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  1. Typesense

    Open Source alternative to Algolia + Pinecone and an Easier-to-Use alternative to ElasticSearch ⚡ 🔍 ✨ Fast, typo tolerant, in-memory fuzzy Search Engine for building delightful search experiences

    Typesense - Open Source Alternative to Algolia

  2. CodeRabbit

    CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

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  3. typebot.io

    💬 Typebot is a powerful chatbot builder that you can self-host.

    Typebot - Open Source Alternative to Typeform

  4. supabase

    The open source Firebase alternative. Supabase gives you a dedicated Postgres database to build your web, mobile, and AI applications.

    Supabase - Open Source Alternative to Firebase

  5. Sentry

    Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring

    Sentry - Open Source Alternative For Error Tracking

  6. rowy

    Low-code backend platform. Manage database on spreadsheet-like UI and build cloud functions workflows in JS/TS, all in your browser.

    Rowy - Open Source Alternative to Airtable

  7. PostHog

    🦔 PostHog provides open-source web & product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and A/B testing that you can self-host. Get started - free.

    PostHog - Open Source Alternative to Mixpanel

  8. Plausible Analytics

    Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly web analytics alternative to Google Analytics.

    Plausible - Open Source Alternative to Google Analytics

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. penpot

    Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration

    Penpot - Open Source Alternative to Figma

  11. Passbolt

    Passbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams!

    Passbolt - Open Source Alternative to 1Password

  12. papermark

    Papermark is the open-source DocSend alternative with built-in analytics and custom domains.

    Papermark - Open Source Alternative to Docsend

  13. n8n

    Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.

    N8N - Open Source Alternative to Zapier

  14. Mastodon

    Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

    Mastodon - Open Source Alternative to Twitter

  15. Jenkins

    A static site for the Jenkins automation server

    Jenkins - Open Source Alternative For DevOps

  16. Godot

    Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

    Godot Engine - Open Source Alternative to Unity3D

  17. Ghost

    Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

    Ghost - Open Source Alternative to Medium

  18. forem

    For empowering community 🌱

    Forem - Open Source Alternative to Circle

  19. dub

    Open-source link attribution platform. Loved by modern marketing teams like Twilio, Perplexity, Vercel, and Huberman Labs.

    Dub - Open Source Alternative to Bitly

  20. documenso

    The Open Source DocuSign Alternative.

    Documenso - Open Source Alternative to Docusign

  21. devhunt

    A launching platform for dev tools, built by developers. Open-source and collaborative, we use GitHub pull requests for listings and user logins for genuine voting. Join us at DevHunt to showcase your innovations and empower developer tools across the web! Led by https://twitter.com/johnrushx .

    DevHunt - Open Source Alternative to ProductHunt

  22. ClickHouse

    ClickHouse® is a real-time analytics database management system

    ClickHouse - Open Source Alternative to BigQuery

  23. cal.com

    Scheduling infrastructure for absolutely everyone.

    Cal - Alternative to Calendly

  24. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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