Video & contentOpen source
A free video editor that runs in your browser.
Replaces: CapCut Pro
saves ~$19.99/moDetails →
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Stop paying for software that has a good free version.
A library of free and open-source tools that replace paid software and AI subscriptions. Each entry shows what it replaces, what you could save, and where it falls short.
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Automation & agentsSource-available
Build automations and AI agents you host yourself.
Replaces: Zapier
saves ~$29.99/moDetails →
Business & adminOpen source
Scheduling links you can host yourself.
Replaces: Calendly
saves ~$12/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
Design and prototype in the browser, open source.
Replaces: Figma
saves ~$20/moDetails →
Local AIOpen source
Run AI models on your own computer.
Replaces: ChatGPT Plus
saves ~$20/moDetails →
SecurityMixed license
A password manager with open code and a free tier.
Replaces: 1Password
saves ~$4.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Record and stream your screen for free.
Replaces: Camtasia
price not verifiedDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Your own photo library, on your own server.
Replaces: Google Photos
saves ~$9.99/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
Build image generation workflows as a graph of nodes.
Replaces: Midjourney
saves ~$10/moDetails →
Local AIMixed license
A ChatGPT-style interface for local and API models.
Replaces: ChatGPT
price not verifiedDetails →
Local AIOpen source
A desktop chat app that runs models offline.
Replaces: ChatGPT
saves ~$20/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
Speech-to-text you can run yourself.
Replaces: Otter.ai
saves ~$16.99/moDetails →
Business & adminMixed license
Merge, split, edit and convert PDFs in your own instance.
Replaces: Adobe Acrobat
saves ~$19.99/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
A hand-drawn style whiteboard in your browser.
Replaces: Miro
saves ~$10/moDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Know when your website or service goes down.
Replaces: UptimeRobot
saves ~$10/moDetails →
GitHub projectsOpen source
Let an AI agent use a web browser for you.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
GitHub projectsOpen source
Turn websites into clean data for AI.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
GitHub projectsMixed license
Build AI apps and agent workflows in a visual workspace.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
GitHub projectsOpen source
The big list of software you can host yourself.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
A free cross-platform video editor.
Replaces: Adobe Premiere Pro
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Convert and compress video for free.
Replaces: Movavi Video Converter
saves ~$19.95/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
A free multitrack audio editor.
Replaces: Adobe Audition
price not verifiedDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Screenshots and screen recording with automation.
Replaces: Snagit
price not verifiedDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Share screen recordings with a link.
Replaces: Loom
saves ~$18/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
Draw diagrams and flowcharts for free.
Replaces: Lucidchart
/Visio
price not verifiedDetails →
Business & adminOpen source
Send documents for e-signature.
Replaces: DocuSign
saves ~$11/moDetails →
Marketing & customersMixed license
An open-source CRM you can shape yourself.
Replaces: Salesforce
/HubSpot CRM
price not verifiedDetails →
ProductivityOpen source
Project and issue tracking you can host.
Replaces: Jira
/Linear
price not verifiedDetails →
ProductivityOpen source
A to-do app you own.
Replaces: Todoist
saves ~$7/moDetails →
ProductivityOpen source
A Notion-style workspace you control.
Replaces: Notion
saves ~$12/moDetails →
ProductivityMixed license
Docs, whiteboard and databases in one place.
Replaces: Notion/Miro
saves ~$12/moDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Scan, tag and search all your paperwork.
Replaces: ABBYY FineReader
saves ~$16/moDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Your own file sync and sharing server.
Replaces: Google Drive/Dropbox
saves ~$11.99/moDetails →
FinanceOpen source
A local-first personal budgeting app.
Replaces: YNAB
saves ~$14.99/moDetails →
FinanceOpen source
Track your money on your own server.
Replaces: Monarch Money
saves ~$8.33/moDetails →
Marketing & customersMixed license
Surveys and in-app feedback you can host.
Replaces: Typeform
/SurveyMonkey
price not verifiedDetails →
Marketing & customersOpen source
A self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager.
Replaces: Mailchimp
price not verifiedDetails →
Marketing & customersMixed license
A customer support inbox with live chat.
Replaces: Intercom
price not verifiedDetails →
DesignOpen source
The long-running free photo editor.
Replaces: Adobe Photoshop
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
A free painting and illustration app.
Replaces: Adobe Photoshop
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
A free vector graphics editor.
Replaces: Adobe Illustrator
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
A full-featured free video editor.
Replaces: Adobe Premiere Pro
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
A beginner-friendly free video editor.
Replaces: Adobe Premiere Pro
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
3D, animation and compositing in one free app.
Replaces: Adobe After Effects
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Node-based compositing and visual effects.
Replaces: Adobe After Effects
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
A free RAW photo workflow.
Replaces: Adobe Lightroom
saves ~$9.99/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
A free RAW photo processor.
Replaces: Adobe Lightroom
saves ~$9.99/moDetails →
DesignOpen source
A free page layout program.
Replaces: Adobe InDesign
saves ~$22.99/moDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
A professional free digital audio workstation.
Replaces: Adobe Audition
price not verifiedDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Free 2D vector animation.
Replaces: Adobe Animate
price not verifiedDetails →
Video & contentOpen source
Simple free hand-drawn animation.
Replaces: Adobe Animate
price not verifiedDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Your own media server for films, shows and music.
Replaces: Plex Pass
price not verifiedDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Local-first smart home control.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Sync files directly between your devices.
Replaces: Dropbox
price not verifiedDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Block ads and trackers for your whole network.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Self-hostedOpen source
Network-wide ad and tracker blocking.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
SecurityOpen source
A lightweight server for Bitwarden clients.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
AnalyticsOpen source
Simple, privacy-friendly website analytics.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
AnalyticsMixed license
Product analytics, session replay and feature flags.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
Deploy your apps on your own server.
Replaces: Vercel
/Heroku
price not verifiedDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
A Postgres backend with auth and storage.
Replaces: Firebase
price not verifiedDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
A whole backend in one file.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Local AIOpen source
The engine behind a lot of local AI.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Local AIOpen source
Chat with your own documents using any model.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Local AIOpen source
One chat screen for many AI models.
Replaces: ChatGPT
price not verifiedDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
An open-source coding assistant for your editor.
Replaces: GitHub Copilot
price not verifiedDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
An autonomous coding agent in your editor.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
AI pair programming in your terminal.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Developer toolsOpen source
Build AI agents and workflows visually.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
Remove image backgrounds locally.
Replaces: remove.bg
price not verifiedDetails →
Images & audioOpen source
Upscale images with AI, for free.
Replaces: Topaz Gigapixel
price not verifiedDetails →
Automation & agentsMixed license
No-code automation you can host.
Replaces: Zapier
saves ~$29.99/moDetails →
ProductivityOpen source
A private, linked notes and outliner app.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
ProductivityMixed license
Private notes with sync you control.
Replaces: Evernote
price not verifiedDetails →
AI videoOpen source
Open video generation from text and images.
Replaces: Higgsfield
/Runway
saves ~$15/moDetails →
AI videoOpen source
A fast open video model.
Replaces: Higgsfield/Runway
saves ~$15/moDetails →
AI videoOpen source
An open text-to-video model.
Replaces: Higgsfield/Runway
saves ~$15/moDetails →
AI videoSource-available
A large open video model from Tencent.
Replaces: Higgsfield/Runway
saves ~$15/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
Open text-to-speech with voice cloning.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
A small, fast, good-sounding voice model.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
Fast, local text-to-speech.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
Voice cloning from a short sample.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
Instant voice cloning.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
A text-to-speech toolkit for research and production.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicSource-available
A strong open text-to-speech model.
Replaces: ElevenLabs
saves ~$22/moDetails →
AI voice & musicOpen source
Generate music and sound from text.
Replaces: Suno
price not verifiedDetails →
Skills & reposMixed license
Anthropic's own public collection of Agent Skills.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A software development method, packaged as skills.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Anthropic's curated directory of Claude Code plugins.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Engineering skills that follow a real dev lifecycle.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Skills for conversion, copywriting, SEO and growth.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Makes AI-written text sound like a person wrote it.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Remembers what your agent did across sessions.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Promo videos from your own pages, made with Remotion.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
Turn docs and repos into skills.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A skill that draws clean diagrams as HTML and SVG.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A big, hand-picked list of agent skills.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposSource-available
A hand-picked list of Claude Code resources.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A plan on disk that survives when the agent forgets.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A large plugin marketplace for coding agents.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A library of science and research skills.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
Skills & reposOpen source
A skill that writes better prompts for any AI tool.
A project worth knowing about
free projectDetails →
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