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Open-source alternatives to Medium, Twitter, Slack, GitHub, Trello + more! 😻
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Open-source software is free to use and free to alter. It promotes collaboration and led to some of the most important projects across the web, such as Linux, MySQL, Firefox, and WordPress.
For almost every paid product there is a free open-source alternative:
👻 Ghost is an open-source alternative to Medium
📋 Telform is an alternative to TypeForm
💻 Gitlab is an alternative to Github
🛠 WeKan is an alternative to Trello
🍭 Mattermost & Riot are open-source Slack competitors
Lets not forget Mastodon, the open-source Twitter alternative.
For alternatives to Evernote, IFTTT, Basecamp, Buffer, and more check out Stek.io co-founder Erwin Blom's Open Source Alternatives collection.
For almost every paid product there is a free open-source alternative:
👻 Ghost is an open-source alternative to Medium
📋 Telform is an alternative to TypeForm
💻 Gitlab is an alternative to Github
🛠 WeKan is an alternative to Trello
🍭 Mattermost & Riot are open-source Slack competitors
Lets not forget Mastodon, the open-source Twitter alternative.
For alternatives to Evernote, IFTTT, Basecamp, Buffer, and more check out Stek.io co-founder Erwin Blom's Open Source Alternatives collection.
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