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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!

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 hours ago

    What self-hosted alternative would you recommend for document collaboration? Word processing docs, spreadsheets, pdf’s, etc.

    I was using Nextcloud, but it’s not been as straightforward for file-sharing as I’d like, multiple people can’t work on a document at once, and it doesn’t save changes consistently (especially with fillable PDF’s).

  • renegadesporkAEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    This is neat! Bookmarking this. Not sure what you’re using on the backend, but are you open to contributions for more detailed descriptions?

  • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    10 hours ago

    Wow, that’s a really complete list. Thanks for sharing! I might check out Dokploy some time, it sounds interesting.

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      You should check it for sure! I actually use it to deploy some of the services I need for running OpenAlternative.

  • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    15 hours ago

    Thank you all for the comments and the feedback! I’ve implemented most of the things reported. You can now filter the self-hosted tools by category directly in the filters. Tool cards should now show more info about the product on hover (longer description and the most popular alternative).

    If you see anything else to improve, let me know.

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    1 day 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
      3·
      14 hours ago

      Added longer description and major alternative when you hover over the cards. Hope that’ll make it easier to browse.

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      14·
      1 day 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
        13·
        1 day 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·
            1 day 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
        5·
        1 day 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!

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

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

    I miss app ass apps.

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

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 day 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.

  • nottelling@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

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

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 day 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.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 day 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
      2·
      1 day 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.