Curated list of 1000 open source alternatives to proprietary software
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Hey people! I have been compiling a database of opensource alternatives and I'm super proud of it so far. It serves as a searchable directory for high-quality opensource. After tons of hours I've managed to compile a database of 1000+ opensource software.I've seen other sites which have the same premise and all the GitHub Awesome Lists, but they lack in showing if the repo is active, abandoned, experimental, buggy/unstable, has a restrictive license or corporate influence like this does.Thanks for your time, if you have any recommendations for features/additions I'd love to hear.
HN · launched Feb 8, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 47%) · 0 views
Niche: developer and open source resource directories · 165 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Search & retrieval
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a curated, searchable directory of open source software, which is a classic CRUD and search web application easily vibe-coded in days.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 379 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #176 of 380 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 102 days after the earliest competitor.
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