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Show HN: OSS Database, A crowdsourced database of Open Source alternatives
- sscarduzio 5y agoI was hoping to find anything good enough to replace Jira, but no results :(
- pvsukale3 5y agoHi HN, OSS Database is a crowdsourced database of Open Source alternatives to popular software. I am building this database so people can search and filter open-source alternatives easily. Do let me know what you think. Built using: - Rails - Postgres - Redis - StimulusJS
- pelagicAustral 5y agoRight on! I work with the same stack! Nice product btw!
- jqpabc123 5y agoFirst impression is the lack of OSS business apps. For example --- payroll. Every business with employees needs this. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. No way most businesses could survive with just Open Source.
- hardwaresofton 5y agoThis looks super useful! One suggestion - it might be nice to weight projects with recent commits highly -- some of the projects listed haven't seen any activity in a while. A lack of recent activity is not always associated with issues, but it can be.
- pvsukale3 5y agoThanks! That is a good idea, I could create a metric from recent commits, releases, open issues, open PRs. I will also add these details to each projects own page.
- mdaniel 5y agoCongratulations on the Show HN! You may want to pre-seed your site with the existing listings from AlternativeTo.net, e.g. https://alternativeto.net/software/quicken/?license=opensource https://alternativeto.net/software/quicken/?license=opensour... since there's a network effect one needs to overcome in order to start getting contributions
- pvsukale3 5y agoThanks! Yes, that is the plan. I have put together a list of OSS alternatives lists on Github. I will start seeding the database to get the network effects going.
- gauravvarmaa 5y ago