Open Source and Self Hosted alternatives that the world is searching for, in 2022

Are there other non obvious opportunities for builders in 2022? Here are my findings

I've often been in awe of the simplicity of how YC startup like Signoz or SuperTokens or others like Ghost have been able to get to 5000+ stars on Github. Some of the traits of these projects include:

  • simple value proposition
  • are an underdog, showcasing how they are more beneficial from some large expensive alternatives (many of whom are public companies)
  • for the average HN lurker - in retrospect seems like a very obvious idea
  • great documentation and grind it out for several years before being an overnight success

Are there other non obvious opportunities for builders in 2022? To find out, I quickly opened a few tabs on Google and Bing to see what people are searching for. Here are my results.

open source alternative to

google

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bing

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self hosted alternative to

google

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bing

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host your own

google

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bing

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how to make

google

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bing

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cloud version of

google

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bing

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Misc

how to export your

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how to import your

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how to learn

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onpremise version of

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decentralized version of

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What next

Once you pick an area, see what the best alternatives are on github/topics/ to see if there are clear leaders already. eg: this is one for the best schedulers