What we use to build AlternativeTo

To do Frontend development with Next.Js

Visual Studio is the main IDE we use for coding, debugging and everything else that you do in a large app like this.

Like most other software developers nowdays we use GIT as our source control system and we host our code on GitHub. We also use their issue system to associate bugs with commits and so on.

AlternativeTo is a distributed team and since not two single people are based in the same city, this is our digital office.

Javascript framework to run polymorphic apps.

For our new frontend.

A lot of the design elements on the site was done in Photoshop over the years, but lately we're leaning towards Sketch.

A modern way to create user interfaces and more. Most of the current design on the site was made with Sketch, the rest with Photoshop.

To make our select boxes a bit smarter

To speed up your requests, detect spam and some great HTTPS support.

We spend a lot of time trying to understand how the site works and how our users engage with the site, and we do most of that digging in Google Analytics.

To host most of our servers, databases and so on.

As a cache for data that is accessed often.

As the primary database for the site

As the server side package manager in Visual Studio

To provide you with an incredible fast and accurate search

For all our task management and daily operations.

A collaborative inbox and support chat.

A lot of blog posts, plans and other long.form texts have been typed up in this application, either on Mac OS X or on iOS.

The team often checks on apps using VirusTotal, to ensure they're safe for users.

Our primary source of income.

To work with our Redis cache locally