9 GitHub repos that quietly replace $2000 in SaaS
Self-hosted, free, and running on your own server
Swap Adobe, Notion, Figma, Airtable and five others for free open-source tools you host yourself — same functions, $0 a month.
What's inside
- All 9 repos with star counts and exact savings
- What each tool replaces and why it wins
- Self-hosted setup notes for every repo
- The full stack mapped to your SaaS bill
The Free SaaS-Killer Stack: 9 Repos
by Divjot Sahni · EZYE Consulting · ezye.com.au
The $2000 Problem
Adobe, Notion, Figma, Google One, Clay, Confluence and more — the monthly stack solopreneurs quietly bleed on.
Add the subscriptions up and most bootstrapped founders are paying over $2000 a year.
Every one of these has a free, self-hosted open-source equivalent most people never hear about.
Repo 1 — Stirling-PDF
★ 92.1k stars. More than 50 PDF tools in one place.
Editing, e-signing, redaction and OCR, running as a desktop app or on your own server.
Replaces Adobe Acrobat Pro at $29.99/mo. Your documents never leave your hands.
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