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:SaaSS means using a service implemented by someone else as a substitute for running your copy of a program. The term is ours; articles and ads won't use it, and they won't tell you whether a service is SaaSS. Instead they will probably use the vague and distracting term “cloud”, which lumps SaaSS together with various other practices, some abusive and some ok. With the explanation and examples in this page, you can tell whether a service is SaaSS.
 
:SaaSS means using a service implemented by someone else as a substitute for running your copy of a program. The term is ours; articles and ads won't use it, and they won't tell you whether a service is SaaSS. Instead they will probably use the vague and distracting term “cloud”, which lumps SaaSS together with various other practices, some abusive and some ok. With the explanation and examples in this page, you can tell whether a service is SaaSS.
 
:''[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html Who Does the Server Really Serve?]''
 
:''[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html Who Does the Server Really Serve?]''
 
While solving the problem of SaaSS may seem sufficient, this doesn't solve other issues related to centralization and lack of standardization or of security. This page preferably lists software that helps people self-host their activities in the Internet while also providing some level of federation with other hosts; secondly, it lists replacements for some SaaSS variants in case there is no federated or no distributed self-hosted equivalent.
 
 
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|Section=Text translation
 
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|Package note={{#show: Gobby |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Collaborative real-time editing
 
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|Package=Etherpad
 
|Package note={{#show: Etherpad |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Navit
 
|Package note={{#show: Navit |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Satellite navigation and routing
 
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|Package=GNU FM
 
|Package note={{#show: GNU FM |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Internet radio
 
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|Package=GNU MediaGoblin
 
|Package=GNU MediaGoblin
|Package note={{#show: GNU MediaGoblin |?Short description}}
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|Package note=MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.
|Section=Media sharing, streaming and video-on-demand
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|Section=Media Publishing Platforms
 
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|Package=Adlint
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|Package note=It can point out insecure or nonportable code fragments, and can measure various quality metrics of the source code. It (currently) can analyze source code compliant with ANSI C89 / ISO C90 and partly ISO C99.  
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When used in conjunction with other free software, this could serve as the beginnings of a replacement for Coverity Scan
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|Section=Static Source Code Analyzers
|Package note={{#show: Tribler |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Popcorntime.sh
 
|Package note={{#show: Popcorntime.sh |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Diaspora
 
|Package note={{#show: Diaspora |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Social networks
 
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|Package=GNU social
 
|Package note={{#show: Social |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Mastodon
 
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|Package=Pump.io
 
|Package note={{#show: Pump.io |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Twister
 
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|Package=Piwik
 
|Package=Piwik
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|Package note=A suitable replacement for Google Analytics, for analyzing web user traffic on your website. Supports integration with popular web revision systems.
|Section=Analytics platforms
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|Section=Analytics Platforms
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|Package=GNU Taler
 
|Package note={{#show: GNU Taler |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Payment systems and cryptocurrencies
 
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|Package=Bitcoin-Qt
 
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|Package=Zcash
 
|Package note={{#show: Zcash |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Roundcube
 
|Package note={{#show: Roundcube |?Short description}}
 
|Section=E-mail server software, client webmail and groupware
 
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|Package=SOGo
 
|Package note={{#show: SOGo |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=SquirrelMail
 
|Package note={{#show: SquirrelMail |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Searx
 
|Package note={{#show: Searx |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Web search engine
 
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|Package=YaCy
 
|Package note={{#show: YaCy |?Short description}}
 
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|Package=Adlint
 
|Package note={{#show: Adlint |?Short description}}
 
|Section=Static source code analyzers
 
 
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|Package=GitBucket
 
|Package=GitBucket
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|Package note=A comprehensive [[Git]]-based software forge written in Scala.
 
|Section=Code hosting platforms
 
|Section=Code hosting platforms
 
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|Package=Gitea
 
|Package=Gitea
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|Package note=A community fork of [[Gogs]].
 
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|Package=GitLab
 
|Package=GitLab
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|Package note=GitLab Community Edition is a comprehensive [[Git]]-based software forge written in Ruby.
 
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|Package=Gogs
 
|Package=Gogs
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|Package note=A lightweight [[Git]] hosting service written in Go.
 
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|Package=Kallithea
 
|Package=Kallithea
|Package note={{#show: Kallithea |?Short description}}
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|Package note=Kallithea is a fast and powerful management tool for [[Git]] and [[Mercurial]] with a built-in push/pull server, full text search and code-review.
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|Package=Savane
 
|Package note={{#show: Savane |?Short description}}
 
 
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|Package=Weblate
 
|Package=Weblate
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|Package note=Weblate is a free/libre replacement of Transifex. It comes with an interface using [[Bootstrap]].
 
|Section=Translation platforms
 
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Revision as of 15:58, 12 May 2018


These are free/libre software replacements for Service as a Software Substitutes (which are sometimes also referred to as Web services or network services).

On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the only way to lose your freedom. Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, is another way to let someone else have power over your computing.
SaaSS means using a service implemented by someone else as a substitute for running your copy of a program. The term is ours; articles and ads won't use it, and they won't tell you whether a service is SaaSS. Instead they will probably use the vague and distracting term “cloud”, which lumps SaaSS together with various other practices, some abusive and some ok. With the explanation and examples in this page, you can tell whether a service is SaaSS.
Who Does the Server Really Serve?


Media Publishing Platforms

GNU MediaGoblin
MediaGoblin is a free software media publishing platform that anyone can run. You can think of it as a decentralized alternative to Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, etc.


Static Source Code Analyzers

Adlint
It can point out insecure or nonportable code fragments, and can measure various quality metrics of the source code. It (currently) can analyze source code compliant with ANSI C89 / ISO C90 and partly ISO C99.

When used in conjunction with other free software, this could serve as the beginnings of a replacement for Coverity Scan


Analytics Platforms

Piwik
A suitable replacement for Google Analytics, for analyzing web user traffic on your website. Supports integration with popular web revision systems.


Code hosting platforms

GitBucket
A comprehensive Git-based software forge written in Scala.


Gitea
A community fork of Gogs.


GitLab
GitLab Community Edition is a comprehensive Git-based software forge written in Ruby.


Gogs
A lightweight Git hosting service written in Go.


Kallithea
Kallithea is a fast and powerful management tool for Git and Mercurial with a built-in push/pull server, full text search and code-review.


Translation platforms

Weblate
Weblate is a free/libre replacement of Transifex. It comes with an interface using Bootstrap.


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