Skip to main content
OpenSourceAlternatives

Find what can replace the software you use

Search once across OSI-approved open source, source-available projects, and proprietary products.

Browse the directory

sbox

sboxOpen

Modern game engine on Valve Source 2 with C# and live hotload

Stars6,489
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

s&box is a modern game engine built on Valve's Source 2 and .NET that creates games in C# with millisecond hotload and a Unity-like scene system.

Alternative toGodot Engine
Zabbix

Zabbix

Self-hosted monitoring for networks, servers, and cloud

Stars6,472
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only

Zabbix is a self-hosted monitoring platform that tracks networks, servers, virtual machines, and cloud services from one distributed setup, with agents and agentless checks feeding dashboards, alerting, and escalation under a free AGPL license.

Alternative toDatadog
Apache IoTDB

Apache IoTDBOpen

Industrial IoT time-series database for edge and cloud

Stars6,403
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache IoTDB is an open-source time-series database for industrial IoT that collects, stores, and analyzes sensor data across edge devices and the cloud.

Alternative toGrafana
Waterfox

WaterfoxOpen

The free and open-source browser that puts your privacy first

Stars6,361
Commitjust now
LicenseMPL-2.0

Waterfox is a free and open-source web browser built on the Gecko engine that ships privacy protections, including no telemetry, built-in ad and tracker blocking, and private DNS, out of the box.

Alternative toBrave
Rivet

RivetOpen

Open-source orchestrator for agentic workloads and durable Actors

Stars6,275
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Rivet is a self-hostable orchestration platform that runs agentic workloads as durable Actors with state, realtime, and scheduling built in.

Alternative toInngest
Baserow

BaserowOpen

No-code database and application builder you can host

Stars5,757
Commit8h ago
LicenseMIT

Baserow is a spreadsheet-shaped database with the API and permission model of a real backend underneath. Non-technical colleagues get grid, gallery, kanban, and calendar views; engineers get a REST API and webhooks over the same data.

Alternative toRetoolAirtable
Helicone

HeliconeAIOpen

Open-source LLM observability and AI gateway for monitoring and evaluation

Stars6,211
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Helicone is an open-source observability platform and AI gateway for LLM applications. Teams point their existing OpenAI-compatible client at the Helicone gateway and every request is logged with traces, sessions, users, cost, and latency.

Lightdash

LightdashAIOpen

AI-first, open-source BI with dbt-native metrics and no per-seat pricing

Stars6,183
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Lightdash is an AI-first, open-source BI platform for teams that model with dbt.

HelixDB

HelixDBAIOpen

Open-source graph database with native vector and full-text search

Stars6,175
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

HelixDB is an open-source graph database with native vector and BM25 full-text search, built in Rust on object storage for combined graph, semantic, and keyword queries.

Alternative toMemgraph
Cosmos Server

Cosmos Server

A security-hardened self-hosted cloud for home and small business

Stars6,173
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0 WITH Commons-Clause and Anti-Tampering-Clause

Cosmos Server manages a personal cloud on hardware you own.

Alternative toCasaOS
Passbolt

PassboltOpen

Open source team password manager you can self-host

Stars6,158
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Passbolt is an open source password manager for teams with end-to-end OpenPGP encryption, granular sharing, and a server you can self-host.

Alternative toBitwarden1Password
Apache Pinot

Apache PinotOpen

Real-time OLAP datastore for low-latency user-facing analytics

Stars6,147
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Pinot is a real-time distributed OLAP datastore that answers SQL queries over streaming and batch data within milliseconds.

Alternative toGrafana
OpenCloud

OpenCloudOpen

Self-hosted file sharing and collaboration on a Go microservice backend

Stars6,141
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

OpenCloud is a self-hosted file-sharing and collaboration platform with a Go microservice backend, desktop and mobile apps, and EU-based hosting options.

Alternative toNextcloudDropbox
Weblate

WeblateOpen

Self-hosted continuous localization with tight Git integration

Stars6,111
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0

Weblate is a self-hosted localization platform that syncs translations with Git repositories, also available as a hosted service.

Alternative toCrowdin
OsmAnd

OsmAnd

Offline maps and navigation with hiking, cycling, and driving guidance.

Stars6,073
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0-only with exception

OsmAnd is an offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap data, with turn-by-turn voice guidance for driving, cycling, and walking.

Alternative toCoMapsOrganic Maps
Redmine

Redmine

Self-hosted project management with issue tracking and Gantt charts

Stars6,044
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0

Redmine is a GPL-2.0 licensed, self-hosted project management web app built on Ruby on Rails, with issue tracking, Gantt charts, time logging, and multi-project support.

Alternative toOpenProject
Hive

HiveOpen

SQL data warehouse on Hadoop for large-scale batch analytics

Stars6,028
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Apache Hive is an open-source SQL data warehouse built on Hadoop that queries large distributed datasets through HiveQL and standard JDBC and ODBC clients.

Alternative toClickHouse
Zammad

ZammadOpen

Open-source helpdesk and customer support platform

Stars6,010
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Zammad is an open-source helpdesk and customer support platform that unifies email, chat, phone, and social channels, with self-hosted or managed cloud operation under an AGPL-3.0 license.

Alternative toZendesk
Permify

PermifyOpen

Open-source authorization service for fine-grained RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC

Stars5,962
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Permify is an open-source authorization service for fine-grained access control. Teams model RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC policies centrally and enforce them through a Zanzibar-inspired decision service.

Alternative toCerbosAuth0
Inngest

Inngest

Durable step functions for event-driven apps and AI agents

Stars5,932
Commitjust now
LicenseSSPL-1.0 (source-available)

Inngest is a durable execution platform for event-driven apps: SDK step functions with checkpoints, retries, and waits run on serverless or your own servers.

Alternative toHatchet
Countly

Countly

Self-hosted product analytics with funnels, cohorts, and push.

Stars5,912
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0 with modified Section 7 (Countly Lite License)

Countly is a self-hosted product analytics platform that tracks events, user journeys, funnels, cohorts, and retention.

Emdash

EmdashAIOpen

Open-source desktop app that runs coding agents in parallel

Stars5,904
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Emdash is an open-source desktop app that runs multiple coding agents in parallel, each isolated in its own Git worktree.

Alternative toClineAider
Scanopy

ScanopyOpen

Self-hosted network documentation that updates itself

Stars5,861
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Scanopy is a self-hosted network discovery and documentation platform that maps devices, topologies, and racks into diagrams that stay current.

Alternative todraw.io
WorkAdventure

WorkAdventure

Open-source virtual office where avatars trigger proximity video chat

Stars5,850
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0 with Commons Clause

WorkAdventure is a customizable 2D virtual office where teams meet as avatars. A video chat starts automatically when avatars approach each other.

Alternative toZoom

People are looking for alternatives to

The proprietary products most often replaced by something in this directory.

All software people replace

Trending categories

Where the directory is growing fastest this month.

All categories