Alternatives and competitors
Sites like SourceForge
The 20 closest software directory and code hosting alternatives to SourceForge, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to SourceForge? The closest matches are Softpedia, doxygen.org and Zotero. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
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01 · Entity
About SourceForge
SourceForge sourceforge.net
Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge
SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.
Wikidata: web-based source code repository
Summary by Claude
SourceForge hosts open-source software projects and their downloads, with code repositories, bug tracking and download mirrors. It also runs a directory where buyers compare and review business software and IT services.
- Who it’s for
- Open-source developers, software users, and B2B software buyers
- Business model
- Advertising and vendor lead generation
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to SourceForge’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to SourceForge
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to SourceForge, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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software and tech-news website based in Romania
Very close cos 0.902 - 02
Doxygen homepage
Source code documentation and analysis tool
Very close cos 0.900 - 03
Zotero | Your personal research assistant
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Very close cos 0.896 - 04
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub
Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.
Very close cos 0.897 - 05
RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions
RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
Close cos 0.894 - 06
Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
Close cos 0.893 - 07
AI App and Website Builder | Replit
Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.
Close cos 0.893 - 08
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Close cos 0.892 - 09
corporation that owns a network of gaming-related websites
Close cos 0.889 - 10
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters, & software
Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Timely news source for technology related news and B2B software reviews & comparisons.
Close cos 0.893 - 11
Git
distributed version control system
Close cos 0.890 - 12
g2.com
American B2B software and services review platform and marketplace
Close cos 0.888 - 13
The Linux Kernel Archives
Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems
Close cos 0.888 - 14
Google Open Source
Google <3 Open Source
Close cos 0.887 - 15
Welcome – Gentoo Linux
The website of Gentoo, a flexible Linux distribution.
Close cos 0.886 - 16
DEV Community
A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career
Close cos 0.888 - 17
Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org
Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
Close cos 0.888 - 18
Client Challenge
free and open-source web content management system
Close cos 0.888 - 19
Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud
Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Close cos 0.886 - 20
The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com
Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.
Close cos 0.885
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to sourceforge.net’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones SourceForge uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What SourceForge is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Google Analytics page source: google-analytics.com/analytics.js
- Matomo page source: _paq.push(
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 include:sparkpostmail.com include:servers.mcsv.net ip4:216.105…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a562f830eb708908-HAM
- Video
- YouTube embeds page source: youtube-nocookie.com/embed/
- Email delivery
- SparkPost TXT v=spf1 include:sparkpostmail.com include:servers.mcsv.net ip4:216.105…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Bing Webmaster Tools meta msvalidate.01: 0279349BB9CF7ACA882F86F29C50D3EA
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=HugCfmT_JOUQaz6xbszx1O9W3ccm_Dh5GiageK7egmM
- Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: eddadce308154a90
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what SourceForge adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 16/20
- Cloudflare 9/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on sourceforge.net 8/20
- Google Workspace · not on sourceforge.net 8/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on sourceforge.net 6/20
- Apple Business · not on sourceforge.net 6/20
- Mailchimp 5/20
- OpenAI · not on sourceforge.net 5/20
- Fastly · not on sourceforge.net 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on sourceforge.net 4/20
- Zendesk · not on sourceforge.net 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on sourceforge.net 4/20
- Amazon SES · not on sourceforge.net 3/20
- Adobe · not on sourceforge.net 3/20
- Atlassian · not on sourceforge.net 3/20
- DocuSign · not on sourceforge.net 3/20