Stop paying for tools that have free open-source alternatives. These 10 repos saved me $1,300 a year.
I cancelled $123/month in subscriptions after finding these repos. Here's the list.
1. Ollama — Run LLMs Locally
Stars: 130K+ | Replaces: $20-200/mo in AI API costs
Run Llama, Mistral, Gemma locally. No API keys, no usage limits, no data leaving your machine.
brew install ollama && ollama run llama3.2
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