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Open-Source Alternative Finder

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Find privacy-friendly alternatives for your favorite SaaS tools instantly.

A privacy-friendly browser extension that shows open-source alternatives when you visit popular SaaS and proprietary product websites.

Works in Chrome and Brave.


✨ What it does

  • Detects the product website you are visiting (e.g. Notion, Slack, Figma)
  • Shows curated open-source alternatives
  • Lets anyone suggest new mappings via GitHub issues
  • All data is stored locally — no tracking, no analytics

OSS Alternative Finder Poster

📸 Screenshot

Extension popup on Notion


🧪 Install (Developer Mode)

  1. Clone this repository
  2. Open chrome://extensions or brave://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode
  4. Click Load unpacked
  5. Select this project folder

🤝 Contributing

Want to add or improve alternatives?

  • Edit data/mappings.json
  • Or open an issue using the “Suggest mapping” button in the extension

Example issue:
#1


🔒 Privacy

This extension:

  • Does not track users
  • Does not collect analytics
  • Does not make background network requests

Everything runs locally in your browser.


📜 License

MIT

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