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Alternatives projects on GitHub

Lists of free and open-source alternatives to proprietary software.

As of , the most-starred Alternatives projects on GitHub are Files (46K stars), modern-unix (33K stars) and awesome-privacy (20K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 5 Alternatives repositories with 137.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was Files, with +18 stars in a day.

5Projects
137.9KStars in total
+35Stars in a day
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Hot right now

Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+18

Files

files-community/Files · ★ 46K

Files is a modern, open-source file manager for Windows that helps users organize their files and folders, featuring multitasking, file tags, and deep system integrations.

+10

awesome-privacy

pluja/awesome-privacy · ★ 20K

A curated awesome-list of free, open-source and privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream services that harvest your data — from mail and messengers to VPNs, browsers and AI.

+5

awesome-oss-alternatives

RunaCapital/awesome-oss-alternatives · ★ 19.8K

A curated list of open-source startups that can replace well-known closed-source SaaS products — from Supabase and Metabase to Chatwoot and Penpot, each mapped to the SaaS product it competes with.

+1

modern-unix

ibraheemdev/modern-unix · ★ 33K

A curated collection of modern, faster and saner alternatives to common Unix commands - an index of CLI tools like bat, ripgrep, fd, fzf and zoxide.

The all-time top

5 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · files-community/Files

    Files

    Files is a modern, open-source file manager for Windows that helps users organize their files and folders, featuring multitasking, file tags, and deep system integrations.

    46K
  2. #2 · ibraheemdev/modern-unix

    modern-unix

    A curated collection of modern, faster and saner alternatives to common Unix commands - an index of CLI tools like bat, ripgrep, fd, fzf and zoxide.

    33K
  3. #3 · pluja/awesome-privacy

    awesome-privacy

    A curated awesome-list of free, open-source and privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream services that harvest your data — from mail and messengers to VPNs, browsers and AI.

    20K
  1. 4

    awesome-oss-alternatives

    19.8KRunaCapital/awesome-oss-alternatives · Python

    A curated list of open-source startups that can replace well-known closed-source SaaS products — from Supabase and Metabase to Chatwoot and Penpot, each mapped to the SaaS product it competes with.

  2. 5

    You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore

    19.1Kyou-dont-need/You-Dont-Need-Lodash-Underscore · JavaScript

    A curated list of JavaScript methods that are already supported natively in modern browsers, so you can drop Lodash/Underscore — plus an ESLint plugin that flags where the libraries are unnecessary.

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