BrunoBernardino posted on Hacker News that his submission to european-alternatives.eu has sat in a “Waiting for Review” queue since July 2025. He notes the site hasn’t refreshed categories or added apps for half a year, and his attempts to contact the owner via chat and email over the past year have gone unanswered, and he wonders if the platform is effectively defunct.

The silence raises concerns for developers who rely on curated EU‑focused listings to discover non‑US software and hardware. Without an active repository, teams risk defaulting to American services that may conflict with data‑sovereignty policies as regulatory pressure mounts across the bloc. Community members often turn to GitHub‑based catalogs or regional open‑source hubs, but none currently match the breadth promised by the original directory.

Ask HN users have begun sharing alternatives such as AlternativeTo.eu, the EU‑funded Open Source Observatory, and private GitLab instances that tag European‑origin projects. While these workarounds fill gaps, the lack of a single, maintained portal hampers quick discovery and benchmarking for compliance audits and procurement decisions. Until the original site revives its workflow, the community will likely fragment its search across multiple smaller resources.