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Open Source Alternatives

List of open-source alternatives to everyday SaaS products.

btw-so/open-source-alternatives
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376
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strapi/strapi

🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’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

Appwrite® - 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 CommsOS™ 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
payloadcms/payload

Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-14
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-04-14
License
MIT
Issues
1,334 open
Forks
4,295
Commits
16,120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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 🚀

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
Commit velocity, last 7 days
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
PostHog/posthog

:hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more – 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
chatwoot/chatwoot

Open-source live-chat, email support, omni-channel desk. An alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud etc. 🔥💬

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
transloadit/uppy

The next open source file uploader for web browsers :dog:

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2015-11-16
License
MIT
Issues
186 open
Forks
2,103
Commits
11,186 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%
wekan/wekan

The Open Source kanban, built with Meteor. GitHub issues/PRs are only for FLOSS Developers, not for support, support is at https://wekan.fi/commercial-support/ . PR source translation to imports/i18n/data/en.i18n.json, other translations at https://app.transifex.com/wekan/wekan . No telemetry.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-20
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2015-05-12
License
MIT
Issues
164 open
Forks
2,999
Commits
28,123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
11ty/eleventy

A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

Updated
2026-06-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2017-11-27
License
MIT
Issues
175 open
Forks
583
Commits
3,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
gotify/server

A simple server for sending and receiving messages in real-time per WebSocket. (Includes a sleek web-ui)

Updated
2026-09-15
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2018-01-19
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
84 open
Forks
873
Commits
962 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
apitable/apitable

🚀🎉📚 APITable, an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative apps and better than all other Airtable open-source alternatives.

Updated
2026-09-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2022-08-17
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
306 open
Forks
1,425
Commits
3,923 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
bitwarden/clients

Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli).

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2015-12-09
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,307 open
Forks
2,018
Commits
22,950 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
invoiceninja/invoiceninja

A source-available invoice, quote, project and time-tracking app built with Laravel

Updated
2026-10-08
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-10-04
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
225 open
Forks
2,739
Commits
26,974 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
crater-invoice-inc/crater

Open Source Invoicing Solution for Individuals & Businesses

Updated
2024-08-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-11-11
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
425 open
Forks
1,710
Commits
1,292 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
fonoster/fonoster

🚀 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
zammad/zammad

Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2012-04-10
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
456 open
Forks
1,057
Commits
20,073 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey

🔥 LimeSurvey – 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
silexlabs/Silex

Silex is an online tool for visually creating static sites with dynamic data. With the free/libre spirit of internet, together.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-09
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2022-03-01
License
AGPL-3.0
Issues
62 open
Forks
687
Commits
6,645 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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