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24 alternatives to 48hr.dev, Y Combinator at TikTok's pace.:3

this is an open-source project. the MVP to end all MVPs. made by me, a teenage developer angry at FAANG employees for creating a soulless, consumer-oriented world. The future is in creation, and the future is in teaching people to slam shit together with ChatGPT. Welcome to the start. :P

48hr.dev is an open-source development tool designed to help creators build projects quickly using AI assistance. It targets developers who want to prototype and launch ideas rapidly without extensive planning or… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 48hr.dev, Y Combinator at TikTok's pace.:3 launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hello, My name is Yahia, I've been working on scraping products for a long time and maintain a couple of free sites in my spare time (E.g. knifegeek.io) What prompted this is i've rebuilt scraping infra at every company I've started and finally just made it a product. Pass a URL, get clean markdown, html, images, sitemap or pass a domain, get logos, colors, socials, industry data. Goal is to offer a better service than VC funded competitors at a fraction of the cost. Stealth is included and automatic at no additional cost (normally an upcharge by alternatives). Would love your honest thoughts.

    Jul 2026 · context.dev · its alternatives →

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    co.dev▲712

    Turn your ideas into full-stack apps

    2025 · co.dev · its alternatives →

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    a0.dev▲479

    Generate full mobile apps with AI

    2025 · a0.dev · its alternatives →

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    Discover, compare, and choose AI models—100% Free

    2024 · countless.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I am Jiayuan, and I'm here to introduce a tool we've been building over the past few months: Devv (https://devv.ai). In simple terms, it is an AI-powered search engine specifically designed for developers. Now, you might ask, with so many AI search engines already available—Perplexity, You.com, Phind, and several open-source projects—why do we need another one? We all know that Generative Search Engines are built on RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)[1] combined with Large Language Models (LLMs). Most of the products mentioned above use indexes from general search engines…

    2024 · devv.ai · its alternatives →

  6. 6GE

    Hello Hacker News community, Wanted to share a project I started working on during my spare time and was then discovered by many in the open source community last week. GPT Engineer’s mission: Be the open platform for devs to tinker with and build their personal code-generation toolbox. I believe it's key for us devs to engage in how building software can and will change. You can find more info about the flexible technical "philosophy" to make it work well, and the community we want it to become on github: https://github.com/AntonOsika/gpt-engineer The project is still in…

    2023 · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    Learn programming for free.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    A video community for indie hackers, built for real relation

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Building something together, in 48 hours.

    2024 · 48hr.dev · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Collaborate with your friends on the same code in real time

    2018 · blog.dartafrica.io · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, We’re two developers (co-founders) with a team of 20 who got tired of spending hours reviewing PRs, so we built Infinitcode.ai, an AI-powered code reviewer that: - *Summarizes PRs in plain English*: No more deciphering 1,000-line diff jungles - *Catches more than bugs*: Security holes, performance pitfalls, code smells, even typos (yes, we’ll flag “vurnerabilities” and vulnerabilities) - *Zero onboarding*: Works instantly—no “let me learn your codebase for weeks” nonsense. Why we’re posting: We’re in alpha and need brutal honesty. Roast our tool, mock our UI, or tell us why AI will…

    2025 · infinitcode.ai · its alternatives →

  12. 12IM

    I am a non-hacker "idea guy" with zero discernible talent. Like most, the story starts with me doing things the hard way. I dreamt of a tool that would save me countless hours. Like most of my ideas, it was supposed to die in a couple of hours, but this one had some legs.... "If I needed this, surely others did too" kept looping in my head. Could I get this built? Could I build it myself? Nah...too lazy to learn how, but before I did anything, I had to promise myself one thing: No more ideas! If ideas were sit-ups, I would have a six pack instead of this tire. It was a constant mental…

    2012 · readwriteweb.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm Alan Founder of wonderful.dev (https://wonderful.dev/) We're building a community for programmers, with a goal to make it easier to network with other devs and connect with companies you’re interested in. The inspiration for wonderful.dev came from my own experiences job searching in the tech industry. I wanted to create a platform where the focus was on mutual interest and meaningful connections instead of resumes, job applications, and coding challenges. Here's how wonderful.dev works: 1. Profile creation: You link accounts like GitHub and WakaTime, and we pull…

    2025 · wonderful.dev · its alternatives →

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    I am about to graduate from university this year, and I had an idea to create a mobile app similar to TikTok but for OnlyFans. Interestingly, the inspiration to replicate TikTok came from an episode of the Acquired Podcast discussing Meituan. It seemed somewhat ironic to copy a Chinese app. I ran out of money to pay rent though, so I’m looking for jobs here in Sydney instead now. I want to keep working on this project in my spare time and would appreciate any feedback and particularly guidance for how to run an open-source project!

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone, after months of work we’re excited to show you crowd.dev - the open-source platform for community-led growth. We created crowd.dev with the belief that the future of business relies on thriving communities - particularly in the fast-growing open-source and developer space. Developers have increased buying power when it comes to the technologies their companies use, and the way to their hearts isn’t through paid ads or sales reps but through authentic community interactions. In other words, developer-focused companies (open-source, API, dev tools) need communities to grow. While…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16IC

    I saw this app youlearn.ai on YC and thought of building it. They are claiming to have 1M+ users with just one feature which is to convert your learning material into summaries, quizzes etc. I gave this a shot and cloned almost most of the features in just 9+ hours of continous vibe coding (with 20% manual though). Now I'm selling this on mvp marketplace. Might probably open source it in future or give it free.

    2025 · ai-tutor.mvpwrappers.com · its alternatives →

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    Tikpal▲24

    We’re building Tikpal, an AI voice productivity tool based on a simple principle: Human creativity should remain the core engine. AI should be an accelerator, not the protagonist. The goal is to reduce screen dependency and cognitive fragmentation, and let people work in a more natural “voice-first” flow. Instead of clicking through interfaces and context-switching between apps, you talk to Tikpal, and it helps you think, structure ideas, and execute tasks. Three layers we are focusing on: FOCUS — Tools like Pomodoro, breathing cues, ambient audio, and micro-interactions to create sustained…

    Dec 2025 · tikpal.ai · its alternatives →

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    Makefaster.dev is an AI skill that runs an autoresearch loop to continuously discover, test, and implement performance improvements.

    Sep 2026 · makefaster.dev · its alternatives →

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    Makr.io▲20

    AI-built Next.js web apps – open-sourced for anyone to adapt

    2024 · makr.io · its alternatives →

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    I’ve spent the last 2.5 months building a product that runs LLM-powered code reviews on my pull requests — and I just launched it. The tool is built specifically for solo developers. You install it on your repo, trigger a scan by creating a pull request, and it leaves structured review comments using OpenAI under the hood. Funnily enough, I used the dev version of this app to review its own pull requests while building it. It helped me spot bugs, simplify structure, and keep quality high — all with minimal need for another human in the loop. Things I want to try out in the next months : -…

    2025 · codii.dev · its alternatives →

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    I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22LD

    hey hn, I made & launched lead.dev - a free, gamified way of launching your startup. Get feedback, find new users & compete on the daily, weekly, monthly & all time MRR leaderboards. Example profile: lead.dev/lewis Stack: - nextjs 15 (w/ partial pre rendering + ssr) - shadcn UI components - v0/cursor - trigger.dev - authjs - prisms - vercel

    2024 · lead.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! I got pretty overwhelmed with Notion, Trello, etc. (Even though they are great tools!) as an indie dev, so I built an app that is simpler to use and perfectly suited for an indie like me :) You can basically divide your projects into multiple milestones (a milestone could be e.g. a new version), and the milestones can have multiple tasks that are either todo, in progress, or done. The progress for each milestone is calculated with those tasks, and you can also prioritize and categorize the tasks using tags (E.g. for me, #ph turns into "High Priority", and #pm into "Medium…

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24VD

    Hey HN – We made [Von.dev](https://von.dev), an AI-native development environment to build full-stack apps. Our differentiations: Multiple Tech Stacks (Python and React), AI model selection, VS Code in browser, Use your own Openrouter key, Deep Data Integration such as google sheets and many more We are currently in beta. Looking for feedback from devs building serious tools or internal apps who want more power than current AI coding assistants offer. Try it here: [https://von.dev](https://von.dev) Happy to answer any questions! - Harsh

    2025 · von.dev · its alternatives →

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