Terms of Service
Last updated: May 7, 2026
1. Acceptance
By accessing ossreplace.com (the “Site”) you agree to these Terms. If you disagree, please do not use the Site.
2. Editorial nature
The Site is an editorial directory of open-source software. Information is provided in good faith from public data sources, but we make no warranties as to accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any purpose. You are responsible for evaluating any software before deploying it.
3. Trademarks
All product and company names mentioned on the Site (including but not limited to Notion, Slack, Jira, Trello, Asana, Calendly, GitHub, GitLab, Bitwarden, Nextcloud, Linode, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, and Hostinger) are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Use on this Site is nominative and informational. ossreplace.com is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these vendors except where an affiliate relationship is explicitly disclosed at /disclosure/.
4. Open-source content
Project descriptions, screenshots, and excerpts are reproduced from each project's public README under fair-use principles for purposes of comparison and commentary. Each project's own license governs reuse of its underlying code; we link to the upstream repository where the license is stated.
5. Affiliate compensation
Outbound links to hosting providers may earn ossreplace.com a referral commission at no cost to you. See /disclosure/ for full details.
6. No professional advice
Nothing on the Site constitutes legal, financial, or professional advice. Decisions about software adoption, security posture, and infrastructure are yours.
7. Acceptable use
You may not: scrape the Site at scale without prior written consent; reproduce the editorial scoring methodology without attribution; use the Site to harass, defame, or violate any law.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Cody's Resale LLC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from use of the Site.
9. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, United States. Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Harford County, Maryland.