Osclass alternative

An Osclass alternative with nothing to install.

Osclass is free, open-source classifieds software, and it is still maintained: version 8.4.0 came out on 2 October 2026. What owners look for elsewhere is usually not the core but the rest: the server, the paid plugins and the yearly renewals. Here are the options, what each costs in year one, and how to move your listings. [1]

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Last checked: 15 October 2026. Facts about other products come from their own websites; the sources are listed at the end of this page.

Why owners look elsewhere

What sends people looking for a Osclass alternative.

You run the serverOsclass runs on a server you rent and keep up to date, with PHP 7.4 or newer and MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB. Updates, security fixes and backups are yours to do. [1]

Features come as pluginsPayments, messages, offers, reviews, social sign-in, SEO and maps are each a paid plugin: €729.78 for the 17 plugins and services that match Yclas. [2]

Renewals every yearUpdates and support for premium themes and plugins renew at 35% of their price each year. [2]

Little AIThe AI Listing Assistant plugin writes text from text, not from a photo, and AI search is a custom integration service. [2]

The options

4 alternatives to Osclass, and who each one suits.

Year one means what a working site costs in its first year, from each product's own prices. Hosting for self-hosted software depends on the host you choose, so it is left out.

Yclas

A hosted classifieds platform: payments, messages, reviews, auctions, bookings and AI built in, with hosting, updates, backups and support in one monthly price.

Year one	$678 on Starter ($19 a month for 3 months, then $69 a month)
Good for	Owners who would rather run the marketplace than a server, a theme and a list of plugins.

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Flynax

A one-time licence for software you host, with paid support, templates, plugins and apps, against a hosted service with one monthly price.

Year one	$594 + hosting ($789 with the apps)
Good for	You want a one-time licence and to run the software on your own server.

Yclas vs Flynax →

WordPress plugins

Directorist, HivePress, Classified Listing and AdForest: cheap to buy, and you run WordPress, hosting and updates yourself.

Year one	About $99 to $116 + hosting
Good for	Your site already runs on WordPress and you want listings inside it, next to your blog or shop.

Yclas vs WordPress classifieds plugins →

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LaraClassifier

A classifieds script built on Laravel that you buy once and host yourself, with 6 months of support, 14 language files and paid add-ons such as payment gateways ($35 each). [3]

Year one $69 to $79 + hosting

Good for Developers who want Laravel source code to build their own features on.

Year one	$69 to $79 + hosting
Good for	Developers who want Laravel source code to build their own features on.

In numbers

Yclas and Osclass, from our comparison.

24 of 28 featuresthat Yclas includes are paid add-ons, partial or missing in Osclass.
7 AI tools, built inIncluded in Osclass: 0 of them.
€729.78 in plugins to match17 paid plugins and services for Osclass, bought one by one.
$678Yclas Starter in year one, with hosting and support.

Read the full comparison: Yclas vs Osclass →

Switching

Moving from Osclass

Yclas reads an Osclass database export directly.

Export your Osclass database as a .sql or .sql.gz file, the kind phpMyAdmin or your hosting panel makes.
Start a free trial, choose "I already have a site" in the sign-up wizard, and upload the export in Move your site to Yclas.
Match the fields, check the dry run (a preview with any errors, nothing is saved yet), then import.

Your listings come across with their categories, locations and photos, and so do user accounts. Passwords are not copied: imported users set a new one. Photos come from a ZIP of your uploads folder or from your old site's addresses. Other plugin data, such as payments or ratings, is not imported. You can undo the latest import within 7 days.

When to stay with Osclass

You want to run the whole thing yourself: your server, your copy of the code, any change you like.
You or someone on your team is happy to handle PHP, MySQL and server updates, and that time costs less than a monthly plan.
You need a particular plugin from the OsclassPoint catalogue that Yclas doesn't have.
You already pay for hosting and want to spend close to nothing on software in the first year.

Questions

Questions people ask

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Is Osclass still maintained?

Yes. Osclass 8.4.0 was released on 2 October 2026, and OsclassPoint still sells themes and plugins. Owners usually move for other reasons: running the server themselves, and the cost of plugins and their yearly renewals.

What is the easiest alternative to Osclass?

A hosted platform, where there is no server, install or update to look after. Yclas is hosted, and the features Osclass sells as plugins, such as payments, messages, offers, reviews and maps, are in every plan.

Can I move my Osclass listings to Yclas?

Yes. Export your Osclass database as a .sql or .sql.gz file and upload it in Move your site to Yclas. Listings, categories, locations, photos and user accounts come across after a dry run you can check, and you can undo the latest import within 7 days.

Is there a free alternative to Osclass?

Osclass itself is the free option, along with free WordPress plugins; both need hosting you pay for and run. Yclas has a 15-day free trial, with no credit card, then a monthly plan that includes hosting.

Sources

Checked on 15 October 2026. Prices change: the vendor's own page is always the latest word. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.

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