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Discourse

Discourse

Open-source community platform for discussion, chat, and support

Stars47.9K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0

Discourse is a self-hosted community platform that combines threaded discussion with built-in chat, search, and moderation tools.

Alternative toSlackDiscord
Gogs

GogsOpen

Painless self-hosted Git service with a tiny resource footprint

Stars47.9K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Gogs is a self-hosted Git service written in Go that ships as a single binary with repository hosting, issues, pull requests, and a wiki.

Bruno

BrunoOpen

Open-source API client that stores collections as plain-text files

Stars47.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Bruno is an open-source desktop API client that stores collections as plain-text Bru files on your filesystem, so teams can version them in Git.

Alternative toPostman
SiYuan

SiYuanOpen

Local-first block notes with backlinks, sync, and flashcards

Stars46.7K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

SiYuan is a local-first, privacy-first note-taking app that organizes Markdown notes as linked content blocks with backlinks, databases, and end-to-end encrypted sync.

Alternative toLogseq
Paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx

Self-hosted document management that turns paper scans into a searchable archive

Stars46.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-3.0-only

Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that OCRs scanned paper and office documents into a searchable, tagged online archive.

Alternative toPapra
Milvus

MilvusAIOpen

Open-source vector database for GenAI search at billion scale

Stars46.4K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Milvus is an Apache-2.0 open-source vector database that stores and indexes embedding vectors for millisecond similarity search over very large collections.

Alternative toChroma
Rocket.Chat

Rocket.ChatOpen

Self-hosted secure team chat for mission-critical organizations

Stars46.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted team chat platform with a Slack data importer, end-to-end encryption, and cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped deployment.

Alternative toSlack
LibreChat

LibreChatAIOpen

The open-source, self-hosted AI chat platform for every model.

Stars45.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

LibreChat is a free, self-hosted chat workspace for many AI providers and local models, with agents, retrieval, and team controls.

Alternative toOpen WebUIChatGPT
Hyperswitch

HyperswitchOpen

Open-source payment switch unifying 270+ processors behind one integration

Stars45.3K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Hyperswitch is an open-source payment switch that routes transactions across 270+ processors from one integration, with vault, 3DS, retries, and reconciliation.

Alternative toLago
whisper.cpp

whisper.cppAIOpen

Speech recognition that runs anywhere, with no runtime

Stars43.2K
Commit1d ago
LicenseMIT

whisper.cpp is a C and C++ port of the Whisper speech recognition model with no Python dependency, quantised weights, and hardware acceleration across Apple Silicon, CUDA, and plain CPU.

Alternative toWispr Flow
Payload

PayloadOpen

Code-first headless CMS and Next.js backend with an auto-generated admin panel.

Stars45.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseMIT

Payload is a code-first, self-hosted headless CMS for Next.js that generates an admin panel with REST and GraphQL APIs from TypeScript config.

Alternative toGhost
Logseq

LogseqOpen

A privacy-first, open-source knowledge base

Stars45.2K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Logseq is a privacy-first, open-source knowledge base that organizes notes as an outliner of linked blocks, stored in local Markdown and Org files you control.

Alternative toAnytype
Zen Browser

Zen BrowserOpen

A Firefox-based browser focused on privacy, customization, and calm browsing

Stars44.9K
Commitjust now
LicenseMPL-2.0

Zen Browser is a free and open-source Firefox-based web browser focused on privacy and customization, with Workspaces, Compact Mode, and community mods on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Alternative toChrome
Jan

JanOpen

Open-source desktop app for chatting with AI models fully offline

Stars44.9K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Jan is a free, open-source desktop app for chatting with AI models on your own computer, working fully offline once models are downloaded.

Alternative toOllamaLM Studio
Penpot

PenpotOpen

Design and prototyping built on open web standards

Stars42.2K
Commit21h ago
LicenseMPL-2.0

Penpot stores designs as SVG and uses CSS layout primitives - flex and grid - as its layout model, so what a designer builds maps onto what a developer implements rather than needing translation.

Alternative toFigma
LosslessCut

LosslessCut

Free open-source lossless video and audio cutter

Stars44.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseGPL-2.0

LosslessCut is a free open-source editor for fast lossless trimming of video and audio on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Alternative toOpenCut
Headscale

HeadscaleOpen

Self-hosted control server for Tailscale mesh networks

Stars44.4K
Commitjust now
LicenseBSD-3-Clause

Headscale is a self-hosted control server for Tailscale clients that builds a private mesh network over WireGuard.

Puter

PuterOpen

Browser-based personal cloud computer with apps and storage

Stars43.7K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Puter is a browser-based personal cloud computer with a virtual desktop, built-in apps, file storage, and a developer backend.

Alternative toNextcloud
Agno

AgnoAIOpen

Open-source Python framework and runtime for building AI agent platforms

Stars42.5K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Agno is a Python framework and runtime for building agent platforms with memory, knowledge, and tool integrations.

Alternative toLangflow
Plane

PlaneOpen

Issue tracking and planning without per-seat pricing

Stars40.1K
Commit20h ago
LicenseAGPL-3.0

Plane covers the ground between a lightweight tracker and a full project suite: issues, cycles, modules, and roadmaps, with views that suit both engineers and the people asking them for dates.

Alternative toLinearJira
Novu

Novu

Multi-channel notification infrastructure for applications

Stars39.7K
Commit8h ago
LicenseUnknown

Novu takes the notification logic that usually ends up scattered across a codebase - which channel, which template, which quiet hours, which digest window - and puts it behind one API and one workflow editor.

Alternative toMailchimpTwilio
ToolJet

ToolJetOpen

Open-source low-code platform for internal tools and dashboards

Stars41.1K
Commitjust now
LicenseAGPL-3.0

ToolJet is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards on databases and APIs, self-hosted or on ToolJet Cloud.

Alternative toRetool
Appsmith

AppsmithOpen

Open-source low-code platform for internal tools and dashboards

Stars41K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

Appsmith is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards on databases and APIs.

Alternative toRetool
TiDB

TiDBOpen

Open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility

Stars40.6K
Commitjust now
LicenseApache-2.0

TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database with MySQL compatibility, horizontal scaling, and real-time HTAP for transactions and analytics.

Alternative toOceanBase

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