Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ThymeBox – Buy Time to Work on Your Open Source Project launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Thank You, Open Source▲138

   Write a thank you letter to your favor open source project!

   2017 · thankyouopensource.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Zonebox▲67

   Get more done by timeboxing your tasks

   2015 · rinik.net · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ReadMe.io▲39

   A Developer Hub for your open source software

   2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Flowhub▲85

   Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

   2014 · 12bet.review · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Waffle▲84

   Your github workflow open sourced.

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7HC
   Hire contributors to the open source projects you use▲5

   2020 · hirecontributors.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LG
   Launching GoatCounter; or: let's try and make a living from Open Source▲8

   2019 · arp242.net · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Project Jupyter▲9

   Live code notebook as an open source web app

   2016 · jupyter.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    I made an open-source Replit▲9

    I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Built our open source dev tool in 6 hours using tool to build itself▲5

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    We built a <60ms, open-source alternative to E2B using RustVMM and KVM▲7

    Over the past few months, as we scaled our internal AI Agents, we hit a dead end: Running LLM-generated arbitrary code in Docker is basically running naked on security due to container escape risks. But using full traditional VMs takes minutes to boot and eats too much memory to support high-density concurrency. We loved the developer experience of SaaS sandboxes on the market, but they are closed-source, expensive, and have too high a barrier to entry for self-hosting. So, our team decided to build our own. After months of grinding, using RustVMM and KVM, we built a blazing-fast,…

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13IM
    I'm Open-Sourcing My Node.js App▲15

    2016 · pesfandiar.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CO
    Codebox – Open Source Alternative to Atom▲7

    2014 · codebox.io · its alternatives →

15. 15MM
    MinPM – Manage projects using hashtags and a single text-entry box▲5

    2014 · minpm.com · its alternatives →

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    Nanobox▲4

    Local Development Done Right

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Open Source Backend | [in-spuh-rey-shuh n]▲9

    build BIG tech 10x faster

    2017 · youtube.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Buildbox▲8

    Secure and flexible continuous integration.

    2014 · buildkite.com · its alternatives →

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    Wick▲5

    A free and open-source creation suite

    2016 · wickeditor.com · its alternatives →

20. 20LA
    Linbox – a free, open-source Google Inbox alternative▲8

    2019 · linbox.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Nanobox▲7

    Focus on code, not config

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Timebox++▲8

    Master your time the visual way

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Sourcehoney▲5

    Share and vet ideas for Open Source projects

    2016 · sourcehoney.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Vault▲5

    A cross-platform GPG KV store for teams

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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