Open source software
worth switching to.
A curated directory of free, open and self-hostable tools - each one a credible replacement for the proprietary app you're paying for.
Ollama
Run open LLMs locally with a simple CLI, REST API, and model library
Dify
Open-source LLM app development platform for workflows, RAG pipelines, and agent apps
Open WebUI
Self-hosted AI platform for running local and API-backed models offline
Firecrawl
API that scrapes live sites into clean Markdown for AI agents
Excalidraw
Open source virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams, wireframes, and collaborative sketches
RustDesk
Open-source remote desktop app with self-hosted server options and cross-platform clients
Godot Engine
Free, open source 2D and 3D game engine with one-click exports to desktop, mobile, web, and consoles
Immich
Self-hosted photo and video management with mobile backup, browsing, search, and organization
Whisper
General-purpose speech recognition model for multilingual transcription, translation, and language identification
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150 categories, from developer tooling to smart-home.
You own your data
Every listing is FOSS-licensed and, where possible, self-hostable. No lock-in, no surprise pricing.
Auditable, by design
We surface real GitHub signals - stars, last commit, license - so you can judge what is actively maintained.
Curated by humans
No pay-to-rank. Listings earn their place on merit and community trust, reviewed by maintainers.
What this directory is, and how we curate it
Most of the software people pay for every month has a credible open source counterpart - one you can run yourself, inspect line by line, and keep using no matter what a vendor decides about pricing or features. The hard part is finding the version that is genuinely maintained and ready to depend on, not a half-finished clone. That is the gap this directory exists to close: a curated map from the proprietary app you already know to the open source tools that can actually replace it.
Listings are chosen on merit, never paid placement. To be included, a project has to ship under an open source license and solve a real, nameable job - the kind of tool you would recommend to a colleague. We lean toward software you can self-host or run locally, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. Nothing here can buy its way up the page; ranking reflects the project, not a budget.
To keep the picture honest, each entry surfaces live signals pulled straight from the project's public repository - stars, license, and how recently it was worked on - so you can judge momentum for yourself rather than trust a logo. That data is refreshed periodically and the catalog is reviewed by people, not generated on autopilot. We run no analytics and set no tracking cookies of our own: the directory is here to help you switch, not to follow you around afterward.