Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Open Source Guides

Learn how to launch and grow your project.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open Source Guides launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   GitHub Project Management▲115

   No-fluff guide to building a collaborative development team

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   git:logs▲176

   The definitive list of open source resources on Github

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Freetime▲159

   GitHub open source project manager

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   What To Build▲196

   Concept to discover & analyze relevant open-source projects

   2025 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   GitHub Reviews▲101

   A place for reviews of popular open source projects

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Git Hunt▲234

   Product Hunt for GitHub

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   How To Build This▲144

   A platform for makers to find the right tools

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CodeGroupie▲135

   Find your next coding project

   2024 · codegroupie.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Github▲216

   Build software better, together.

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Explore GitHub▲73

    Explore GitHub with Alexa

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GitHub TLDR▲116

    Get the important stuff in your Organization each week

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Awesome GitHub Topics▲208

    Top 500 topics on GitHub that's filtered and categorized

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Beautiful Open▲132

    Beautiful sites for Open Source projects

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sawia▲190

    Find trending open source projects to contribute to

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GitItBack▲117

    See how your company stacks up against competitors on GitHub

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Build Y▲98

    Open-source playground for breakthrough inventions

    2025 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    GitHub Desktop▲252

    The New Native

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Visual Studio 2017▲140

    Productivity for any dev, any app, and any platform

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Git Begin▲236

    Start contributing to open source projects with ease

    2024 · gitbegin.theenthusiast.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Free XP▲188

    Gain experience with open-source projects

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Show My PR's▲81

    See all your Open Source contributions in one place

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    First Aid Git▲144

    A searchable collection of most FAQs about Git.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    getStack▲27

    The Pulse of Open Source - GitHub Technology Trends

    2025 · getstack.dev · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Sourcegraph for GitHub▲97

    Browse and search GitHub like an IDE

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →