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OpenClaw

Alternative toMuse

Self-hosted AI assistant for WhatsApp, Telegram, and more

  • 392,852 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

Omnara

Sponsored

Alternative toCClaude Managed Agents

Open-source agent deployment API. Self-host or use Omnara Cloud.

  • 3,235 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #AI Agents

Agent Reach

Alternative toFirecrawl

Give any AI agent internet access, free and local

  • 101,267 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

God's Eye View

Alternative toFFlightradar24

Real-time global intelligence on a 3D globe

  • 59,346 GitHub stars
  • CustomLicence MIT with third-party data restrictions
  • #AI Agents

n8n

Alternative toZapier

Self-hosted workflow automation with 400+ node connectors

  • 208,379 GitHub stars

Inbox Zero

Sponsored

Alternative toSuperhuman

AI email assistant that drafts replies and clears your inbox

  • 12,787 GitHub stars
  • AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0
  • #Email

CleanYourTV

Alternative toATV Launcher Pro

Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.

  • 35,334 GitHub stars
  • MIT LicenseLicence MIT License

REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)

Alternative toRevEng.AI

AI-powered reverse engineering for binaries, apps, and assemblies.

  • 372,155 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

Spotifast

Alternative toSpotify Premium

Spotify, native and fast, for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

  • 9,164 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #macOS

Hermes Agent

Alternative toGrok Bot

Self-hosted AI agent: persistent memory, multi-channel chat, model choice.

  • 256,492 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

paperclip

Alternative toGrok Bot

Self-hosted AI agent management with org charts and budgets

  • 106,516 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

Buzz

Alternative toSlack

Self-hosted team chat where people and AI agents work together

  • 36,286 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #Chat

rakazo

Sponsored

Alternative toGrok Bot

AI teammates you own: your keys, your model, your machine.

  • 5,406 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #AI Agents

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    REA (Reverse Engineer Anything)

    Featured

    AI-powered reverse engineering for binaries, apps, and assemblies.

    Alternative toRevEng.AI

    Alternative toRevEng.AI

    +57,981 stars this week385,460 GitHub stars
  2. 0202+14,078 stars this week

    CleanYourTV

    Featured

    Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.

    Alternative toATV Launcher Pro

    Alternative toATV Launcher Pro

    +14,078 stars this week35,709 GitHub stars
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    security-audit-skill

    Multi-phase security audits with machine-readable findings

    Alternative toSnyk

    Alternative toSnyk

    +15,849 stars this week47,146 GitHub stars
  4. 0404+1,852 stars this week

    Hallmark

    Design skill for coding agents with 48 themes, real photos and lint.

    InDesign & Creative

    InDesign & Creative

    +1,852 stars this week34,118 GitHub stars
  5. 0505+10,876 stars this week

    VoiceStudio

    Voice cloning, dubbing, and transcription that runs fully offline

    Alternative toElevenLabs

    Alternative toElevenLabs

    +10,876 stars this week87,100 GitHub stars
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    Ponytail

    The lazy senior dev for your AI agent

    InAI & Machine Learning

    InAI & Machine Learning

    +8,946 stars this week176,266 GitHub stars
  7. 0707+8,791 stars this week

    orca

    The ultimate IDE for coding agents

    Alternative toConductor

    Alternative toConductor

    +8,791 stars this week105,997 GitHub stars
  8. 0808+975 stars this week

    Claude Seo

    SEO audit plugin for Claude Code, 26 skills and 19 agents

    InMarketing & Growth

    InMarketing & Growth

    +975 stars this week21,083 GitHub stars
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    graphify

    Turn your codebase into a knowledge graph your AI can trace and cite.

    Alternative toAtlassian Code Context

    Alternative toAtlassian Code Context

    +6,757 stars this week135,377 GitHub stars
  10. 1010+6,727 stars this week

    Skills for Real Engineers

    Empower AI coding agents with essential engineering skills.

    InDeveloper Tools

    InDeveloper Tools

    +6,727 stars this week303,337 GitHub stars

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Long, ranked guides to open source software alternatives, each reviewed and dated by our editors.

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Claude Code open source alternatives

10 ranked · reviewed 15 Sept
  1. 1OpenCode220,523 GitHub stars
  2. 2oh-my-pi36,350 GitHub stars
  3. 3kilocode27,723 GitHub stars
Read the Claude Code guide →

Jira open source alternatives

10 ranked · reviewed 10 Sept
  1. 1Windshift363 GitHub stars
  2. 2OpenProject16,584 GitHub stars
  3. 3Plane61,335 GitHub stars
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Notion open source alternatives

9 ranked · reviewed 25 Aug
  1. 1AppFlowy77,685 GitHub stars
  2. 2AFFiNE73,772 GitHub stars
  3. 3Outline41,041 GitHub stars
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Slack open source alternatives

8 ranked · reviewed 2 Sept
  1. 1Mattermost39,416 GitHub stars
  2. 2Rocket.Chat46,304 GitHub stars
  3. 3Zulip26,098 GitHub stars
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Linear open source alternatives

8 ranked · reviewed 2 Sept
  1. 1GitLab24,536 GitHub stars
  2. 2OpenProject16,584 GitHub stars
  3. 3Taiga385 GitHub stars
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Wispr Flow open source alternatives

8 ranked · reviewed 18 Sept
  1. 1Handy34,459 GitHub stars
  2. 2VoiceInk6,907 GitHub stars
  3. 3FluidVoice12,428 GitHub stars
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CapCut open source alternatives

5 ranked · reviewed 6 Oct
  1. 1Concat11,508 GitHub stars
  2. 2OpenCut95,798 GitHub stars
  3. 3Shotcut15,481 GitHub stars
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Grok Bot open source alternatives

8 ranked · reviewed 8 Sept
  1. 1rakazo5,406 GitHub stars
  2. 2OpenMausBot5,504 GitHub stars
  3. 3OpenBot7,078 GitHub stars
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Superhuman open source alternatives

7 ranked · reviewed 2 Sept
  1. 1Inbox Zero12,787 GitHub stars
  2. 2Macro4,865 GitHub stars
  3. 3Mailspring17,938 GitHub stars
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Airtable open source alternatives

7 ranked · reviewed 2 Sept
  1. 1AITable15,639 GitHub stars
  2. 2Budibase 28,345 GitHub stars
  3. 3ToolJet41,122 GitHub stars
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Muse open source alternatives

5 ranked · reviewed 18 Oct
  1. 1OpenClaw392,852 GitHub stars
  2. 2Hermes Agent256,492 GitHub stars
  3. 3rakazo5,406 GitHub stars
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Railway open source alternatives

6 ranked · reviewed 25 Oct
  1. 1Coolify63,521 GitHub stars
  2. 2Dokploy38,011 GitHub stars
  3. 3openship14,912 GitHub stars
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TradingAgents

Alternative toLSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Eikon)

Multi-Agent LLM Framework for Financial Trading

  • 113,368 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #LLM

Agent Skills

InAI & Machine Learning

Structured workflows for AI coding agents.

  • 109,873 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

Fastapi

Alternative toAWS API Gateway

High-performance Python API framework with auto OpenAPI documentation

  • 104,182 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

orca

Alternative toConductor

The ultimate IDE for coding agents

  • 103,539 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

Neovim

Alternative toSublime Text

Hyperextensible Vim-based editor with Lua plugin support

  • 103,130 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

claude-mem

Alternative toContextPool

Stop re-explaining your codebase to every new agent session

  • 102,789 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #AI Agents

material-ui

Alternative toKendoReact

Open source React components for Google's Material Design

  • 99,265 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

RuView

Alternative toAWS IoT

Intelligent AI agents for real-world applications

  • 99,252 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

OpenCut

Alternative toCapCut

Open source video editing in your browser, free forever

  • 95,798 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #Video

manim

Alternative toAnimo

Programmatic animation engine for explanatory math videos

  • 95,654 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #Video

Nvm

InDeveloper Tools

Switch Node.js versions per shell with a single bash command

  • 95,637 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #CLI

LocalSend

Alternative toSend Anywhere

Free cross-platform file sharing over local network, no cloud

  • 95,312 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

Vllm

Alternative toTogether AI

High-throughput LLM inference server with OpenAI-compatible API

  • 95,256 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #LLM

Stirling PDF

Alternative toAdobe Acrobat

Self-hosted PDF editor with 50+ tools for every PDF task

  • 94,801 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

Ente

NEW

Alternative toGoogle Photos

E2EE photo backup with face recognition, AI search, and family plans

  • 29,575 GitHub stars
  • AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0

Uptime Kuma

Alternative toUptimeRobot

Track uptime for websites and APIs with 90+ alert integrations

  • 92,803 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #Monitoring

ragflow

Alternative toVectara

Open-source RAG engine with document parsing and agent orchestration

  • 92,752 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #LLM

Paperless-ngx

NEW

Alternative toDocuWare

Self-hosted document archive with OCR indexing and full-text search.

  • 47,071 GitHub stars
  • GPL-3.0Licence GPL-3.0

Zed

Alternative toCursor

High-performance open source code editor with built-in AI

  • 92,102 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

Home Assistant

Alternative toSamsung SmartThings

Open source home automation with local control priority

  • 91,680 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #IoT

Actual

NEW

Alternative toYNAB

Local-first envelope budgeting with bank sync and E2E encryption

  • 29,732 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

OpenHands

Alternative toDevin AI

Delegate scoped coding tasks in isolated, reviewable agent sessions

  • 91,672 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #AI Agents

PaddleOCR

Alternative toGoogle Document AI

Self-hosted OCR toolkit turning PDFs and images into LLM-ready data

  • 91,628 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #AI Agents

Cindy

NEW

Alternative toCursor

Local-first AI agent desktop app for Claude Code, Codex, and Pi.

  • 4,108 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #AI Agents

servers

Alternative toComposio

Open reference servers for connecting AI to external tools and data

  • 91,547 GitHub stars
  • CustomLicence Apache-2.0 and MIT (dual, transitioning)
  • #AI Agents

uv

Alternative toAnaconda

Python package manager written in Rust, 10-100x faster than pip

  • 91,144 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

Maccy

NEW

Alternative toPaste

Keyboard-driven clipboard history for macOS, MIT licensed and free

  • 22,056 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #macOS

Syncthing

Alternative toResilio Connect

Decentralized continuous file sync with no central server

  • 89,666 GitHub stars
  • MPL-2.0Licence MPL-2.0

Worldmonitor

Alternative toSeerist

Self-hosted geopolitical risk map: 58 layer types, 469 OSINT feeds.

  • 89,354 GitHub stars
  • AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0

Shenyu

NEW

Alternative toKong Konnect

Java-native API gateway for HTTP, gRPC, Dubbo, and WebSocket services

  • 8,903 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0

Understand-Anything

Alternative toSourcegraph

Interactive knowledge graphs for codebases

  • 87,895 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

crawl4ai

Alternative toFirecrawl

LLM-ready web crawling without API keys or rate limits

  • 86,176 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #Scraping

Subtitleedit

NEW

Alternative toEZTitles

Subtitle editor with OCR, format conversion, and video playback.

  • 14,703 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #Video

rtk

Alternative toTokenade

CLI proxy that removes 89% of agent context noise on average

  • 84,384 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #CLI

deer-flow

Alternative toManus

Build super agents with DeerFlow's powerful framework

  • 84,337 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT
  • #LLM

Dolt

NEW

Alternative toPlanetScale

Git-native SQL database with branching, merging, and row-level diffs.

  • 24,724 GitHub stars
  • Apache-2.0Licence Apache-2.0
  • #Database

VoiceStudio

Alternative toElevenLabs

Voice cloning, dubbing, and transcription that runs fully offline

  • 82,867 GitHub stars
  • AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0

MinerU

Alternative toLlamaParse

Document parsing for LLM workflows, OCR, and agent reading.

  • 82,387 GitHub stars
  • CustomLicence Apache-2.0 with commercial threshold and attribution terms
  • #LLM

Unity Mcp

NEW

Alternative toUnity

MCP bridge for Unity: 50 tools, any AI client, MIT licensed.

  • 15,381 GitHub stars
  • MITLicence MIT

MiroFish

InAI & Machine Learning

Multi-agent simulation engine that predicts real-world outcomes

  • 81,618 GitHub stars
  • AGPL-3.0Licence AGPL-3.0
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Web Development

superpowers, freeCodeCamp, Skills for Real Engineers135

Security & Monitoring

RustDesk, REA (Reverse Engineer Anything), Uptime Kuma129

Communication & Collaboration

iptv, freeCodeCamp, Excalidraw128

IT Management

Immich, RustDesk, Stirling PDF110

Cloud & Hosting

dify, RuView, rtk107

Data & Analytics

Firecrawl, ragflow, Worldmonitor106

Design & Creative

ComfyUI, Excalidraw, Godot Engine106

Product & Project Management

agency-agents, freeCodeCamp, Gstack103

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Hermes Agent, OpenCode, MarkItDown91

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graphify, dify, Rust63

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