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Hey, community :)

I run a website that showcases the best open-source companies. Recently, I’ve added a new feature that filters self-hosted tools and presents them in a searchable format. Although there are other options available, like Awesome-Selfhosted, I found it difficult to find what I needed there, so I decided to display the information in a more digestible format.

You can check out the list here: https://openalternative.co/self-hosted

Let me know if there’s anything else I should add to the list.

Thanks!

  • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    One thing I would like to see is a way to distinguish which apps do Real™ Open Source vs fakie open source. For example, I see Joplin on there saying “Your secure, open-source note-taking companion”. I guess that’s technically true at this point in time, but they also force contributors to sign a CLA so they have the option to pull the rug later on. (Something which does happen.)

    They even say so explicitly:

    This is necessary so that if we ever want to change the license again we are able to do so

    — https://joplinapp.org/news/20221221-agpl/#what-does-it-change-for-developers

    And fine, if they want to do that it’s up to them. I’d just like a quick way to tell the difference between open source 😒 and Open Source 😄.

    simpsons

  • nottelling@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    In addition to other suggestions, the cards need to show what they’re alternative to without clicking.

    • derek@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      40 minutes ago

      Near as I understand it: years ago some dumb engineering decisions were made, acknowledged, and corrected. Is there some recent scandal I’m out of the loop on?

    • mac@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Yeah I havent been able to load the cf verification on my android for like over a week now lol

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 hours ago

    I wish more software wasn’t “hosted” these days.

    I miss app ass apps.

    Don’t mind me. I’m just feeling old.

    • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Hosted apps means you can use them on multiple devices. Otherwise, I have to wait until I get home, power up my laptop, wait for the OS to boot, wait for the app to load, then do the thing I wanted to do.

      Any thoughts on how to solve the data sync problem without hosting? I guess I remember some apps doing a local network sync to get data to multiple devices. I kinda remember having problems with that not working all the time…

  • pemptago@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 hour ago

    Very cool. Would it be silly/out of scope to have cli and/or tui programs? EG cat, bat, grep, ripgrep, gitui, etc?

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    8 hours ago

    Love the list, but scrolling through, the one liners don’t mean much for a lot of these.

    The descriptions are just too short and vague to even understand what a lot of them actually do.

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      16·
      8 hours ago

      Noted! I have longer descriptions in the db, but didn’t want to bloat the listings. Will try with a longer description soon.

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        7 hours ago

        It’s a tough balance, you don’t want a whole page for each one. Maybe if there was a clear list of tags so it’s easier to understand even what category they’re talking about?

        For example:
        Penpot
        Design freedom meets open-source collaboration

        I really don’t know what this product category even is. Is it for web layout? Is it a drawing program? Is it for CAD?

          • Caboose12000@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            3 hours ago

            personally I love it when websites solve this problem with hover hints, theres something satisfying about seeing a paragraph of text on hover that just answers all my questions. not sure how that’d work for people viewing on mobile though

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        6 hours ago

        A “more” button after the one liner would be very nice. Or make the one-liner a link that gives a longer description.

        Thanks for the work. I’ve bookmarked it!

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    I think it would be important to include current version information on the cards. For example, Pocketbase is still very much in beta and they make breaking changes pretty frequently.

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    6 hours ago

    Never heard of 99% in that list.

    Also, Gitea should not be there. It is a corporate -owned open core project that was hostilely taken away from the community.

  • reinar@distress.digitalEnglish
    20·
    7 hours ago

    Appreciate the effort, but without categories it’s not going to sail too far.
    Right now it’s just a long list of everything that it’s out there, awesome-selfhosted is much more usable for looking up what you need.

    Also, did you join any kind of affiliate programs/partnerships for these “10% off” green boxes? If so, would be great to disclose it. Nothing bad with getting some cash, but community will just appreciate the honesty.

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      There are some affiliate links on the website, but the discounted products are not affiliated. I just reached out to the owners asking for an exclusive discount for paid plans.

      There are categories on the website, but not directly on the list. But here is “full-text” search, so you could technically search by category or an alternative. Try “analytics” or “google analytics” for example.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    7 hours ago

    I love this idea, because I often have questions like this as I transition away from proprietary software to open source alternatives

    I think listing what software equivalents it might replace listed in the card.

    I do see its listed when you click on the info card in the main list, but having it be visible before that might be helpful.

    I know a lot of people won’t like the little ad cards when you do click on a software to review its page, but I think the way you implementted it is good. Its not intrusive and clearly states its an ad.

    Edit: removed bit about categories.

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I do like the idea of adding the “this product replaces X, Y, or Z” in the info card without needing to click on it.