Why does this page list fewer alternatives than other articles?

Because we rank only the tools that genuinely substitute for the one you are replacing, and in most categories that is five to eight, not twenty.

Long lists are easy to produce and hard to use. Padding a ranking with weak-fit tools makes the page look thorough while pushing the actual decision back onto you. If only four tools in a category do the same job as the target, we rank those four and stop.

The same rule cuts the other way. When a category genuinely has many close substitutes, the list is longer. The length follows the category rather than a target word count.

If you think we have left out a tool that belongs, tell us on the page itself with the "Suggest a change" link, or through the feedback form. Additions are checked against the same substitutes rule before they go in.