Guides & playbooks
Guides, comparisons and migration playbooks for managed open-source software. By DANIAN.
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Open-source Eventbrite alternatives in 2026
Pretix runs ticketing and event registration with no per-ticket fee — a platform you own, managed at €9/month.…
Open-source stack for bookkeeping firms in 2026
Invoicing, ERP, receipt management, cashflow and secure client docs — six open-source tools a bookkeeping firm…
Self-hosted Spotify alternatives in 2026
Navidrome, Koel and Ampache stream your own music library anywhere — for collections you own, not Spotify’s ca…
After Google Podcasts — self-hosted podcasting 2026
Google Podcasts shut down. Castopod hosts and publishes your show; oPodSync syncs subscriptions — podcasting y…
Open-source npm and Artifactory alternatives 2026
Verdaccio runs a private npm registry and caching proxy you own - scoped packages and faster installs, managed…
Reselling managed Uptime Kuma in 2026
How MSPs and agencies add an uptime-monitoring line on managed Uptime Kuma — per-client status pages, flat who…
Open-source Auth0 and Okta alternatives in 2026
Keycloak gives you SSO, OIDC, SAML and MFA on identity infrastructure you own — managed at €9/month, no per-ac…
Open-source stack for freelance designers 2026
Six open-source tools for a freelance designer — design, portfolio, contracts, invoicing, file delivery and ti…
Open-source Firebase alternatives in 2026
PocketBase and Directus give you an owned backend — database, auth, realtime API and file storage — managed at…
Open-source SurveyMonkey alternatives in 2026
LimeSurvey runs unlimited surveys with advanced question logic and full data ownership — managed at €9/month, …
After Jamboard — self-hosted whiteboards in 2026
Google discontinued Jamboard. WBO and the Nextcloud whiteboard give teams a collaborative board they own — man…
Reselling managed Documenso e-signature in 2026
How agencies offer client e-signing on managed Documenso — per-client isolation, no per-envelope metering, pre…