ITSM and service desk
Open-source alternatives to commercial IT service management and service desk tools.
Open-source alternatives
Compare self-hosted open-source alternatives to commercial software and plan the migration.
Project and work management
Open-source alternatives to commercial project and work management tools.
Knowledge base and wiki
Open-source alternatives to commercial wiki and knowledge base tools.
Team chat
Open-source alternatives to commercial team messaging.
Video conferencing
Open-source alternatives to commercial video conferencing.
Files, office and email
Open-source alternatives to commercial productivity suites, file sharing and email.
Identity and SSO
Open-source alternatives to commercial identity providers.
Identity governance
Open-source alternatives to commercial identity governance and administration.
Secrets management
Open-source alternatives to commercial and source-available secrets managers.
SIEM and log management
Open-source alternatives to commercial SIEM and log platforms.
SOAR
Open-source alternatives to commercial security orchestration, automation and response platforms, run in your own infrastructure.
Threat intelligence platforms
Open-source alternatives to commercial threat intelligence platforms, run in your own infrastructure.
ERP
Open-source alternatives to commercial ERP systems, implemented and run in your own infrastructure.
CRM
Open-source alternatives to commercial CRM, implemented and hosted in your own infrastructure.
Core banking and payments
Open-source alternatives to commercial core banking and payment orchestration platforms, deployed in your own infrastructure.
Business process management
Open-source alternatives to commercial BPM and case management platforms, built on BPMN, CMMN and DMN engines that run in your own infrastructure.
Workflow automation
Open-source and self-hostable alternatives to commercial integration and automation services such as Zapier, Make and Workato.
API management and integration
Open-source alternatives to commercial API management, iPaaS and data integration platforms, from API gateways and developer portals to integration frameworks and data pipelines.
Developer portals
Open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portals, centered on Backstage, the CNCF framework for building a software catalog, templates and docs portal in your own infrastructure.
BI and analytics
Open-source alternatives to commercial business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker and Qlik, self-hosted in your own infrastructure.
Data catalog and governance
Open-source alternatives to commercial data catalogs and governance platforms such as Collibra, Alation and Atlan, self-hosted in your own infrastructure.
AI assistants
Self-hosted open-source alternatives to commercial AI assistants and enterprise AI search such as ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Glean.
LLM operations
Open-source alternatives to commercial LLM tracing, gateways and evaluation platforms such as LangSmith, Portkey and Arize, self-hosted in your own infrastructure.
CMS and digital experience
Open-source alternatives to commercial headless CMS and DXP products, including Strapi, Payload, Drupal, WordPress and Wagtail run on your own infrastructure.
Ecommerce
Open-source alternatives to commercial ecommerce platforms, including Magento Open Source, Saleor, Medusa, Sylius, PrestaShop and WooCommerce.
Learning management
Open-source alternatives to commercial LMS and corporate learning platforms, including Moodle, Open edX and self-hosted Canvas LMS.
Marketing automation
Open-source alternatives to commercial marketing automation, led by Mautic, with listmonk for newsletters and Dittofeed for event-driven journeys.
Monitoring and observability
Open-source alternatives to commercial monitoring and APM, built on OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger and related self-hosted stacks.
Virtualization
Open-source alternatives to commercial virtualization platforms, including Proxmox VE, XCP-ng with Xen Orchestra, Harvester, OpenNebula and Apache CloudStack.
No-code databases
Open-source alternatives to commercial spreadsheet-database tools such as Airtable, self-hosted so records, attachments and access rules stay on the organization's own servers.
Visual collaboration
Open-source alternatives to commercial whiteboard, diagramming and interface design tools, self-hosted so boards, diagrams and design files stay on the organization's own servers.
Scheduling and booking
Open-source alternatives to commercial meeting scheduling, booking page and meeting poll tools, self-hosted so calendars, invitee details and bookings stay on the organization's own servers.
E-signature
Open-source alternatives to commercial electronic signature platforms, self-hosted so contracts, signer data and audit trails stay on the organization's own servers.
Forms and surveys
Open-source alternatives to commercial form builders and survey platforms, self-hosted so responses, uploaded files and respondent data stay on the organization's own servers.
Source code hosting
Git hosting platforms for repositories, pull requests, code review and issues, such as GitHub, Bitbucket and Azure Repos, and the self-hosted open-source forges that replace them: GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo.
CI/CD
Continuous integration and delivery platforms that build, test and deploy code from Git repositories; these pages compare commercial CI services and their self-managed editions with self-hosted open-source options such as Jenkins, Woodpecker CI, Gitea Actions, Forgejo Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
Artifact and container registries
Private container registries and repository managers for images, Helm charts and language packages: when and how teams replace Docker Hub, JFrog Artifactory and Sonatype Nexus Repository with self-hosted Harbor for OCI content and Pulp for multi-format packages.
API clients and testing
Desktop and web API clients used to build, send, test and share API requests, such as Postman, and the open-source options that keep collections on your own devices or servers: offline-only Bruno and self-hosted Hoppscotch.
Application hosting and PaaS
Managed platforms that build and run web apps from a Git push, such as Heroku, Vercel, Netlify and Render, and the self-hosted open-source platforms, Coolify, Dokku and open-core Dokploy, that teams run on their own servers instead.
Backend as a service
Hosted app backends that bundle authentication, a client-facing database, file storage, functions and realtime updates, such as Firebase and Supabase Cloud, and the self-hosted open-source platforms that replace them: Supabase, Appwrite and PocketBase.
Feature flags and experimentation
Open-source, self-hosted alternatives to commercial feature flag and experimentation services such as LaunchDarkly, Split and Statsig, built on Unleash, Flagsmith and GrowthBook with the CNCF OpenFeature standard.
Infrastructure as code
Open-source, self-hosted alternatives to HashiCorp's HCP Terraform and Terraform Enterprise, built on the OpenTofu CLI with Terrakube or Atlantis for remote runs, state and pull request automation.
Product and web analytics
Open-source, self-hosted alternatives to commercial web analytics, product analytics, session replay and customer event pipelines such as Google Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Hotjar, Fullstory and Segment.
