quietmoneyOpenalternative
A directory of open source alternatives to paid software, organized by which paid product each one replaces. Each entry shows GitHub stars, latest commit, and license; tool teams and companies buy ad slots to get exposure.
Piotr KulpinskiOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Revenue over time
Real payments synced by TrustMRR, in USD, by calendar month, renewals included.
- MRR
- $6,183
- Revenue, last 30 days
- $7,259
- All-time revenue
- $124,224
- Active subscriptions
- 24
- Payments via
- Stripe
- Source
- TrustMRR, synced from the founder's payment account
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A directory of open source alternatives to paid software, organized by which paid product each one replaces. Each entry shows GitHub stars, latest commit, and license; tool teams and companies buy ad slots to get exposure.
- Users
- Developers and technical teams who want to replace paid software such as Notion, Claude Code, and AWS with open source tools, plus open source companies looking for users for their open source or self-hosted products
- Positioning
- Lists only open source projects that are actively maintained and usually have a paid hosted version, categorized by the commercial software they replace. More focused on open source than AlternativeTo.
- Pricing
- Free for users; advertisers pay monthly: Silver $147 (about 90K impressions), Gold $297 (about 350K), Platinum $597 (about 650K), billed monthly and cancelable anytime, with an annual option as well Billing: subscription Free tier: yes Source: Pricing page
- Team
- solo
- Sharing mechanics
- open source Cards show 'Stars', 'Last commit', 'License'; listings 'Open Source Alternative to:'; 'Built with Dirstarter' footer credit; 'Join 8K subscribers getting our weekly newsletter'
“Cards show 'Stars', 'Last commit', 'License'; listings 'Open Source Alternative to:'; 'Built with Dirstarter' footer credit; 'Join 8K subscribers getting our weekly newsletter'”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Similarweb 2026-09: the top channel is direct at 41.33%, followed by organic search (almost all traffic is organic, paid is 0%), then referrals; about 354.9K visits last month (global rank about 110K). Besides the brand keyword openalternative, search terms include browse open source software alternatives and open source alternative; among referral sources, alternativeto.net accounts for 5.05%, bsky.app 3.55%, and dirstarter.com 2.94% (the founder's own directory template site). Social includes Reddit, X, and YouTube. The website mentions an early Hacker News top spot and a Product Hunt launch; the email list has about 8K subscribers, and returning users come back through the weekly newsletter and the X/Bluesky/Mastodon accounts. TrustMRR has no founder-reported channels on record.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| Other | 100% |
Direct + brand search 85%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| India | 23.47% |
| United States | 12.46% |
| Germany | 5.33% |
| Brazil | 4.58% |
| Spain | 4.11% |
Language
English
Social sources
Reddit, X, YouTube
Keywords
1.8K keywords · brand ~85% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| openalternative |
| open alternative |
| openalternative co |
| browse open source software alternatives |
| open source alternative |
Referring sites
18 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| alternativeto.net | 5.05% |
| bsky.app | 3.55% |
| dirstarter.com | 2.94% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 16.8% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 16.7% |
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 7.47% |
| News & Media Publishers | 3.18% |
| Business Services | 2.4% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 354.9K
- Visits MoM
- -7.94%
- Country rank
- India #20304
- Category rank
- Programming and Developer Software (India) #679
- Bounce rate
- 40.44%
- Pages / visit
- 3.94
- Visit duration
- 00:01:36
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 41.33%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Launch platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Other
FAQ
How much revenue does Openalternative make per month?
About $5,520 last month (real payments synced by TrustMRR), #230 of 563 TrustMRR sites; the month before was $6,582.
Where do Openalternative's new users come from?
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Mostly referrals, email or paid, or mostly direct with no clear source Similarweb 2026-09: the top channel is direct at 41.33%, followed by organic search (almost all traffic is organic, paid is 0%), then referrals; about 354.9K visits last month (global rank about 110K). Besides the brand keyword openalternative, search terms include browse open source software alternatives and open source alternative; among referral sources, alternativeto.net accounts for 5.05%, bsky.app 3.55%, and dirstarter.com 2.94% (the founder's own directory template site). Social includes Reddit, X, and YouTube. The website mentions an early Hacker News top spot and a Product Hunt launch; the email list has about 8K subscribers, and returning users come back through the weekly newsletter and the X/Bluesky/Mastodon accounts. TrustMRR has no founder-reported channels on record.
How much does Openalternative cost?
Free for users; advertisers pay monthly: Silver $147 (about 90K impressions), Gold $297 (about 350K), Platinum $597 (about 650K), billed monthly and cancelable anytime, with an annual option as well
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The numbers: revenue comes from TrustMRR: real payments synced automatically from the founder's Stripe or other payment account, summed by calendar month, renewals included, in USD. Site visits come from the Similarweb public page; where it shows none, they are estimated from global rank or the TrustMRR payment count, as noted on the page.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-31.