“It is the ManyChat / IGdm alternative you can self-host — no monthly fee, no vendor lock-in, full data ownership.”
Qaxlabs, on github.com ↗
ManyChat charges $39 a month to answer your Instagram DMs. AutoDMX runs the same funnel on a box you already pay for.
Instantly wants $97 a month to send cold email from inboxes you already own. Hedwig sends the same sequences for $0, and the code is yours to host.
“I created an open source alternative to tools like Instantly or Smartlead, which charge huge amounts of money per lead for basic cold email campaign management.”
Mattermost started paywalling features it used to give away and sells the rest by the seat. Antimatter is the fork with the licence checks pulled out: SSO, LDAP, no nag screens, no invoice.
“Unfortunately, after a few disappointments at a previous company actually trying (and giving up) to buy a licence, and after their latest actions, which I could only call backstabs (paywalling previously available features, putting arbitrary limits that previously didn't exist, or recently adding nag screens to push people into either buying their licence or just away from their platform altogether), I've ended up fed up with their BS and started to work on a fork.”
Obsidian charges $5 a month to move your own Markdown between your own devices. Cairn syncs it through your own server and charges nothing.
“Obsidian made me pay them for syncing so I made an open-source implementation”
Built something because a company wanted your credit card for a feature that fits in a single file? That's spiteware. Submit it and join the hall of fame.
