We just built a directory of paid SaaS and the open-source tools you can self-host instead. Then, instead of shipping the directory and calling it a day, we ran a build-time freshness check on every recommended OSS repo: how recent is the last commit, and is the GitHub repo archived? This post is what we found in the first monthly snapshot. If you're paying for SaaS and looking for a self-hostable replacement, here's the headline: 118 unique GitHub repos referenced across 50 SaaS categories 105 alive (last commit ≤ 90 days) 4 stale (90 days – 1 year) 6 dead (commit > 1 year ago, or repo archived on GitHub) 3 unknown (renamed / moved / private — see notes) That's about 11% of recommended self-host alternatives that we wouldn't deploy on a fresh box today without a second look — 5% truly dead, 3% stale, 3% we can't currently classify. Most directories of "open source alternatives to X" don't tell you any of this. They list the project, maybe a star count, and stop there.…