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AlternativeTo is a site I use quite a bit. Personally I use it when I get fed up with an Android app having too many ads / creepy network behavior or want to find a self-hostable version of a freemium service.
It has filters for free, open source, platform type, etc. From my understanding it’s all crowd sourced, so if you disagree with a rating put in a vote! Sharing this in hopes that others find it as useful as I do.
If you know of similar or better resources I would love to hear about them.
Edit: many people are noting that the comments and reviews are out of date. I agree! Despite that I still find it to he useful. It would be great if this little bit of visibility gets more folks engaged over there to improve it.
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Happy to see it get love and spread the word. alternativeto.net is my go to. Worthy of muscle memory. I’ve also found great options in the awesome lists on github. Especially awesome self-hosted if we’re talking software. I thought I remember an alternativeto-like site geared towards cli, but I couldn’t find it last time I looked. LMK if that rings a bell for anyone.
Wikipedia can also be useful to find software - e.g.:
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_vector_graphics_editors
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_player_software
or look at the Wikipedia page for whatever you want to replace and see if it’s in a category such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_editing_software_for_Linux
You can even do this with things that aren’t software, e.g. Homebase -> UK home improvement stores -> Screwfix.
The best thing I have found on there:
How to navigate F-Droid and the huge number of apps.
https://alternativeto.net/list/28655/the-ultimate-f-droid-setup/
*disclaimer: I am not the author of this list
Thanks for the links, something I have not really thought about. I pretty much assume very low security/privacy on all modern smartphones anyway(commercial or FLOSS ecosystems).
F-Droid is a handy way to find and support devs who are sharing their expertise.
Certainly, use the download-channels that you are comfortable with.
As mentioned on that page, F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid can link you to many decent FLOSS apps. It’s an easy way to be exposed to a large amount of free software.
