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If you have an alternative to alternativeto, do share.
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AlternativeTo lists open source alternatives to AlternativeTo.
Now that's meta.
Looking at that list, no option seems particularly good at the moment.
https://opensource.builders/ looks nice, but has the code on github and the DB is a single JSON file. Editing requires running the thing locally and then creating a PR.
https://switching.software/ is a single page that lists all the software. Upside is that the code is codeberg, not github.
https://prism-break.org/en/ is focused on privacy, very out of date and code is on github.
Privacy Guides is also all about privacy, so it won't be a generic alternative finder.
I stopped looking after that.
Up to the mods which one they want to pick, but honestly, a link to alternatives might cut down on the "I'm looking for a recommendation for an alternative" posts.
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https://directory.fsf.org seems pretty good, actually. I've been lurking at electronics modeling software for a few years now and just found ones I've never heard of there but also the usual suspects. Maybe a better FOSS browsing tool, but still pretty cool.
checks alternativeto
There is osalt.com, but it doesn't seem to be nearly as up to date as alternativeto.
Doesn't seem to have HTTPS so I can't browse it.