What we use to build AlternativeTo

All the tools, services and so on that we use when we develop AlternativeTo. AlternativeTo is built with Next.JS and .Net Core and is hosted on Azure with a SQL backend. We do use a lot of other services as well and you can read all about them below.

Ola Johansson
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  1. Frameworks and Libraries

  2. We use Typescript to make sure we do not add to many runtime errors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
    TypeScript screenshot 1
  3. We use loads of different packages of course but React Hook Form is one of the main ones. Used to build forms in React.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • React
  4. .NET Core icon
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    Our API is built in .NET Core and C#

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
  5. Development Tools

  6. Mainly to work with React / Next. I.e everything except .net core development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Snapcraft
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1
    Visual Studio Code screenshot 1
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    Visual Studio Code screenshot 3
  7. pnpm icon
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    I switched from Yarn icon Yarn to this a while back. Mainly to see if i could speed up the CI pipeline a bit. Not sure how much it helped.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    pnpm screenshot 1
  8. NuGet icon
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    As the server side package manager for .Net stuff.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    NuGet screenshot 1
  9. GitHub icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage
    Organization profile view
    Repository Homepage
    +6
    Issues
  10. Git icon
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    Since we use Github we of course also use Git.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
    • Haiku
  11. Testing and Monitoring

  12. Jest icon
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    Jest is a unit testing framework for JavaScript used by Facebook to test React apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
  13. Cypress icon
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    Awesome test framework for integration and E2E tests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Cypress screenshot 1
    Cypress screenshot 1
  14. Thunder Client is a hand-crafted lightweight Http Client extension for Visual Studio Code. No separate download needed, Just install the extension from VS Code marketplace.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
    Thunder Client Main Interface
    Thunder Client Tests
  15. To make sure the page is as fast as possible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Node.JS
    Google Lighthouse screenshot 1
    Google Lighthouse screenshot 1
    Google Lighthouse screenshot 2
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    Google Lighthouse screenshot 3
  16. Unified Web Performance that automatically tests your pages and tracks real user experiences. Automatically discovers your busiest pages and scans them weekly, providing actionable recommendations. Integrated Real User Monitoring to track the actual experience of visitors to...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Request Metrics screenshot 1
    Request Metrics screenshot 1
    Request Metrics screenshot 2
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    Request Metrics screenshot 3
  17. TrackJS icon
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    To see if there are any errors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    TrackJS Dashboard shows you where the real problems are hiding.
    Easily understand exactly why bugs are happening with the Telemetry Timeline and enhanced Stack Traces.
  18. Hosting and Infrastructure

  19. Redis icon
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    As a cache for data that is accessed often.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
    Redis running on Windows
  20. To speed up your requests, detect spam and some great HTTPS support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    CloudFlare Homepage
    CloudFlare Dashboard
    CloudFlare Register Domains
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    CloudFlare DNS Records
  21. Algolia icon
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    To provide you with an incredible fast and accurate search

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android SDK
    • Ruby
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • Angular
    • cURL
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Node.JS
    • Objective-C
    Home Page
    Algolia screenshot 1
    Algolia screenshot 2
    +3
    Algolia screenshot 3
  22. Admin & Other

  23. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Map
    Dashboard
  24. Slack icon
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    AlternativeTo is a distributed team and since not two single people are based in the same city, this is our digital office.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Electron
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Slack screenshot 1
    Slack screenshot 1
    Slack screenshot 2
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    Slack screenshot 3
  25. Front icon
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    A collaborative inbox and support chat.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Front screenshot 1
    Front screenshot 1
    Front screenshot 2
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    Front screenshot 3
  26. iA Writer icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    iA Writer screenshot 1
    iA Writer screenshot 1
    iA Writer screenshot 2
    +3
    iA Writer screenshot 3
  27. 1Password icon
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    To keep the passwords safe and to share them with our team.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Desktop & Mobile Apps
    1Password screenshot 1
    1Password screenshot 2
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    1Password screenshot 3
  28. The team often checks on apps using VirusTotal, to ensure they're safe for users.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Scan results for alternativeto.net
    the macOS/Linux desktop uploader
    the VT4Browsers Firefox extension
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    Home

Comments

Luis Lobo
1

Cool and interesting

marto1
1

Really polished product guys! Very useful for both beginner and advanced users.

James Adler
8

The technologies used by you are great. But I wonder if you could have made the same web app using fewer technologies.

benthomas
10

This is pretty cool that you're willing to share this stuff! Always fun to see the clock innards. <3

Lawrence Chiagozie
9

Can there be an alternative to alternativeto?

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David

Yes, absolutely! There already are alternatives listed here: AlternativeTo icon AlternativeTo

Feel free to add new ones or suggest changes to the apps in that list!

Finessaready Figurolli
29

You guys are wicked awesome for even sharing this information

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coralinecastell

We could argue they are open-sourcing their open source alternative website!

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