OpenAlternative – open-source Alternatives to Popular Software
a year ago
- #development
- #software-alternatives
- #open-source
- OpenAlternative is a community-driven list of open-source alternatives to proprietary software.
- The project is GPL-3.0 licensed and relies on community support and sponsorships.
- Third-party services used include Neon for database, Plausible for analytics, and Stripe for payments.
- Built as a Turborepo monorepo with Next.js, Bun as the package manager, and Prisma for database.
- Setup involves cloning the repo, installing dependencies with Bun, and configuring environment variables.
- Development commands include `bun run dev` for local server and `bun run build` for production build.
- Deployment is set up for Vercel, requiring environment variables and production build steps.