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Paying for software is stupid… 10 free and open-source SaaS replacements (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Remember, for every paid SaaS, there is a free open-source self-hosted alternative. Let's take a look at 10 FOSS tools designed to replace popular tools like MS Office, Notion, Heroku, Vercel, Zoom, Adobe, and more.

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LibreOffice

Mattermost

Nocodb

Plane

Appflowy

Jitsi

ERPNext

Coolify

Dokku

Instant

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Depends. If the big tech company is actively supporting and developing Open Source and Free Software, then supporting by buying their stuff makes sense. I'm thinking of Valve/Steam, with their support and development in Proton, Linux Kernel, various other software, SteamOS and so on.