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9 free repos that replace $261.54 a month in paid software

Nine open source GitHub projects you install yourself and cancel a subscription for. What each one actually replaces, what it does not, and the real limit the README leaves out.

  • All 9 repos with the tool each one replaces and its real monthly price
  • The exact license for each repo (they are not all MIT, and three show no license badge at all)
  • The honest limit on each one: what a free tier caps, what still needs your own SMTP account, what needs a GPU
  • How to get each one: hosted free tier, self-host, or a straight install command

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9 repos that replace Figma, Jira, Pipedrive, ElevenLabs, Intercom, Loom, DocuSign, Mailchimp, and Midjourney. Prices and licenses checked directly, not copied from a listicle.

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What's Inside

9 open source repos, each mapped to the paid tool it replaces The real price of what you're replacing, checked against the vendor's own pricing page The license for each repo, since three of them carry no explicit license badge The honest limit on each one, so you know before you

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The Math Nobody Does For You

A design tool, a project tracker, a CRM, a support inbox: each one looks cheap alone.

03

Penpot replaces Figma ($16/mo)

A free design tool that runs in your browser and works with standard SVG files.

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