Weekly Digest — 2026 #41
$ weekly-digest --issue 2026 #41 --published
This week's commit
Add 18 new alternatives.
+121,504 stars across tracked repos· −1 vendor lock-in.
Fresh alternatives
FlyBudget
Alternative to YNAB, Mint, Monarch Money, Rocket Money, Quicken, Copilot Money, Empower
A free, local-first budgeting app with zero-based planning, bank sync, and desktop and self-hosted apps.
DartPDF
Alternative to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader, Nitro PDF, PDF Expert
A free, local PDF editor for mobile, desktop, and web. Annotate, fill forms, sign, and redact with no account or uploads.
word-sys PDF Editor
Alternative to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader, Nitro PDF, PDF Expert
A free, open-source PDF editor for Linux that lets you edit text, images and objects, merge documents, and export to DOCX, PPTX and more.
Event Schedule
Alternative to Eventbrite, Lu.ma, DICE, Meetup, BookItBee, Seetickets
Open-source event calendar and ticketing platform with no platform fees on ticket sales.
Mnemo
Alternative to Quizlet, Notion, Microsoft OneNote, Obsidian, XMind, MindMeister
Mnemo is a free, open-source desktop study app combining block-based notes, FSRS flashcards, and mind maps with no accounts or tracking.
Sealed Secrets
Alternative to HashiCorp Vault, Doppler, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault
Encrypt Kubernetes Secrets into SealedSecrets that are safe to store in Git, decrypted only by a controller in your cluster.
PhotoCraft
Alternative to Adobe Photoshop
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop in pure Rust — layers, masks, adjustments and real PSD files.
EffectCraft
Alternative to Adobe After Effects
Open-source motion graphics and VFX compositor in Rust — a clean-room challenger to Adobe After Effects.
DesignCraft
Alternative to Adobe InDesign
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe InDesign in Rust — page layout and publishing.
FilmCraft
Alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Premiere Pro in Rust — editing, colour, captions and export.
LightCraft
Alternative to Adobe Lightroom
Open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Lightroom in Rust — photo library and raw development, local-first.
PrintCraft
Alternative to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Foxit Reader, Nitro PDF
Open-source PDF workbench in pure Rust — read, organize, combine, split, comment and secure PDFs.
VectorCraft
Alternative to Adobe Illustrator
Open-source, clean-room take on the Adobe Illustrator workflow, built in pure Rust for desktop and web.
SmartCompanion
Alternative to izi.TRAVEL, VoiceMap, Smartify, Guidemate, Hearonymus
Open-source PWA audioguide for museums and cultural institutions that runs in any browser.
LicenseTrack
Alternative to Flexera One, Snow License Manager, ServiceNow Software Asset Management
Self-hosted software license procurement and lifecycle tracking: requests, quotes, purchases, renewals, vendors, documents, and audit history.
App Store Screenshots Generator
Alternative to AppScreens, Previewed, Figma
An open-source AI agent skill that builds a local Next.js editor for App Store and Google Play screenshots with device frames and store-size exports.