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About this project

OpenAlternative is a community driven list of open source alternatives to proprietary software and applications.

Our goal is to be your first stop when researching for a new open source service to help you grow your business. We will help you find alternatives and reviews of the products you already use.

Join us in creating the biggest directory of open source software.

Sponsors

OpenAlternative is an GPL-3.0-licensed open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by the support of these awesome backers. If you'd like to join them, please consider sponsoring OpenAlternative's development.

Project Structure

OpenAlternative is a monorepo project with two main applications:

1. Web application (Remix) - located in apps/web
2. Admin panel (Next.js) - located in apps/admin

Development

This project uses Bun as the package manager and runtime. Make sure you have Bun installed before proceeding.

To set up the project for development:

1. Clone the repository
2. Run bun install in the root directory to install all dependencies
3. Set up the required environment variables (see below)
4. Run bun run db:push to push the Prisma schema to the database
5. Create symlinks for the .env file (see Environment Variables section)
6. Run bun run dev to start both the web and admin applications in development mode

Environment Variables

Refer to the .env.example file for a complete list of required variables.

To manage environment variables across the monorepo, you have two options:

1. Create symlinks to the root .env file:

   • For Unix-based systems (macOS, Linux):

     ln -s ../../.env apps/web/.env
     ln -s ../../.env apps/admin/.env
     ln -s ../.env packages/database/.env
     

   • For Windows (run in Command Prompt as Administrator):

     mklink apps\web\.env ..\..\\.env
     mklink apps\admin\.env ..\..\\.env
     mklink packages\database\.env ..\.\.env
     

2. Create separate .env files for each app and package:

   • Copy the .env.example file to each app and package directory
   • Rename it to .env
   • Update the variables as needed for each app or package

Choose the method that best fits your development workflow and security requirements.

🧞 Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
bun install	Installs dependencies
bun run dev	Starts both web and admin apps in development mode
bun run web dev	Starts web app at localhost:5173
bun run admin dev	Starts admin app at localhost:5174
bun run build	Build both apps for production
bun run start	Preview production build locally
bun run lint	Run linter
bun run format	Format code
bun run typecheck	Run TypeScript type checking
bun run db:generate	Generate Prisma client
bun run db:studio	Start Prisma Studio
bun run db:push	Push Prisma schema to database
bun run db:pull	Pull Prisma schema from database
bun run db:reset	Reset Prisma schema

Third-Party Services

OpenAlternative uses the following third-party services:

• Database: Supabase
• Analytics: Plausible, PostHog
• Search: Algolia
• Newsletter: Beehiiv
• Background Jobs: Inngest
• File Storage: AWS S3
• Payments: Stripe
• Screenshots: ScreenshotOne

Make sure to set up accounts with these services and add the necessary environment variables to your .env file.

Deployment

The project is set up for deployment on Vercel. Each app (web and admin) can be deployed separately.

To deploy manually:

1. Build the project: bun run build
2. For the web app: bun run web start
3. For the admin app: bun run admin start

Ensure all environment variables are properly set in your production environment.

License

OpenAlternative is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.