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OpenLib
Discover the best free & open-source software alternatives
OpenLib is a small community-driven platform for discovering free and open-source software. It currently features a growing collection of apps with basic info like screenshots, repo links, install methods, and simple comparisons. It’s still early, and the goal is to slowly grow it with community contributions and feedback.
OpenLib started because finding trustworthy open-source alternatives was harder than it should be. Information was scattered across GitHub, blogs, Reddit, and dozens of directories, making it difficult to compare apps or verify whether a project was actively maintained.
Instead of creating another software list, I built a community-driven library focused entirely on free and open-source software. Every app includes screenshots, repository links, installation methods, metadata, categories, alternatives, and community contributions. Users can submit new apps, suggest edits, claim ownership of projects, report issues, and help improve the catalog.
Technically, OpenLib is built with Vanilla JavaScript, Firebase, Cloud Functions, and Firestore. It includes SEO-friendly prerendering, moderation workflows, contributor roles, bookmarks, organizations, reviews, and a growing collection of open-source software.
This is just the beginning. Feedback, bug reports, feature requests, and contributions are all welcome.
About OpenLib on Product Hunt
“Discover the best free & open-source software alternatives”
OpenLib was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #62 on the daily leaderboard. OpenLib is a small community-driven platform for discovering free and open-source software. It currently features a growing collection of apps with basic info like screenshots, repo links, install methods, and simple comparisons. It’s still early, and the goal is to slowly grow it with community contributions and feedback.
On the analytics side, OpenLib competes within Open Source, Developer Tools and GitHub — topics that collectively have 625.3k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how OpenLib performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted OpenLib?
OpenLib was hunted by Javed Saifi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of OpenLib including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Javed Saifi