20 points
Alive
Recent pushes and releases.
For owners, not for a GitHub audience
Free alternatives to the SaaS you’re paying for.
No per-seat licence. Each tool is scored for whether it is alive, trustworthy, and realistic for a small business to own. Unknown numbers are left blank.
Most-searched replacements
The highest measured score in each list. Savings depend on the price on your invoice, so we do not print a made-up dollar figure.
Replaces DocuSign
Documenso
Send a document for signature on a server you control.
49
Replaces Calendly
Cal.com
Booking pages you can host, in the same job as Calendly.
52
Replaces Slack
Rocket.Chat
Team chat. Community code is MIT, enterprise directories are not.
58
Replaces HubSpot
EspoCRM
A full PHP CRM with a long release history.
51
Replaces Notion
BookStack
A wiki organised as books, chapters, and pages. MIT.
56
Replaces Mailchimp
Mautic
Marketing automation: campaigns, segments, and tracked pages.
54
15 jobs small businesses actually pay for
5 apps · top score 49
E-signature
Tools that replace a DocuSign or PandaDoc subscription: send a document, collect signatures, and keep the audit trail on a system you can host.
5 apps · top score 52
Scheduling
Booking pages and group polls that replace a Calendly seat. Some are full booking links. Some only help a group pick a time. The listing says which is which.
6 apps · top score 48
Forms and surveys
Forms and surveys that replace Typeform, Jotform, or SurveyMonkey. Conversational bots and classic survey servers are both listed, with the licence spelled out.
6 apps · top score 51
CRM
Contact and pipeline systems that replace Pipedrive, HubSpot, or Salesforce seats. You host the database, so the customer list is not stuck in someone else’s account.
6 apps · top score 53
Helpdesk and live chat
Shared inboxes, ticket queues, and live chat that replace Zendesk, Help Scout, or Intercom. IT asset systems are labelled as such, so you do not buy a service desk when you wanted a shared inbox.
7 apps · top score 55
Project management
Boards and project systems that replace Trello, Asana, or Monday. Kanban tools and full project suites are both here. The quiet ones are marked from their release history.
6 apps · top score 56
Docs and wiki
Wikis and note systems that replace Notion or Confluence. A few use source-available licences. Those carry a Caution badge so the paperwork is visible before you migrate.
5 apps · top score 47
Screen recording
Recorders that replace a Loom seat. One is a shareable web recorder. The others are desktop or browser tools. They do not all give you a hosted watch-page.
5 apps · top score 54
Email marketing
Mailers that replace Mailchimp. Some send straightforward newsletters. Mautic is closer to full marketing automation. You still bring your own sending domain.
5 apps · top score 48
Courses and LMS
Learning systems that replace Kajabi or Thinkific for the course itself. They are classrooms, not marketing sites. You still need somewhere to sell, if selling is the job.
5 apps · top score 58
Team chat
Chat servers that replace Slack. Element is a Matrix client: you also need a homeserver. Stoat is the project previously known as Revolt.
5 apps · top score 56
Web analytics
Analytics you host yourself, in place of Google Analytics or Mixpanel. Cookie-light site stats and fuller product analytics are listed separately.
8 apps · top score 58
Automation and internal tools
Workflow tools that replace Zapier, and internal-app builders that replace Retool. Airtable-style databases are included and labelled.
6 apps · top score 50
Invoicing
Invoicing and small ERP systems that replace FreshBooks or Zoho Invoice. Read the licence: two popular projects are source-available, and one has not tagged a release since 2022.
4 apps · top score 51
Meetings and scorecards
Tools in the neighbourhood of Ninety.io and EOS One: goals, weekly meetings, and boards. This category is thinner than the others. If you run a proper L10, tell us what you use.
How a score is earned
20 points
Trusted
Scorecard, vulnerabilities, stars.
25 points
Takeoverable
Licence and whether you can hire for the stack.
20 points
Easy to run
Docker, a vendor cloud, or done-for-you.
15 points
Feature fit
An editorial read of the main jobs. Blank if we have not assessed it.
Run it yourself, or have it set up
Where a repository contains Docker or Compose, the deploy page says so. SeatLess will also install a listed app and hand it over. We do not invent one-click buttons for hosts we have not checked app by app.
Pushed in the last two weeks
From GitHub pushed_at, captured 15 Oct 2026.
2026-10-15
OpenProject
Projects, timelines, and work packages for a team that plans in earnest.
2026-10-15
PostHog
Product analytics. Community code is MIT. The ee directory is not.
2026-10-15
Rallly
A group poll for picking a time. Not a booking page.
2026-10-15
Zulip
Chat organised by topic, under Apache-2.0.