OpenAlternative is a community driven list of open source alternatives to proprietary software and applications. The goal of the site is to be your first stop when researching for a new open source service to help you grow your business. It will help you find alternatives and reviews of the products you already use.
Iโve always been a fan of open source software and Iโve always wanted to contribute to the community in some way. I thought that creating a list of open source alternatives to proprietary software and applications would be a great way to give back to the community.
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HostGator might be a bit more popular than OpenAlternative. We know about 6 links to it since March 2021 and only 5 links to OpenAlternative. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
When comparing HostGator vs. SiteGround, I am very interested in what use cases they are best suited for. Source: over 2 years ago
We were basically hosting the e-mail on the server (we host through hostgator.com) and then using the outlook desktop app connected through IMAP. Source: about 3 years ago
FYI I am using hostgator.com as host and installing WP 6.0 using Softaculous. I have tried various themes and am having the same problem with any/all of the themes I have tried. Source: over 3 years ago
My solution, that I started to use probably 20 years ago, is having my own emails & domain on a webhost server. Expect to pay $30 for a webhost, domain name & registration each year. Assuming your name is John Doe, you could have [jdoe@newDomainname.US](mailto:jdoe@newDomainname.US) or some such, plus 16 other emails [XXXXXX@newDomainname.US](mailto:XXXXXX@newDomainname.US). Spam filtering is free. You will... Source: about 4 years ago
Not all hosting websites are horribly designed at least for me , I find : hostgator.com siteground.com xtreamcoderz.com and some other really simple and beautiful. Source: about 4 years ago
I dunno why someone would link to the repo, it's not a project one builds to host locally Also, for comparison: https://openalternative.co/?q=splunk https://alternativeto.net/software/splunk/?license=opensource. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
There are a few: - https://openalternative.co/ - https://www.opensourcealternative.to/ - https://opensourcealternatives.org/ - https://www.btw.so/open-source-alternatives By just aggregating everything FOSS, doesn't mean its useful. Its useful in a certain context - such as searching for alternatives. If you are uncertain how to "plan the product", don't plan -> just start. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
I've built https://openalternative.co a month ago, but it's pretty niched down to software/saas applications. I think a more general one for broader selection of open source software would also be nice to have. The code for OpenAlternative is on GitHub if you want to use some or take inspiration. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
If you're interested to see how breadcrumbs can be implemented in a real-world application, you can check out the OpenAlternative project, or check out the source code. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
I then picked the simplest name I could find and registered openalternative.co for $6.99. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
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