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134 products matching your filters. Each one described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

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  • Consul logo

    Consul

    Network Connectivity

    Service discovery, networking, and security

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Web
    FreeResearched
  • CouchDB logo

    CouchDB

    Database Data Management

    Seamless multi-master sync with Apache CouchDB

    • Self-hosted
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    FreeResearched
  • curl logo

    curl

    API Management

    Command-line tool for transferring data using URLs with wide protocol support

    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • iOS
    • +1
    FreeResearched
  • Dask logo

    Dask

    Machine Learning Data Science

    Scalable analytics in Python

    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    FreeResearched
  • Debian logo

    Debian

    Open Source

    Community-maintained Linux distribution and universal computing platform.

    • Windows
    • macOS
    FreeResearched
  • Directus logo

    Directus

    API Management

    Open-source data platform providing REST and GraphQL APIs

    • API
    • Web
    • Self-hosted
    FreeResearched
  • D

    DragonBones

    Game Development

    Free 2D skeletal animation solution

    FreeResearched
  • DSpace logo

    DSpace

    Library Archives

    The software of choice for academic and research repositories

    • Web
    FreeResearched
  • DuckDB logo

    DuckDB

    Database Data Management

    Fast in-process analytical database

    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    • Web
    FreeResearched
  • DVC logo

    DVC

    Machine Learning Data Science

    Data version control for machine learning projects

    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    FreeResearched
  • Elastic APM logo

    Elastic APM

    LOG Management

    Application Performance Monitoring from Elastic

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • ELK Stack logo

    ELK Stack

    LOG Management

    Open Source Search and Log Analytics

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • E

    Envoy

    Technology

    An open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native and AI-native applications

    FreeResearched
  • E

    ERPNext

    Inventory Management

    Open-source ERP solution for SMEs and growing businesses

    • Self-hosted
    • Web
    FreeResearched
  • ESPHome logo

    ESPHome

    IOT Smart Home

    Custom firmware for ESP8266/ESP32 smart home devices

    • Self-hosted
    • Linux
    FreeResearched
  • Evergreen ILS logo

    Evergreen ILS

    Library Archives

    Highly scalable open source library software

    • Web
    • Windows
    • macOS
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • F

    FastAPI

    WEB Development

    A modern, fast, high-performance web framework for building APIs with Python

    FreeResearched
  • Filebeat logo

    Filebeat

    LOG Management

    Lightweight Shipper for Logs

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • Fluent Bit logo

    Fluent Bit

    LOG Management

    Fast and Lightweight Log Processor

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • Fluentd logo

    Fluentd

    LOG Management

    Open Source Data Collector for Unified Logging

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • FOLIO logo

    FOLIO

    Library Archives

    The open source library services platform reimagined

    • Web
    • API
    FreeResearched
  • FreeCAD logo

    FreeCAD

    3D CAD

    Open-source parametric 3D CAD modeler

    • Windows
    • macOS
    • Linux
    FreeResearched
  • GIMP logo

    GIMP

    Print Publishing

    Free and open-source image editor

    • Linux
    • macOS
    • Windows
    FreeResearched
  • G

    Git

    Development Tools

    A free and open source distributed version control system

    FreeResearched

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Where does this data come from?

Pricing, platforms and feature lists are taken from each vendor's own pages. Limitations, answered questions and alternatives are researched separately and carry a source URL on the page that states them. Every product is described on the same fields, so two tools can be read against each other rather than against their own marketing.

Why are there no star ratings?

Because we did not collect any. Softwr hosts no reviews, and a rating aggregated from somewhere else is not ours to publish as though it were an assessment we made. What is shown instead is what a tool costs, where it runs, and what it is concretely bad at.

How are alternatives chosen?

A researcher proposes them, then two independent reviewers judge one question each: would a buyer evaluating this product seriously consider that one instead. 225 of 1,841 candidates failed and were deleted, including a font inspector matched to a dark mode extension. Only pairings that survived both rounds are published.

Do vendors pay to appear here?

Not to be listed, and not to rank. Every position and filter result on this page is unpaid. A vendor can buy the sponsored panel above the results, which is labelled as such and sits outside the list rather than at the top of it: remove it and this page shows the same products in the same order. Where a link earns a commission that is disclosed on the page carrying it.

How current is it?

Prices and plan limits move without notice, so treat anything with a number on it as a starting point and check the vendor before you buy. Where a claim could go stale it carries the source it came from, which is the fastest way to tell.