Osalt: Find Open Source Alternative to Commercial Software

Few days ago we reviewed a site called AlternativeTo which lists alternative software to any Windows, Mac and Linux apps. Today we stumbled onto Osalt which is a similar website but the difference is that it lists open source alternatives to commercial software products.

open source alternative to commercial software

To find alternatives you can search and browse site by categories such as business, communications, databases, multimedia, development, graphic applications… etc. When you select a category the site will list open source apps and also show you the top commercial apps with their open source counterparts. Furthermore you can see ratings and read comments for each open source application.

Feature:

  • Lists free open source alternative to commercial software.
  • Search and browse site by categories.
  • Shows you top commercial software and their open source counterpart for each category.
  • Check out rating and comments on open source apps.
  • Similar sites: AlternativeTo, Dooblet and Wakoopa.

Check out Osalt @ www.osalt.com

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1 Comment Add Comment
2009-08-28 00:53:37
Steve

Checkout http://www.gplpedia.com

Over 1000 open source softwares

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