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strapi/strapi

๐Ÿš€ Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. Itโ€™s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable, and developer-first.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2015-09-30
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
611 open
Forks
9,881
Commits
38,014 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
appwrite/appwrite

Appwriteยฎ - complete cloud infrastructure for your web, mobile and AI apps. Including Auth, Databases, Storage, Functions, Messaging, Hosting, Realtime and more

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-05
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2019-04-08
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
710 open
Forks
5,761
Commits
48,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
laurent22/joplin

Joplin - the privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-11
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2016-10-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
642 open
Forks
6,278
Commits
15,784 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

The Secure CommsOSโ„ข for mission-critical operations

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2015-05-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
4,197 open
Forks
13,948
Commits
30,424 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ToolJet/ToolJet

Open-source foundation of ToolJet AI - the enterprise app generation platform for internal tools, dashboards, business applications, workflows and AI agents. Build visually, from a prompt, or from Claude Code, Codex and Cursor over MCP ๐Ÿš€

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-04
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2021-03-31
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
1,280 open
Forks
5,469
Commits
18,516 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
appsmithorg/appsmith

Platform to build admin panels, internal tools, and dashboards. Integrates with 25+ databases and any API.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-04
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2019-01-21
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
4,500 open
Forks
4,787
Commits
20,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
outline/outline

The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2016-02-27
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
75 open
Forks
3,619
Commits
10,683 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+64 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+70 +0.7%
PostHog/posthog

:hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools โ€“ AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more โ€“ capture all the context agents need to diagnose problems, uncover opportunities, and ship fixes. Steer it all from Slack, web, desktop, or the MCP.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-13
Lists
9 list mentions
First commit
2020-01-23
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
5,554 open
Forks
3,376
Commits
60,540 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
directus/directus

The flexible backend for all your projects ๐Ÿฐ Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2020-02-05
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
366 open
Forks
4,975
Commits
13,963 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+159 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
chatwoot/chatwoot

Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฌ

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2019-08-14
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,603 open
Forks
9,235
Commits
6,948 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+184 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+26 +0.4%
medusajs/medusa

The world's most flexible commerce platform for agents and developers

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-11
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2020-01-18
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
193 open
Forks
5,223
Commits
10,778 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
zulip/zulip

Zulip server and web application. Open-source team chat that helps teams stay productive and focused.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-15
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2012-08-28
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
2,055 open
Forks
10,406
Commits
72,055 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
amplication/amplication

Amplication brings order to the chaos of large-scale software development by creating Golden Paths for developers - streamlined workflows that drive consistency, enable high-quality code practices, simplify onboarding, and accelerate standardized delivery across teams.

Updated
2026-06-30
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2020-02-26
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
665 open
Forks
1,541
Commits
26,152 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
openreplay/openreplay

Session replay, cobrowsing and product analytics you can self-host. Best for reproducing issues and iterating on your product.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2021-04-29
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
186 open
Forks
863
Commits
12,081 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
fonoster/fonoster

๐Ÿš€ The open-source alternative to Twilio.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-02-04
License
MIT
Issues
33 open
Forks
558
Commits
6,201 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
tolgee/tolgee-platform

Developer & translator friendly web-based localization platform

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-05
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2020-10-13
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
205 open
Forks
372
Commits
3,596 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey

๐Ÿ”ฅ LimeSurvey โ€“ A powerful, open-source survey platform. A free alternative to SurveyMonkey, Typeform, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, making it simple to create online surveys and forms with unmatched flexibility.

Updated
2026-10-03
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2003-03-07
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
Disabled
Forks
1,123
Commits
43,705 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Peppermint-Lab/peppermint

An open source issue management & help desk solution. A zendesk & jira alternative

Archived
Updated
2025-09-21
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2020-11-05
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
99 open
Forks
387
Commits
1,730 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
padloc/padloc

A modern, open source password manager for individuals and teams.

Updated
2025-03-29
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2013-11-10
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
105 open
Forks
266
Commits
3,417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ory/polis

Streamline your web application's authentication with Polis, an SSO service supporting SAML and OpenID Connect protocols. Beyond enterprise-grade Single Sign-On, it also supports Directory Sync via the SCIM 2.0 protocol for automatic user and group provisioning/de-provisioning.

Updated
2026-07-27
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2021-08-14
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
34 open
Forks
234
Commits
4,669 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
appy-one/acebase

A fast, low memory, transactional, index & query enabled NoSQL database engine and server for node.js and browser with realtime data change notifications

Updated
2026-06-25
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-06-19
License
MIT
Issues
20 open
Forks
32
Commits
1,178 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history