Alternatives

Products that do what CERN leaves Microsoft programs behind for open-source does

1. 1MM
   My Microsoft internship project went open source▲15

   2013 · winphonewebdriver.codeplex.com

2. 2RF
   Rysolv – Fix open source issues, get paid▲250

   2021 · rysolv.com

3. 3AT
   APId – the API end to end testing framework has gone open source▲11

   2020 · getapid.com

4. 4OB
   Opensource.builders, open-source alternatives to commercial software▲161

   2020 · opensource.builders

5. 5RO
   Repository of open source space-related software and hardware▲96

   2019 · github.com

6. 6DH
   DataTau (HN clone for data science) has been down, so we cloned it▲87

   2019 · datatau.net

7. 7IG
   I gave up on the project I'd been working on, so I open-source'd it▲32

   2011 · github.com

8. 8ET
   Effort to clone unmaintained SourceForge projects to GitHub▲146

   2015 · a-sf-mirror.github.io

9. 9II
   interviewing.io is out of beta and open to engineers of all levels▲171

   2020 · blog.interviewing.io

10. 10GG
    Gittask – Get Paid to Work on Open Source▲18

    2015 · gittask.com

11. 11MF
    My failed-wannabe-saas-startup project Beyondpad going open source▲51

    2015 · github.com

12. 12ON
    Our new free requirements management tool is out of beta▲7

    2015 · reqview.com

13. 13MF
    Marketplace for programmers that have contributed to open source▲12

    2013 · codedoor.com

14. 14IW
    Interviews with open source maintainers and developers▲80

    2019 · sourcesort.com

15. 15FI
    Freeter is out of Beta▲46

    2017 · freeter.io

16. 16OS
    Open Source Computer Science Degree▲7

    2019 · github.com

17. 17OD
    Octaspire Dern – Programming language▲47

    2017 · octaspire.com

18. 18PS
    Programmer’s Poop NFT▲36

    2021 · programmerspoop.com

19. 19TY
    The Year-Long Open-Source Sabbatical▲30

    2014 · indiegogo.com

20. 20CS
    Code Shelter, a community of abandoned FOSS maintainers▲9

    2018 · codeshelter.co

21. 21G2
    GLAuth 2.0 out, only a year late▲37

    2021 · glauth.github.io

22. 22IL
    I launched Claritask (built from scratch in the open; not a programmer)▲15

    2017 · claritask.com

23. 23ES
    EasyCSV, stop generating CSVs for non-tech colleagues (an MVP)▲10

    2013 · easycsv.com

24. 24RD
    Recursive Donations to support Open Source maintainers▲15

    2020 · recursive.gives

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