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About this project

OpenAlternative is a community driven list of open source alternatives to proprietary software and applications.

Our goal is to be your first stop when researching for a new open source service to help you grow your business. We will help you find alternatives of the products you already use.

Join us in creating the biggest directory of open source software.

Other projects

We are also working on other projects you might be interested in:

• EuroAlternative - A directory of European alternatives to Big Tech giants.
• DevSuite - A collection of tools for developers.
• Dirstarter - A Next.js boilerplate for creating directory websites.

Sponsoring

OpenAlternative is an GPL-3.0-licensed open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by the support of these awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider sponsoring OpenAlternative's development.

If you'd like to support the project, you could also consider buying our Next.js boilerplate which is the foundation of creating directory websites, just like this one.

Services

OpenAlternative uses the following third-party services:

• Database: Neon
• Analytics: Plausible, PostHog
• Newsletter: Beehiiv
• Scraping: Firecrawl
• Background Jobs: Inngest
• File Storage: AWS S3
• Payments: Stripe
• Screenshots: ScreenshotOne

Make sure to set up accounts with these services and add the necessary environment variables to your .env file.

Project Structure

OpenAlternative is built in Next.js App Router. The project structure is organized as follows:

• /app - Application routes and layouts (Next.js App Router)
• /components - Reusable React components
• /lib - Core utilities and business logic
• /actions - Server actions
• /utils - Helper functions and utilities
• /hooks - React hooks
• /contexts - React context providers
• /services - Service integrations
• /emails - Email templates
• /server - Server-side code
• /functions - Utility functions
• /config - Configuration files
• /content - Content management
• /prisma - Prisma schema and utilities
• /types - TypeScript type definitions
• /public - Static assets

Development

This project uses Bun as the package manager and runtime. Make sure you have Bun installed before proceeding.

To set up the project for development:

1. Clone the repository
2. Run bun install to install all dependencies
3. Set up the required environment variables (see below)
4. Run bun run db:push to push the Prisma schema to the database
5. Run bun run dev to start the application in development mode

Environment Variables

Refer to the .env.example file for a complete list of required variables.

Copy the .env.example file to .env and update the variables as needed:

cp .env.example .env

?? Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
bun install	Installs dependencies
bun run dev	Starts local dev server at localhost:5173
bun run build	Build production application
bun run start	Preview production build locally
bun run lint	Run linter
bun run format	Format code
bun run typecheck	Run TypeScript type checking
bun run db:generate	Generate Prisma client
bun run db:studio	Start Prisma Studio
bun run db:push	Push Prisma schema to database
bun run db:pull	Pull Prisma schema from database
bun run db:reset	Reset Prisma schema

Deployment

The project is set up for deployment on Vercel. To deploy manually:

1. Build the project: bun run build
2. Start the production server: bun run start

Ensure all environment variables are properly set in your production environment.

License

OpenAlternative is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.