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Remote alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

ever-co/ever-gauzy4,296AGPL-3.0Open-source business management platform offering ERP, CRM, HRM, ATS, and project management features.Open on GitHub hcengineering/platform27,254EPL-2.0All-in-one project management web platform alternative to Linear, Jira, Slack, and Notion.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

Owned local legal entities (Remote owns entities in each market)
In-house local legal and payroll experts
Compliance protections and indemnities for local employment
Global payroll infrastructure and multi-country FX/payout network
SOC 2 / ISO-level operational maturity and audit-readiness

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Remote, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.