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Crowd-sourced software recommendations, tech news & great apps! What application, service or game would you like to replace? Co-founded by @olaj & @raawmarkus

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Joined January 2009
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📣 Good news! AlternativeTo has a new official partner! It’s none other than the amazing team at @AliasVault! 🎉 Password managers are nothing new, but AliasVault brings something interesting to the table by combining secure password storage with email aliases in a fully open-source platform, just the way we like it! It’s a promising approach to protecting your digital identity, and we’re glad to have their support as we continue making AlternativeTo better for everyone! 💚
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Free open-source toolkit to study websites, apps, games and files with evidence-backed analysis, then build and verify your own version of that project with a coding agent ✨
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Shottr 1.10 introduces a major update with screen freezing during capture, new zoom and selection tools, and a restore previous screenshot feature. It also includes image rotation, filename templates, and several bug fixes. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Free open-source alternative to CleanMyMac and BleachBit that explains what fills System Data and safely clears caches, logs, reports and more to reclaim disk space
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🎛️ Ableton Live 13, set for early 2027, is now available in public beta. New key features include ARA 2 support, a new step sequencer, capture automation, Drum Synth, Looplet, expanded Push 3 capabilities, and much more. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Free open-source screen-edge notch for both Mac and Windows that tracks your AI coding assistants' usage limits and shows whether agents are still working
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🚴 Waze is rolling out Garmin-powered cycling alerts globally, showing drivers when a nearby LiveTrack rider is active without revealing route details. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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🦊 Firefox 160 introduces an upgraded Picture-in-Picture player with playback speed settings, a new Mini Window feature, a mailto: blocking option, support for Matroska (MKV) files with FLAC, MP3, or PCM audio, and more. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Hate the WhatsApp app on Windows? This free, open-source client built with Rust and egui skips the browser engine, launches in under a second and uses around 200 MB of RAM at idle vs 1.13 GB for WhatsApp Web
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Meta is expanding AI age estimation worldwide on Instagram, placing more users in Teen Accounts and testing Apple age-range signals in Australia for age checks. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Open-source music player for YouTube Music's catalog, with genres, full albums and playlists. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone and Docker. No account needed 🎵
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🦊 Firefox is offering unlimited data through January 31, 2027 for its free built-in VPN on desktop and Android when users sign in with a Mozilla account. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Open source drop-in replacement for the Firebase Local Emulator Suite that runs without Java, keeps your firebase.json, SDKs and ports, and persists data between restarts
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libghostty-vt 1.0 introduces a stable C ABI, signed packaging assets and cross-platform builds for applications embedding terminal emulation. alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Fully FOSS alternative to HyperDock and AltTab bringing Windows and Linux style Window Peeking and Alt+Tab switching to macOS, plus compact lists, Aero Shake, and media controls with lyrics
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Anthropic launched Claude Whiteboards, Sheets, and Data, adding whiteboard, spreadsheet, and data analytics features to Claude alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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Free Mac utility that makes your 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse scroll, zoom and rotate smoothly like a trackpad in the apps you choose
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Apple is adding sign language interpretation for select titles on Apple TV starting November 13, 2026, with support for ASL and BSL and plans to expand the feature to more movies and shows alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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The best decentralized alternative to Reddit, offering an open-source, self-hosted platform for sharing links and discussions across federated servers 🐭
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Epic Games has revealed plans to support SteamOS and Steam Deck through its Linux version of the Epic Games Launcher, with plans to expand support to other Linux distributions, including Fedora, CachyOS, and Omarchy alternativeto.net/news/2026/…
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