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115 titles from 108 authors in the last 30 days, with 105 distinct links and 45 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Reelbird, an open-source Loom and Screen Studio alternative for macOS · score 7.8

  Reelbird is a native macOS screen recorder that streams recordings to your own storage bucket, gives you a share link instantly, and allows post-editing (auto-zoom, cursor smoothing, captions) without changing the link. It stands out for its open-source, privacy-focused approach, rich feature set (MCP server, CLI, on-device AI), and seamless workflow compared to Loom or Screen Studio.

• Show HN: Geneva, a Rust FFmpeg CLI alternative with HTML/CSS graphics · score 7.8

  Geneva is a Rust-based command-line video editor that uses JSON documents to define edits and HTML/CSS for motion graphics, rendered without a browser. It combines FFmpeg codecs with a custom compositor and layout engine, offering a declarative, scriptable alternative to GUI editors and browser-based rendering pipelines. The project stands out for its performance, deterministic output, and built-in distributed rendering farm.

• Show HN: OpenScreen 2.0 – open-source Screen Studio alternative (Win/Mac/Linux) · score 7.8

  OpenScreen is an open-source cross-platform desktop app for screen recording and video editing, positioned as a free alternative to Screen Studio. It offers AI-powered editing, on-device transcription, GPU-accelerated rendering, a headless CLI, and an MCP server for AI agents, making it a powerful tool for creating polished product demos and walkthroughs.

• Show HN: Omnara – Open-source alternative to Claude Managed Agents · score 7.5

  Omnara is an open-source, self-hostable platform for running managed AI agents across any model and machine, with built-in tools, secrets, permissions, and streaming. It distinguishes itself by using a durable event-log architecture with stateless workers, remote machine daemons, subagents, and support for a wide range of sandbox providers and model backends.

Recent titles

1. Ask HN: What is a good open-weight alternative to Claude Code?
   2026-11-01 · HN discussion
2. Show HN: Spotify FOSS Alternative with Google Drive, S3, Soulseek
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
3. Show HN: Alternative FOSS companion app for new Casio F-B100W
   2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
4. OpenMausBot Open-source Grok Bot alternative with a virtual machine
   2026-10-30 · mausbot.com · HN discussion
5. Open-source Grok Bot alternative
   2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
6. Show HN: OpenArcanum – An End-to-End Encrypted Alternative to Discord
   2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
7. Show HN: Grip – Open-Source Screen Studio Alternative for Mac
   2026-10-29 · bestboy.dev · HN discussion
8. Sorry Harvey! I Made a Free Open-Source Alternative to Your Overpriced Legal AI
   2026-10-29 · sorryharvey.com · HN discussion
9. My favorite Grammarly alternative checks writing on my device
   2026-10-28 · makeuseof.com · HN discussion
10. Ask HN: Alternative to Tldraw Draw Fast?
    2026-10-28 · HN discussion
11. Termic: Open-source cross-platform Conductor alternative
    2026-10-28 · termic.dev · HN discussion
12. Mriya Ukraine's uncensored Facebook alternative (open beta)
    2026-10-28 · HN discussion
13. Show HN: I built a Lovable Alternative that runs in the browser
    2026-10-27 · playplanet.dev · HN discussion
14. Show HN: Grovs – Open-Source Alternative to Branch, Amplitude and Braze
    2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion
15. Show HN: A self-hosted alternative to Docker Offload
    2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion
16. Show HN: Better Design – alternative to Claude Design, for any coding agents
    2026-10-27 · better-design.com · HN discussion
17. Denmark's bid to ditch Microsoft Office for open-source alternative collapses
    2026-10-26 · tomshardware.com · HN discussion
18. Show HN: Hob - Open-source, on device alternative to Claude Cowork and ChatGPT
    2026-10-26 · github.com · HN discussion
19. Show HN: Valence – Self-hosted media browser (Jellyfin/Plex alternative)
    2026-10-25 · getvalence.app · HN discussion
20. GPU Screen Recorder: A ShadowPlay Alternative for Linux
    2026-10-24 · git.dec05eba.com · HN discussion
21. Apinator – A free Pusher alternative (presence, private channels, webhooks)
    2026-10-24 · apinator.io · HN discussion
22. Google Analytics Alternative
    2026-10-24 · lomenanalytics.com · HN discussion
23. I built an alternative to Raindrop and Pocket
    2026-10-23 · github.com · HN discussion
24. List-Unsubscribe: Give recipients an alternative to marking email as spam
    2026-10-23 · mxvalidation.com · HN discussion
25. Show HN: Balsio – a free European alternative to WhatsApp for work chats
    2026-10-23 · balsio.com · HN discussion
26. Show HN: Saerskriven, a Work in Progress alternative to OWASP threat dragon
    2026-10-22 · saerskriven.com · HN discussion
27. Alternative php2shell solution for those who can't or won't patch their PHP
    2026-10-22 · github.com · HN discussion
28. Show HN: Stackdome – An open source self-hostable Railway alternative on K8s
    2026-10-22 · github.com · HN discussion
29. Show HN: Klara – We built Rewind alternative that indexes text instead of video
    2026-10-22 · klaraapps.com · HN discussion
30. Open Source Obsidian Alternative
    2026-10-22 · HN discussion

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