Build with AIusing open source

An Arabic-first, hand-written directory of free and open source tools. Every entry says why it is worth it, and where it falls short.

Browse the directory

“I read the code and the docs of every tool before I write about it. No invented ratings, no affiliate links.”

Fouad @withfouad

Odoo

Twenty

Documenso

Plane

Watermelon UI

Magic UI

Aceternity UI

Motion Primitives

shadcn/ui

21st.dev

Radix Primitives

Base UI

OpenClaw

Hermes Agent

OpenCode

Open Generative AI

Open WebUI

LibreChat

ComfyUI

Chrome DevTools MCP

Playwright MCP

Context7

GitHub MCP Server

Anthropic Skills

AGENTS.md

create-t3-app

Next.js SaaS Starter

Open SaaS

Supabase Next.js Starter

Primer

Carbon Design System

Open Props

Omarchy

NixOS

Distrobox

Devbox

Postiz

OpenReply

Jellyfin

Uptime Kuma

aiarabicdev.com/en/alternatives

Open source alternatives

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All 24 tools on this shelf

Odoo

Free tier

The open source business suite for accounting, sales, stock and more

Best for when

you run a small business on a pile of disconnected tools and spreadsheets
you want accounting, stock and sales on one database you control
you have a developer, or a partner, who can customise Python modules

Watch out for

the full accounting app, Studio and many local tax modules are Enterprise only, so Community may not cover your legal needs

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Everything you see here, your AI agent can read too. See how

llms.txt{ }.md

141

tools, written by hand

shelves

completely free

Counted from the directory itself on every update.

Where the tools are

Tools on each shelf. Hover any bar for the detail, click it to open the shelf.

Everything you needto build with AI

Open source alternatives

The open source version of software you already know

SAP→Odooopen
Salesforce→Twentyopen
DocuSign→Documensoopen
Jira→Planeopen
Notion→AppFlowyopen

24 tools

Landing page templates

Whole pages you can ship this afternoon

6 tools

UI component libraries

The buttons, inputs and overlays underneath everything

SaveCancelNew

you@example.com

AllReactVue

7 tools

AI agents you can run

Finished agents, not frameworks to build one with

Tidy the project and fix the failing tests

Read 14 files. Two tests are broken, fixing them now.

5 tools

Self hosted AI workspaces

Run the chat and image tools on your own machine

model: local ▾

Send a message...

6 tools

MCP servers

Give your agent hands

$ claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp

Added stdio MCP server playwright

$ claude mcp list

Chrome DevTools MCP: ✔ Connected

Playwright MCP: ✔ Connected

Context7: ✔ Connected

7 tools

Agent skills and instruction sets

Reusable instructions that change how a model works

.claude/skills/review/SKILL.md

---

name: review

description: Review a diff before merge

---

# Steps

1. Read the whole change first

2. Name two risks, then fix

6 tools

Full stack starter kits

Auth, database and billing already wired together

▸ app/

· (auth)/sign-in

▸ dashboard/

· api/stripe/webhook

· db/schema.ts

· emails/welcome.tsx

· .env.example

6 tools

Design systems and tokens

How large teams keep an interface coherent

AaAaAaAaAa4 · 8 · 12 · 16

6 tools

Development environments

The machine you build on, written down instead of remembered

$ nix develop

node 22.12 · pnpm 10 · postgres 17

$ distrobox create --image ubuntu:24.04

Container ubuntu created

4 tools

Self hosted apps

Software you run on your own machine instead of renting

Postiz
OpenReply
Jellyfin
Uptime Kuma
Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared)

64 tools

Your agent readseverything you read

Claude compares three component libraries for you

llms-full.txt

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot, Hermes Agent and OpenCode read llms.txt, resources.json and a Markdown twin of every page, so they pick a tool with the same notes you read.

llms.txt resources.json Markdown

Why I built aiarabicdev

Hi, I'm Fouad, a developer and creator who builds in Arabic.

Most tool lists are adverts: stars, hype and not a word about the drawbacks. And most are English only.

So I built aiarabicdev with three things in mind:

Written by hand. I read the code and the docs before writing, and every tool names at least two real drawbacks.
Arabic first. Every page in Arabic, with its English twin.
Agent ready. llms.txt and a Markdown twin of every page, so your agent reads the directory the way you do.

Oh, and no affiliate links. On any page.

My project

Machroui

Where founders launch their startups to the Middle East: a permanent product page in Arabic and English, a weekly vote, and discovery on Google and AI search.

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