternative: Directory of open-source SaaS alternatives used by 1M+ devs
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-08-22
OpenAlternative is a curated directory helping users find open-source alternatives to popular paid SaaS products. With over 12K subscribers, tools are ranked by GitHub Stars, license, and last commit.
Notable trending alternatives include:
- Postiz (34K stars) replaces Buffer
- Cap (21K stars) replaces Screen Studio
- Ollama (179K stars) replaces LM Studio
- n8n (200K stars) replaces Make
- Firecrawl (170K stars) replaces Jina
- Supabase (108K stars) replaces Firebase
- Excalidraw (130K stars) replaces Miro
Users can filter by category, tech stack, license, or "self-hostable only."
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