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A more optimistic homage to the slopware catalog https://alternativeto.net/lists/44427/slopware/, this list is designed to showcase projects, both FOSS and proprietary, which reject contributions from Generative AI LLM slop machines. The most pessimistic thing about this list is how short it is and how so many commonly used software solutions and websites are not included.
I have to give it up to the following sites for providing references:
- https://codeberg.org/brib/slopfree-software-index
- https://github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
There are a lot more projects on this list which I didn't include because they aren't on AlternativeTo (yet). I'll be adding more entries to this site (and removing those who fold to the AI overlords) on a regular basis. I'm including references, which are all first-hand declarations from the development teams for each entry to ensure items aren't included based on hearsay or conjecture.
Updated 10-2-2026
Libraries
musl is a clean and efficient C standard library implementation. It is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and aims to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and safety.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
The place to collaborate on an open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and related projects.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Java
Note: This is an interim policy. Will check back if this changes.
Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Windows Mobile
- iPhone
- Symbian S60
- BSD
- iPad
- Haiku
Multimedia
Amberol is a music player with no delusions of grandeur. If you just want to play music available on your local system then Amberol is the music player you are looking for.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
- Flathub
- GNOME
Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder for Windows, macOS, Linux and other operating systems.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Haiku
- FreeBSD
Networking & Security
Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
The C implementation of Unbound is developed and maintained by NLnet Labs. It is based on ideas and algorithms taken from a java prototype developed by Verisign labs, Nominet, Kirei and ep.net.
Unbound is designed as.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Operating Systems
Asahi Linux is a project and community with the goal of porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs, starting with the 2020 M1 Mac Mini, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
ChimeraOS (formerly GamerOS) is an operating system that provides an out of the box couch gaming experience. After installation, boot directly into Steam Big Picture and start playing your favorite games.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
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elementary OS is a free, fast and aesthetically pleasing operating system based on
Ubuntu .Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
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Gentoo Linux is a versatile, fast, highly configurable and completely free Linux and FreeBSD distribution geared towards developers and network professionals.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. It is available for a wide range of platforms, from large-scale servers and powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- BSD
Nura (formerly postmarketOS) extends the free and open source operating system Alpine Linux to run on smartphones and other mobile devices. Alpine is a security-oriented, light-weight Linux distribution based on musl libc and BusyBox.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Linux Mobile
Redox is a Unix-like Operating System written in Rust, aiming to bring the innovations of Rust to a modern microkernel and full set of applications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
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Organizations
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
Utilities
Alacritty is a blazing fast, GPU accelerated terminal emulator. It’s written in Rust and uses OpenGL for rendering to be the fastest terminal emulator available. Alacritty is available on GitHub in source form.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Linux Mobile
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Mac
https://www.chezmoi.io/developer-guide/
Note: Shows a Claude banner due to a single Claude commit that was created before the introduction of the ban.
KeePassXC asks us to be skeptical of them if we are skeptical of LLMs. This is a convincing argument. A password manager doesn't need 300 regular contributors armed with 14 LLMs; it just needs to do its job, be stable, and be ported to Qt 6 already.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Windows
Extensible text editor with UTF-8 support, syntax highlighting for many languages, remote file editing, customizable interface, and plugin integration.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- BSD
- Flathub
- GNOME
- OpenSolaris
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Collection of command-line tools for managing object files, binaries, and libraries, offering assembling, linking, disassembly, and format translation for multiple architectures.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
The Linux man-pages project documents the Linux kernel and C library interfaces that are employed by user-space programs. This package contains over 1,900 man pages.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for POSIX-compliant systems (e.g. *BSD and GNU/Linux), macOS and Windows, with the caveat that the platform must be supported by OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or diffe.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
Emulation
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Open-source hypervisor emulating CPUs via dynamic translation. Supports unmodified guest OS, allows mixed binary translation and native execution.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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Overall, it's hard to restrict LLM contributions, since nothing stops a vibecoder from copying and pasting LLM generated nonsense into a pull request, but this list shows those who are making an effort to discourage the practise.
Feel free to add suggestions in the comments!
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Comments
FluffyChat (a [matrix] client) can be added. From Contributing Guidelines:
Usage of LLMs to generate code or documentation is strictly prohibited.
Added!
Hi,
Nice work on the list!
I have one nit-pick – I would argue that Forgejo belongs more to the section “Code and App Repositories”, the difference being that Forgejo is self-hosted (Codeberg runs on Forgejo). Of course, one app can be added to multiple sections as well.
Thanks for the comment!
The list returned an error when I attempted to post forgejo into both categories so I left it in Development since it is a tool you can use to build a code repo around whereas codeberg is a repo built with it.
I saw your updates too: seeing nextcloud, tor-browser, and simplex in your updated list hit hard. :(