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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by piotrkulpinski@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey, community :)

I run a website that showcases the best open-source companies. Recently, I've added a new feature that filters self-hosted tools and presents them in a searchable format. Although there are other options available, like Awesome-Selfhosted, I found it difficult to find what I needed there, so I decided to display the information in a more digestible format.

You can check out the list here: https://openalternative.co/self-hosted

Let me know if there’s anything else I should add to the list.

Thanks!

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[–] piotrkulpinski@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Noted! I have longer descriptions in the db, but didn't want to bloat the listings. Will try with a longer description soon.

[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a tough balance, you don't want a whole page for each one. Maybe if there was a clear list of tags so it's easier to understand even what category they're talking about?

For example:
Penpot
Design freedom meets open-source collaboration

I really don't know what this product category even is. Is it for web layout? Is it a drawing program? Is it for CAD?

[–] piotrkulpinski@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fair point. I'll try to add more context to the listings. Thanks!

[–] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe consider collapsible dropdowns or similar for the extra information

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

This is the solution. That way i can decide if i want to read more about one of them and then sinply open the dropdown.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

personally I love it when websites solve this problem with hover hints, theres something satisfying about seeing a paragraph of text on hover that just answers all my questions. not sure how that'd work for people viewing on mobile though

[–] piotrkulpinski@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Added just that! Thank you for the suggestion.

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

anytime! just remember as @Shimitar@feddit.it pointed out, these will be useless for tablet and mobile users, so you may still need an additional solution!

[–] Shimitar@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

No please, hover links are just useless to tablet and mobile users, anybody without a mouse actually!

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

A "more" button after the one liner would be very nice. Or make the one-liner a link that gives a longer description.

Thanks for the work. I've bookmarked it!