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About AlternativeTo.net

We have one mission: helping you find the right software for your computer, mobile phone or tablet. Our main focus is to give you alternatives to software you already know and want to replace.

Based on our users recommendations we list great alternatives to the applications you want to replace. By joining the site you can participate in the process of making these recommendations better, so please join in!

About the authors

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    Ola

    Hello! I take care of the development and other tech stuff on AlternativeTo. I also play a lot of games.

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    Markus

    Hello I'm a Mac, with a serious App Store addiction. Taking care of the design, social media and business stuff.


API

The API returns data formatted in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). The plan is to support more data formats in the future. You can read more about how to use jQuery to request and consume JSON data on this website:

http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.getJSON

We really want your feedback on the API so if you have requests for more methods, what kind of data you want to get or any other questions or suggestions then please feel free to comment or send us an e-mail at hello@alternativeto.net

Get an application and it’s alternatives

Returns information about the specified application and the specified number of alternatives. Filter by license or platform.

Get a list of application

Returns recently added, new and popular or most liked applications. Filter by license or platform.

Get a list of applications a user recently liked or added

This method returns a specified number of applications that the user likes or have added to the site. Filter by license or platform.

Search applications

Returns a freetext search of “antivirus”. Can be filtered by platform or license.

More info about the paramaters

You can filter all the list by platform and license.

  1. License filters: free,opensource and commercial. If you use free all applications that has Free, Open Source, Free with limited functionality and Free for personal use will be listed. Open Source and Commercial just list the items that has these licenses.
  2. Platform filter: The platform you want to filter by. You can get a list of all platforms on http://api.alternativeto.net/platforms
  3. Count: Count is always optional and default is 5

See some examples above.