Authentication is one of those problems you really don't want to build yourself — but choosing the right solution is genuinely confusing. Here's a practical breakdown of Authentik and the main alternatives, and when to use which.
Cap is the open source alternative to Loom — screen recording, instant sharing, your own S3 storage, self-hostable. Here's what it does, how it compares, and why it's worth switching.
I've been using GitLab since its early days and use GitHub daily. Here's an honest comparison from someone who knows both platforms well — when to choose which, and why.
Pulumi lets you write infrastructure in TypeScript, Python, Go, C# or Java instead of HCL. For developer-led teams that treat infrastructure as software, it's a compelling alternative. Here's an honest look at what you get and what you give up.
Cal.com is the open source alternative to Calendly — self-hostable, API-first, and built for teams. In April 2026 it went partially closed-source. Here's what changed, what it means, and whether it's still worth using.
Uptime Kuma is the self-hosted monitoring tool that 76,000 GitHub stars built. Beautiful dashboard, 90+ notification channels, zero per-monitor fees. Here's what it does, how to deploy it, and where it fits in your stack.
Traditional VPNs are single points of failure held together with certificate management and firewall rules. NetBird replaces all of that with a WireGuard mesh, Zero Trust access control, and a setup that takes minutes instead of days.
Postiz is an open source social media scheduler built for the agentic era — self-hostable, API-first, and designed to be controlled by AI agents as much as by humans. Here's what it actually does and whether it's worth your time.
Ghost is what I use to run DevOpsPack. It's fast, focused, open source, and gets out of your way. Here's an honest overview of the platform from someone who uses it daily and contributes to the project.
