🎨 Design
Photoshop⬅Photopea
- PhotopeaWeb-based
- GIMPOpen-Source · Offline
- KritaOpen-Source · Offline
🎨 Design
Lightroom⬅Darktable
- DarktableOpen-Source · Offline
- RawTherapeeOpen-Source · Offline
🎬 Video & Audio
Adobe Premiere Pro⬅DaVinci Resolve
- DaVinci ResolveOffline
- KdenliveOpen-Source · Offline
- ShotcutOpen-Source · Offline
🎬 Video & Audio
After Effects / CapCut⬅DaVinci Fusion
- DaVinci FusionOffline
- BlenderOpen-Source · Offline
🎬 Video & Audio
Audacity⬅Tenacity
- TenacityOpen-Source · Offline
- ReaperPaid · Trial available
🎬 Video & Audio
Camtasia / ScreenFlow⬅OBS Studio
- OBS StudioOpen-Source · Offline
📝 Productivity
Notion⬅Obsidian
- ObsidianOffline
- AppFlowyOpen-Source · Offline
- AFFiNEOpen-Source · Web
📝 Productivity
Evernote⬅Joplin
- JoplinOpen-Source · Offline
- LogseqOpen-Source · Offline
📝 Productivity
Microsoft Office⬅LibreOffice
- LibreOfficeOpen-Source · Offline
- OnlyOfficeOpen-Source · Offline
📝 Productivity
Trello / Asana⬅Focalboard
- FocalboardOpen-Source · Offline
- WekanOpen-Source · Web
💬 Communication
Slack⬅Mattermost
- MattermostOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- Element (Matrix)Open-Source · Web
- ZulipOpen-Source · Self-hosted
💬 Communication
Zoom / Google Meet⬅Jitsi Meet
- Jitsi MeetOpen-Source · Web
- BigBlueButtonOpen-Source · Self-hosted
☁️ Storage & Sync
Google Drive / Dropbox⬅Nextcloud
- NextcloudOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- SyncthingOpen-Source · P2P
☁️ Storage & Sync
WeTransfer⬅PairDrop
- PairDropOpen-Source · Web
- LocalSendOpen-Source · Offline
☁️ Storage & Sync
1Password / LastPass⬅Bitwarden
- BitwardenOpen-Source · Web
- KeePassXCOpen-Source · Offline
☁️ Storage & Sync
Google Forms / SurveyMonkey⬅LimeSurvey
- LimeSurveyOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- FormbricksOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🛡️ Security & Utilities
CleanMyMac / CCleaner⬅BleachBit
- BleachBitOpen-Source · Offline
🛡️ Security & Utilities
Adobe Acrobat Pro⬅PDF24
- PDF24Offline
- OkularOpen-Source · Offline
🛡️ Security & Utilities
ExpressVPN / NordVPN⬅ProtonVPN
- ProtonVPNOpen-Source · Offline
- WireGuardOpen-Source · Offline
🛡️ Security & Utilities
Google Translate⬅DeepL
- DeepLWeb-based
- LibreTranslateOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🌐 Browsing & Media
Google Chrome⬅Brave
- BraveOpen-Source · Offline
- FirefoxOpen-Source · Offline
🌐 Browsing & Media
YouTube⬅NewPipe
- NewPipeOpen-Source · Android
- FreeTubeOpen-Source · Offline
- PeerTubeOpen-Source · Web
🌐 Browsing & Media
Pocket / Instapaper⬅Wallabag
- WallabagOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🌐 Browsing & Media
Goodreads⬅OpenLibrary
- OpenLibraryWeb-based
- BookwyrmOpen-Source · Web
💻 Developer Tools
Postman⬅Hoppscotch
- HoppscotchOpen-Source · Web
- BrunoOpen-Source · Offline
💻 Developer Tools
Vercel / Heroku⬅Coolify
- CoolifyOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- CapRoverOpen-Source · Self-hosted
💻 Developer Tools
Firebase⬅Supabase
- SupabaseOpen-Source · Web
- PocketBaseOpen-Source · Offline
💻 Developer Tools
Google Analytics⬅Plausible
- PlausibleOpen-Source · Web
- UmamiOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- MatomoOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🤖 AI & Automation
ChatGPT Plus⬅Ollama
- OllamaOpen-Source · Offline
- HuggingChatWeb-based
🤖 AI & Automation
Zapier⬅n8n
- n8nFair-code · Self-hosted
- ActivepiecesOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🤖 AI & Automation
Midjourney⬅Stable Diffusion
- Stable DiffusionOpen-Source · Offline
🤖 AI & Automation
GitHub Copilot⬅Continue
- ContinueOpen-Source · Offline
- TabbyOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🛒 Business
Shopify⬅WooCommerce
- WooCommerceOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- PrestaShopOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🛒 Business
Salesforce⬅ERPNext
- ERPNextOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- SuiteCRMOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🛒 Business
Mailchimp⬅Listmonk
- ListmonkOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- MauticOpen-Source · Self-hosted
🛒 Business
Airtable⬅NocoDB
- NocoDBOpen-Source · Self-hosted
- BaserowOpen-Source · Self-hosted
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