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24 alternatives to Treeware

Use the authors software, buy the author a tree.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Treeware launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1OS

    hey makers, I've spent the whole night to compile 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 .." Let me know if I should add anything there.

    2023 · osssoftware.org · its alternatives →

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    and the open source Codes of Conduct

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

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    The open source vigilante bot that is cleaning up Github.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4OS

    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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    A Developer Hub for your open source software

    2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

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    Micro-Scholarships for Rad. Web. Shit.

    2021 · henrygives.coffee · its alternatives →

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    Everything that would be here is in the README. I hope this gets big, it has tons of potential.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8WW

    Over three months ago, I posted my book on HN and got tremendous +ve reponse. I am happy to inform that I have published the book to leanpub as per the comments I got on HN itself! It is pay as you go model, and the minimum is $0 because I wanted to contribute back to the FOSS Community

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    The project is entirely open source. It takes a single Pandoc Markdown source file and produces HTML, EPUB, PDF, man pages, GNU Info, an audiobook, an HTML-integrated audio player that highlights the content as it plays, and an MP4 output for the "video audiobook." It's generic enough to be reusable. I plan to use the pipeline for my tech blog later on. The novella contains a lot of programming lore. It's an over-the-top love letter to the old-school Linux programmer and to the craft itself. Source code: https://github.com/sebastiancarlos/hacker-fables

    Jul 2026 · sebastiancarlos.github.io · its alternatives →

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    I built a minimal opensource CMS, I use it myself for my blog and for other SaaS. l love blogging, and sometimes I post random thoughts on my blog. The only thing is, I always did it with .md files, which is fine too However, I was excited about the idea of using a CMS that was very minimal and avoiding the option of connecting something like WordPress or other big platforms. Open source (if you want to fork it or contribute) and free to use (unless I see you have a million views haha). Star the repo if you like it!

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Roast yourself or fellow devs with this Github LLM wrapper

    2024 · salty-santa.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, When I was learning to code I was always intrigued to see the guys on twitter making money with a SaaS. I always wondered how to make them and after a few months I developed my own. I wanted to share a Boilerplate for any new devs who are wondering how to start their own SaaS or wonder how things work. Boilerplate comes with Auth, Payments, UI and all the good stuff. Ali

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Github store

    2017 · github.myshopify.com · its alternatives →

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    A free Git & Mercurial client for Windows or Mac.

    2015 · sourcetreeapp.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16IB

    Hey HN, I built a platform that allows developers to buy and sell GitHub repositories using private forking. The idea is to help indie developers, open-source maintainers, and teams monetize their work while ensuring buyers get fully functional projects with minimal hassle. Many developers create great projects but lack the time or resources to maintain them. Instead of letting them fade away, why not sell them to someone who wants to continue the work? Here is how it works: - Sellers list theis GitHub repos in the platform - Buyers purchase repos - Buyers automatically added as…

    2025 · gittrader.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

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    Winds▲9

    An open source RSS reader

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pay $1 for every day you don't push to GitHub

    2016 · its alternatives →

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  21. 21MH

    Just a fun lil experiment with headless chrome + nano banana to take a screenshot of your GH contribution graph and then apply a 2-pass AI image filter to create a cool billboard featuring your GH graph. 100% open source & free :) tho I would appreciate any sponsors on github if you like it since API costs can add up.

    2025 · myheartisopensource.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22LL

    I've been developing SpiderFoot (an OSINT/recon tool) for 10 years now, so wanted to share my story and try to distill some lessons learned in the hope they might be helpful to others here who might be considering writing/open-sourcing their own tools. Here's the post: https://medium.com/@micallst/lessons-learned-from-my-10-year-open-source-project-4a4c8c2b4f64 And the repo if you want to check it out: https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot -- TL;DR version of lessons from the post.. Lesson 1: Writing open source software can be very…

    2022 · its alternatives →

  23. 23IB

    Hey Guys, I created GithubReader.org (open-source, non-profit, most of the code is written by ChatGPT). My motivation: I wanted an easy way to keep a list of repositories I want to learn from and access them quickly. So, I built a search page where I can find repositories by name, like Google. Also, I wanted a nicer way to read Markdown files on my laptop without the GitHub UI, like reading a book. So, I made a custom UI with a back button that takes you to the previous state without jumping pages. The markdown links are sharable, e.g.…

    2024 · githubreader.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, A lot of the dev teams I have worked with had a lot of issues with their documentation. In fact, some of my easiest clients to get were from clients that had "black box" solutions that devs no longer at the company had created. Personally, writing documentation is like grinding nails on a chalkboard. I have been having a lot of fun with building solutions that can run in a distributed way, not something a dev needs to run themselves. And after a significant amount of testing and building out several different solutions, I finally have a solution that is easy to set up and runs in the…

    Dec 2025 · codesummary.io · its alternatives →

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