Hey, community :)

I run a website that showcases the best open-source companies. Recently, I’ve added a new feature that filters self-hosted tools and presents them in a searchable format. Although there are other options available, like Awesome-Selfhosted, I found it difficult to find what I needed there, so I decided to display the information in a more digestible format.

You can check out the list here: https://openalternative.co/self-hosted

Let me know if there’s anything else I should add to the list.

Thanks!

  • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56·
    1 year ago

    Love the list, but scrolling through, the one liners don’t mean much for a lot of these.

    The descriptions are just too short and vague to even understand what a lot of them actually do.

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      19·
      1 year ago

      Noted! I have longer descriptions in the db, but didn’t want to bloat the listings. Will try with a longer description soon.

      • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        It’s a tough balance, you don’t want a whole page for each one. Maybe if there was a clear list of tags so it’s easier to understand even what category they’re talking about?

        For example:
        Penpot
        Design freedom meets open-source collaboration

        I really don’t know what this product category even is. Is it for web layout? Is it a drawing program? Is it for CAD?

            • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              This is the solution. That way i can decide if i want to read more about one of them and then sinply open the dropdown.

          • Caboose12000@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            personally I love it when websites solve this problem with hover hints, theres something satisfying about seeing a paragraph of text on hover that just answers all my questions. not sure how that’d work for people viewing on mobile though

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        A “more” button after the one liner would be very nice. Or make the one-liner a link that gives a longer description.

        Thanks for the work. I’ve bookmarked it!

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Added longer description and major alternative when you hover over the cards. Hope that’ll make it easier to browse.

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Never heard of 99% in that list.

    Also, Gitea should not be there. It is a corporate -owned open core project that was hostilely taken away from the community.

  • Bluefruit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I love this idea, because I often have questions like this as I transition away from proprietary software to open source alternatives

    I think listing what software equivalents it might replace listed in the card.

    I do see its listed when you click on the info card in the main list, but having it be visible before that might be helpful.

    I know a lot of people won’t like the little ad cards when you do click on a software to review its page, but I think the way you implementted it is good. Its not intrusive and clearly states its an ad.

    Edit: removed bit about categories.

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I do like the idea of adding the “this product replaces X, Y, or Z” in the info card without needing to click on it.

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I wish more software wasn’t “hosted” these days.

    I miss app ass apps.

    Don’t mind me. I’m just feeling old.

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I think it would be important to include current version information on the cards. For example, Pocketbase is still very much in beta and they make breaking changes pretty frequently.

  • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    So sorry for all the errors! I got crazy traffic to the website and the database is not holding on as it should. Will have to upgrade the server very soon🫡

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Maybe you wanna collaborate with selfh.st to complete each others list?

    Edit: Looked at the list. Good job on the design and content. Bookmarked it :)

    • piotrkulpinski@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      We’ve talked with Ethan (owner of selfh.st) and shared some insights, but I’d definitely be open to collaboration. I don’t think merging both sites is possible since we’re focusing on different topics, but maybe we can figure something out.

    • derek@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Near as I understand it: years ago some dumb engineering decisions were made, acknowledged, and corrected. Is there some recent scandal I’m out of the loop on?