Best Free & Open Source MIT Tools
Category | License | Alternatives To | Links | ||
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MIT | — | 73,010 | |||
Content & Publishing | MIT | Substack, WordPress | 55,388 | ||
Barbers & Salons | MIT | Calendly | 48,620 | ||
Business Web SaaS | MIT | Slack, Microsoft Teams | 46,154 | ||
MIT | — | 44,366 | |||
Business Web SaaS | MIT | Google Analytics | 38,963 | ||
MIT | — | 36,122 | |||
MIT | — | 35,975 | |||
E-Commerce & Retail | MIT | Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento | 28,159 | ||
MIT | — | 26,422 | |||
Business Web SaaS | MIT | Trello, Jira | 21,094 | ||
MIT | — | 19,313 |
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