hey developers, I've spent the whole night compiling this list out of > winners of Product Hunt > best dev tools on DevHunt > recently active on GitHub > most internet backlinks > most mentions as "alternative to." > most upvoted on hacker news
I really like open-source stuff.
I even made my own version of Product Hunt. It's called DevHunt.
I've been collecting cool open-source projects on my computer.
Then, I tweeted about it and a lot of people saw it.
This made me think that maybe I should organize them all in one place.
So, last night, I put all the projects into a Google sheet.
Then I built an online directory using Unicorn Platform (https://unicornplatform.com/).
At 6 am this morning, I shared it on Twitter, Hacker News and Devto before going to sleep.
When I woke up... wow!
It was super viral everywhere!
Lots of folks started commenting on the categories and tools.
That's when I realized that everyone should be able to comment. So now you can! Just go here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsh...
What do I want to build?
Well, something like Wikipedia or Google but for awesome open source tools.
These are the projects I manually collected:
> winners of Product Hunt
> best dev tools on DevHunt
> recently active on GitHub
> most internet backlinks
> most mentions as "alternative to .."
> most upvoted on hacker news
Open Source is our future,
Let's make it together friends.
@johnrushx Thanks for bringing this to life. While many people find it easy to setup, directories require consistent hard work and I am sure you are doing it for the love of it. I'd love to see it grow and help others find open-source alternatives.
This would have to be the most comprehensive list of open source software on the planet. Thanks John!
Just another example of how much John adds to the indie dev space. The fact that he can launch this so quickly is testament to his tools.
@timbuildsit thx Tim.
At first I was pretty much just testing my own tools.
But it seems like there are a lot of overlooked spaces which need to be fixed.
Im a big fan of oss, but it's pain in the ass to find a good one.
I made my own list in bookmarks and realized I should share it
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Congrats on the launch! Wish this was showing on the home page 😅
Always a pleasure to support anything MarsX :)
Also smart sorting method 🔥 Congrats again!
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