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Ask HN: what are examples of successful “open-source alternatives”?
Ask HN: what are examples of successful “open-source alternatives”? | ||
17 points by barrrrald 53 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 42 comments |
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It seems like every day there’s a Show HN post for another “open source alternative” to a popular SaaS app. And indeed, this search shows 34 pages of results, with clones of everything from Notion to Jira to Hex to Figma to Carta. I have some personal hypotheses on why this is a common pattern, but I am mostly wondering whether any of these have really succeeded as projects / businesses. Are there any examples of these “open source alternative”-type products really taking off? This can be taken however you want – either big revenue, or big user base – I’m just looking for some marker of being a breakout hit. |
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