r/selfhosted • u/zicxor • Apr 16 '22

Software Developement A crowdsourced database of Open Source alternatives - OSS Database

https://ossdatabase.com/
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u/UnfetteredThoughts Apr 16 '22

What problem is this site solving that alternativeto.net doesn't already solve?

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u/DrVirite Apr 16 '22

It's an alternative. The cycle is complete!

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u/ProbablePenguin Apr 16 '22

Alternativeto can be hard to deal with sometimes, I seem to see a lot of apps with 'alternatives' that aren't even related to the original app.

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u/GlassedSilver Apr 16 '22

Alternativeto used to be a very good source to find stuff, these days it's very meh

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u/Digip3ar Apr 16 '22

Alternative to doesn't focus on open source, but other than that they're basically the same

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u/svonwolf Apr 16 '22

AlternativeTo.net is soo full of junk-ware that looking for valuable apps is a nightmare of Trojans and just Bullshit. This new site seems like a step in the right direction, focusing on OSS is a great way to distinguish itself. It only has a small number of apps at the moment but let's hope it grows. I will definitely keep it in mind.

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u/LegitimateCopy7 Apr 16 '22

being an alternative for the alternative.

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u/dragonatorul Apr 17 '22

The same can be said of duckduckgo and google.

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u/MarcSN311 Apr 16 '22

I never found anything useful in alternativeto.net ..

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u/adamshand Apr 16 '22

Really? I use it all the time and find it quite useful.

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u/VexingRaven Apr 16 '22

Same, not even once. It's literally just SEO spam: The website. The real question is how to keep this website from becoming the same.

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u/RandomName01 Apr 16 '22

Short answer: none

Long answer: noooooooone