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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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⭐ Repos mentioned

LibreOffice

Mattermost

Nocodb

Plane

Appflowy

Jitsi

ERPNext

Coolify

Dokku

Instant

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Paying for software is not inherently stupid. Bad and misleading title.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, you are paying for it to be someone else's problem to fix.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago

I support them adding ads and commercials into their products like pop ups and stuff or they can sell my information

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's just clickbait, which is unavoidable on youtube if you want your video to be seen by more than 5 people. I don't blame the creator for it tbh, especially because this title is not really misleading, just an opinion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

One if the reasons why I avoid YouTube completely.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The headline completely misses the point of Free Software as well. It's about free as in freedom, not beer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Now I'll go back to watching youtube videos on my payed Grayjay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's Grayjay?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

An alternative video client. Mostly known for pulling add free youtube. But you can have several sources like patreon or nebula. The app is free and source available but they ask you to buy a license if you like it. It's made/supportes by futo

Edit: changed "open source" to "source available"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Stitch0815 @Engywuck

> Grayjay Core License 1.0

nope, that's not open-source

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Ah thanks A bit more context would have been nice but anyway

I was not aware of the distinction.

Grayjay is source available. But you are essentially not allowed to do anything with/to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Not triggered by this emotional outrage bait

it either costs your time or money or both. There is no situation where anything is free.

I'm currently fixing, not mine, repos. I have the skill level to fix other coders design issues. One at a time.

This is costing me time. Not just in doing the work, but all the time leading up to gaining the skillset to be at this level.

Put a price tag on that. (i'm not boasting; actually having to do this grind)