The open source software roster.
A curated roster of open source applications — guides, comparisons, and how-tos in one place.
Tools
OpenClaw_
Self-hosted personal AI assistant on your everyday chat apps.
Hermes Agent_
Self-hosted personal AI assistant that learns and remembers.
n8n_
Open source workflow automation — a Zapier alternative.
Ollama_
Run open source LLMs locally with one command.
Dify_
Build LLM apps and agents with RAG and LLMOps.
Supabase_
Open source Postgres backend — a Firebase alternative.
vLLM_
High-throughput LLM inference and serving on your own GPUs.
Open WebUI_
Self-hosted AI chat UI for Ollama; a ChatGPT alternative.
Langflow_
Visual, Python-native builder for LLM apps and agents.
Uptime Kuma_
Self-hosted uptime monitoring, alerts, and status pages.
Grafana_
Open source observability dashboards — a Datadog alternative.
Firecrawl_
Open source scraping API turning sites into LLM-ready data.
Apache Superset_
Open source business intelligence and dashboards — a Tableau alternative.
OpenHands_
Open source AI software engineer — a Devin alternative.
LobeChat_
Self-hosted multi-model AI chat UI; a ChatGPT alternative.
Strapi_
Open source headless CMS — a Contentful alternative.
Odoo_
Open source ERP and business app suite, self-hosted.
Gitea_
Lightweight self-hosted Git hosting — a GitHub alternative.
Ghost_
Open source publishing, newsletters, and paid memberships.
NocoDB_
Self-hosted no-code database; Airtable alternative.
Flowise_
Visual builder for LLM apps and AI agents.
Rocket.Chat_
Open source team chat — a Slack and Teams alternative.
Metabase_
Open source BI and dashboards — a Tableau alternative.
Vaultwarden_
Lightweight self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible password manager.
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Alternatives
1Password_
Hosted password manager and secrets vault.
Airtable_
Spreadsheet-database for apps and workflows.
Amazon Kinesis_
AWS's fully managed real-time data streaming service.
Amazon SQS_
AWS's fully managed message queue service.
Apify_
Cloud platform for web scraping and automation.
Auth0_
Hosted authentication and identity platform.
Azure Service Bus_
Microsoft's fully managed enterprise message broker.
Blackboard_
Proprietary LMS for schools and universities.
Buffer_
Simple social media scheduling.
ChatGPT_
OpenAI's hosted AI chat app and Plus subscription.
commercetools_
The proprietary composable commerce platform.
Confluence_
Atlassian's team wiki and documentation tool.
Contentful_
The enterprise managed headless CMS.
Dashlane_
Hosted password manager and autofill vault.
Datadog_
Hosted monitoring, observability, and LLM tracing.
Devin_
The autonomous AI software engineer from Cognition.
Dialogflow_
Google's hosted conversational AI platform.
Docebo_
Enterprise SaaS LMS for corporate training.
DocuSign_
Cloud e-signature for contracts and agreements.
Dropbox_
Cloud file storage, sync, and sharing.
Firebase_
Google's app development backend platform.
FreshBooks_
Self-host your invoicing and billing
GitHub_
Git hosting, pull requests, and CI/CD in the cloud.
GitHub Codespaces_
Managed cloud dev environments built into GitHub.