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0 pointsmadman_dev14d ago0 comments

I'm constantly working on https://only-eu.eu/en

A directory of European software and general alternatives to popular products.

Think cloud storage, email, VPN, browsers, smartphones, bikes,... About 175 products across 30+ categories right now.

Next categories will be: personal health, commercial e-mail and newsletter management.

If you have a product that's missing here, please feel free to suggest it via the suggestion form on the site.

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Nice work, thank you for this! The current "main option" for this (european-alternatives.eu) is greatly stale, and isn't responsive to suggestions. I'd love to see an alternative (ha!) rise up and take its place.

culi14d ago

Check out alternativeto.net

It's been around since 2009 and is crowd-sourced. Each alternative software also shows if it's FLOSS and it's country of origin. E.g.

https://alternativeto.net/software/google-chrome/

BrunoBernardino13d ago

Thanks! I'm aware of them and have used them extensively for finding privacy-focused and/or open source alternatives. I wasn't aware I could filter by region, though.

madman_devOP14d ago

Thank you! Really appreciate the kind words!

jll2914d ago

Thanks for that.

For what it's worth, two days ago on the radio some politician said that for more software sovereignty to take off, all we'd need is such a catalog! ;-).

madman_devOP14d ago

Haha nice! If he/she only knew...

neurodiv_dennis13d ago

Sounds pretty cool!

I've been taking a look at it and browsed through the categories. Is it also for apps? Now that I'm writing this - as I saw WhatsApp as an example with 5 alternatives listed - probably yes. So let me reframe the question: Does it have to be an alternative to some other existing thingy or are you also willing to list genuine apps?

Asking for a friend ;-)

madman_devOP13d ago

Haha, If you want shoot me a message over at hello@only-eu.eu and maybe we can help your friend xD , if it fits on the site, and if it's from europe, let's see what we can do.

Cheers

neurodiv_dennis13d ago

Thanks for the opportunity! I - umm I mean my friend - just sent you a message.

pgcosta13d ago

Nice! Been looking a lot at EU based software I've been working with on an automated deeptech job board just for EU as well - https://deeptechjobs.eu/

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BrunoBernardino14d ago

culi14d ago

Check out alternativeto.net

It's been around since 2009 and is crowd-sourced. Each alternative software also shows if it's FLOSS and it's country of origin. E.g.

https://alternativeto.net/software/google-chrome/

BrunoBernardino13d ago

Thanks! I'm aware of them and have used them extensively for finding privacy-focused and/or open source alternatives. I wasn't aware I could filter by region, though.

madman_devOP14d ago

Thank you! Really appreciate the kind words!

jll2914d ago

Thanks for that.

For what it's worth, two days ago on the radio some politician said that for more software sovereignty to take off, all we'd need is such a catalog! ;-).

madman_devOP14d ago

Haha nice! If he/she only knew...

neurodiv_dennis13d ago

Sounds pretty cool!

Asking for a friend ;-)

madman_devOP13d ago

Haha, If you want shoot me a message over at hello@only-eu.eu and maybe we can help your friend xD , if it fits on the site, and if it's from europe, let's see what we can do.

Cheers

neurodiv_dennis13d ago

Thanks for the opportunity! I - umm I mean my friend - just sent you a message.

pgcosta13d ago

Nice! Been looking a lot at EU based software I've been working with on an automated deeptech job board just for EU as well - https://deeptechjobs.eu/

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