Our Mission
For every proprietary tool, there's often an open source alternative that's just as good — or better. OpenSourceFest exists to make those alternatives easy to find. We believe software freedom matters, and the best way to promote it is by showing people great options they didn't know existed.
What We Look For
Open source license — Projects must have a recognized open source license (MIT, GPL, Apache, BSD, AGPL, etc.).
Active maintenance — Recent commits, responsive maintainers, active community.
Usability — Good documentation, reasonable setup process, stable releases.
Self-hostable preferred — We favor projects you can run on your own infrastructure.
Genuine alternative — Must meaningfully replace a proprietary counterpart.
The Fest Family
OpenSourceFest.org — Open source directory
TheAIFest.org — AI tools directory
PrivacyFest.org — Privacy tools directory
Contact
Reach us at hello@opensourcefest.org or submit a project.