Weekly Digest — 2026 #35
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Add 15 new alternatives.
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Fresh alternatives
Apogee
Alternative to Merlin AI, HARPA AI, MaxAI, Mozilla Orbit
Private, in-browser AI summarizer for articles, videos, and PDFs that runs entirely on-device via WebGPU, WebAssembly, or a local Ollama instance.
FinTrack
Alternative to Mint, YNAB, Monarch Money
Open source personal finance platform for tracking accounts, transactions, and monthly budgets, with CSV imports. Self-host via Docker or AWS.
Notifkit
Alternative to Knock, Courier, OneSignal, customer.io
Open source notification infrastructure you self-host — one API for email, SMS, push, and webhooks with fallbacks, quiet hours, retries, and logs.
Bookshelf
A self-hosted ebook library that runs on Cloudflare R2 or a local Node server, with in-browser EPUB and PDF readers and per-profile reading positions.
Atomic CRM
Alternative to Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM
A full-featured open-source CRM built with React, shadcn/ui, and Supabase for managing contacts, deals, tasks, and notes.
Liwan
Alternative to Google Analytics, Plausible Analytics, Fathom Analytics
A lightweight, privacy-first web analytics platform written in Rust. No cookies, no database, under 1KB tracking script.
Experiential
Alternative to OpenRouter, Portkey, Cloudflare AI Gateway
Open source AI gateway and router that exposes hosted, BYOK, local, and custom models through one OpenAI-compatible API.
Quillpad
Alternative to Google Keep, Evernote
A free, open-source Android app for markdown notes and task lists with reminders, file attachments, and optional Nextcloud sync.
FerrumPix
Alternative to Google Photos, iCloud Photos, Amazon Photos, Synology Photos
Desktop photo manager and image editor for Linux, Windows, and macOS with RAW development, batch processing, and Immich/Nextcloud integration.
Sharkord
Alternative to Discord, Microsoft Teams, Slack
Self-hosted chat server with voice, video, text, and screen sharing — Discord-like features on your own infrastructure.
Bolnee Chat
Alternative to Chatbase, Tidio, CustomGPT.ai, Intercom
Self-hosted RAG chatbot platform that answers visitor questions from your website and PDFs, with a two-line embeddable widget and citations.