Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Court Listener

Actual free access to court filings, runs on open source

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Court Listener launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fullstory Free▲654

   Web analytics with full session playback, now free

   2017 · fullstory.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   GitLaw▲312

   Git for legal docs with open-source free legal templates

   2024 · git.law · its alternatives →

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   ustaxes.org – open-source tax filing webapp▲465

   Tax filing web application. Contribute to thegrims/UsTaxes development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Open Source Mobile Privacy Policy▲106

   Open legal documents, provided and trusted by people like you. Find or upload a document, sign it for free.

   2013 · docracy.com · its alternatives →

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   Lawli▲76

   Summarize your everyday readings, legal documents for free

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Paperwork▲144

   An open source Evernote alternative

   2015 · paperwork.rocks · its alternatives →

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   Open Scanner, an open-source document scanning app for iPhone▲264

   Fast, reliable, and free document scanner app for iPhone - pencilresearch/OpenScanner

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   space ocr▲95

   OCR that checks its own answers, as an app or an API

   Aug 2026 · space-ocr.com · its alternatives →

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   Free Paywall Reader▲9

   Remove paywalls & read articles freely

   2024 · freepaywall.xyz · its alternatives →

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    UsTaxes 2.0▲83

    Open source tax filing web-app

    2022 · ustaxes.org · its alternatives →

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    UsTaxes▲75

    Open source tax filing web-app

    2021 · ustaxes.org · its alternatives →

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    Open-source isolated browser, free for journalists etc.▲66

    💚🇺🇸🗽Secure remote browsing anywhere, any way you like it. - GitHub - BrowserBox/BrowserBox: 💚🇺🇸🗽Secure remote browsing anywhere, any way you like it.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    RadiumLaw▲66

    Search any laws, write and share annotations for free

    2021 · radiumlaw.com · its alternatives →

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    OSS Database▲142

    A crowdsourced database of open source alternatives

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    New search engine and free-FOIA-by-fax-via-web for US veteran records▲118

    Hi HN. I'm the president and founder of a small non-profit called Reclaim The Records that identifies historical and genealogical materials and data sets held by government agencies, archives, and libraries -- and then returns them to the public domain, for free public use. Back in September 2017, our organization made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA) asking for a copy of a database they maintain called "BIRLS", which stands for the Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem. While it's not exactly an index of every…

    2025 · birls.org · its alternatives →

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    OWOX Data Marts▲121

    Free open-source connectors for data analysts

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17RS
    Read science papers for free...it's sci-hub, but legal▲26

    2017 · unpaywall.org · its alternatives →

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    Filerr▲110

    Free S-1 filing alerts in your inbox

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    OpenCourtData▲1

    Free access to UK civil and criminal court data.

    Jun 2026 · opencourtdata.uk · its alternatives →

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    Open-source Chrome extension for internet transparency and data privacy▲12

    Free, open source Chrome extension for internet transparency & data privacy - Dan-inpooling/Privacy-eye

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    OpenLegal.fyi▲28

    See what founders paid in startup legal fees

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Feesy - Find the traps in fine print.▲6

    Find hidden fees and traps in fine print — instantly

    2025 · feesy.app · its alternatives →

23. 23OS
    Open Source Taxes▲5

    2015 · opensourcetaxes.com · its alternatives →

24. 24OS
    Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for▲24

    I got tired of collecting open source projects in my chrome bookmarks so I decided to compile a curated list of: - Recently active projects on GitHub - Mostly dev tools (but also productivity, analytics) - Projects which are "Alternative to X software" My bookmarks are finally empty:D If you have a great open source tool you use, I'd be glad to hear your suggestions. Also, any feedback is greatly appreciated.

    2025 · alternativeoss.com · its alternatives →

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