Why OpenRift?
Why this exists
Honestly? I just wanted to track my collection.
I tried what was already out there, but each site fell short in a different way. One was missing cards. Another felt slow every time I pulled it up on my phone and sometimes dropped cards mid-edit. A third had every feature you could want, but the basics didn't feel solid underneath.
And nothing really worked well on both desktop and mobile. Don't get me wrong, there are great mobile apps, but they just don't sync with anything you can use at a desk.
So naturally, after a full week of patient, rigorous evaluation, I did the only reasonable thing and built my own from scratch. OpenRift is on its way to being the card browser I wanted to use. Below is a side-by-side comparison so you can judge for yourself.
This comparison reflects my opinions as of early 2026, not marketing. Features change and I may have missed things. If you believe something is inaccurate, please send me an email so I can correct it or add more info.
What this site is (and isn't)
Where OpenRift is catching up
Beyond the feature gaps below, there are two things a table can't capture:
Feature comparison
The table compares OpenRift against the four most popular Riftbound card browsers, the ones you're most likely to have tried. A checkmark means the feature is available; a half circle means partial support; an X means not available; a question mark means I'm not sure.
Last verified on 2026-05-27. When you're reading this, it's probably already slightly out of date, as counts and features change regularly.
Data & Pricing
Collection
Deck Building
User Experience
Openness & Transparency
Community & Freshness
Tech stack
For the technically curious, or if you're thinking about contributing:
- Runtime
- Bun
- Language
- TypeScript end-to-end, linted with oxlint + oxfmt
- UI
- Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui + BaseUI primitives
- State & forms
- Zustand, React Hook Form, Zod
- Backend
- Hono + better-auth
- Database
- PostgreSQL via Kysely
- Monorepo
- Turborepo (web, api, shared)
- Quality
- Vitest + Playwright + Sentry