Software category guide
Product Hunt is the best-known place to launch products, but open-source maintainers and users also rely on GitHub Trending, Show HN, curated directories and analytics sites. This page maps those channels.
Tools here are directories and launch platforms, not all open source themselves; the openSource flag marks which ones publish their code. TechLogHub also lists projects at /oss and new products at /products.
Tools, licences and pricing checked against vendor and repository pages on November 7, 2026.
| Tool | Best for | Pricing | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | Broad launch audience | Free to browse; see vendor pricing for launch options | Proprietary |
| GitHub Trending | Seeing what developers star | Free | Proprietary |
| Show HN (Hacker News) | Technical audience feedback | Free | Proprietary |
| OpenAlternative | Positioning OSS against SaaS | Free to browse; see vendor pricing for submission options | CC0-1.0 |
| awesome-selfhosted | Self-hosting audience | Free | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| OSS Insight | Tracking project momentum | Free | Apache-2.0 |
| AlternativeTo | Alternative-search traffic | Free to use | Proprietary |
| Console.dev | Developer tool coverage | Free newsletter | Proprietary |
Best for: Broad launch audience · Free to browse; see vendor pricing for launch options
Product Hunt showcases new tech products through daily, weekly and monthly launch rankings, with forums and launch guides.
Best for: Seeing what developers star · Free
GitHub Trending lists repositories gaining the most stars, filterable by language and time span.
Best for: Technical audience feedback · Free
Show HN is for non-trivial projects you built and can discuss, ideally easy to try without signup.
Best for: Positioning OSS against SaaS · Free to browse; see vendor pricing for submission options
OpenAlternative is a curated directory of open-source alternatives to popular SaaS products; projects can be submitted at /submit. Its repository is CC0 licensed.
Best for: Self-hosting audience · Free
awesome-selfhosted is a community-curated list of self-hosted software. The repository content is CC-BY-SA-3.0 licensed (a content license, not a software license).
Best for: Tracking project momentum · Free
OSS Insight is a free analytics site using GitHub event data for trends, comparisons and rankings of open-source projects.
Best for: Alternative-search traffic · Free to use
AlternativeTo is a community directory for finding and comparing alternatives to apps and services.
Best for: Developer tool coverage · Free newsletter
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| If you need… | Start with |
|---|---|
| Broad launch day | Product Hunt |
| Technical feedback | Show HN (Hacker News) |
| OSS-vs-SaaS positioning | OpenAlternative, AlternativeTo |
| Self-hosters | awesome-selfhosted |
| Track traction | GitHub Trending, OSS Insight |
Quick answers to common questions
OpenAlternative and awesome-selfhosted are OSS-focused; Product Hunt itself accepts open-source products.
It is algorithmic based on star velocity; you cannot submit.
Projects must be non-trivial, built by you, and easy to try.
Yes, see /oss and /products on TechLogHub.
List it on TechLogHub and we'll review it for this guide.
