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Show HN: A directory of open source alternatives to proprietary software

openalternative.co Discover Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software – OpenAlternative

OpenAlternative is a platform that helps you find open source alternatives to popular software. We’ve curated some great open source alternatives to tools that your business requires in day-to-day operations.

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Creepy tracking, less functionality than the old alternativeto.net (also less content, but of course content takes time so that's understandable), plus desperate-looking "enroll to our newsletter" and "advertise" pleads. Looks like a cheap attempt at making a couple bucks to me.
- No search function (at least on mobile), so you have to go through the whole page and read everything to find something. There is no “alternative to” text. How should I know if some software can replace something? Page links at the bottom of the website?
  I nearly started typing a name of software in the newsletter box to search. Didn’t even notice it’s a sign up thing
- alternativeto.net has some amazing content.
  This list of fdroid apps is the best overview that I've found so far:
  https://alternativeto.net/list/28655/the-ultimate-f-droid-setup/
  
  Great list, thanks!
  Are you the author? Because I might have some additions to suggest. (one is Equate which combines a calculator with unit/currency conversion - I have not gone through the whole list)
- Wait tracking? Does it really have that?
  
  I meant web tracking: my ublock origin stopped cloudflareinsights.com, posthog.com and googletagmanager.com (which is most probably used to add more stuff - IDK for sure since I didn't try unblocking to see what it would do).

That's a very nice website and everything but listen I don't have time to scroll all of that amazing new apps. You're making me way too distracted with this one. Oh btw look there's a Google Analytics alternative. Let me write down its name real quick
- There are several links at the bottom of the page which you might find helpful.
  categories
  alternatives
  topics
  
  Lol I was joking. I meant that there are so many new apps and I want to learn more about them which needs time and I'm gonna get fired for not setting up the new network equipment in time

They list gitea but not forgejo. That's not really advocating for FOSS. "all" (the ones I looked at) are startup products coined as open-source.
I really don't like this website and this list, to me this is replacing bad solutions by other bad solutions (I am sorry for the people that like firebase and co).
I am sorry for the negativity but I really don't enjoy this link and all it represents and all the people enjoying such content. I guess I/we should explicitly separate FOSS from open-source.
I may be out of touch and should be educated on why/how this is good.