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24 alternatives to 500 Years of Witnessed Meteors w/ d3.js

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 500 Years of Witnessed Meteors w/ d3.js launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Discover Meteor - 5: Collections▲65
Understanding Meteor Collections
2015 · its alternatives →
2
Telescope▲147
Open-source HN clone built with Meteor
2013 · its alternatives →
3
Globe of History▲189
I built Globe of History — an interactive 3D visualization of 6,000 years of human events, mapped onto the Earth’s surface. It includes 5,000+ data points covering wars, inventions, assassinations, natural disasters, and philosophers — spanning 4000 BCE → 2025 CE. The main goal was to build a visual entry point into history — not a database, but a way to instantly sense density and continuity over time. Stack / Process Python for scraping structured event data from Wikipedia/Wikidata Gemini 2.0 Flash for AI-based enrichment and multi-stage verification Mapbox GL JS + React (Vite)…
Nov 2025 · globeofhistory.com · its alternatives →
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Discover Meteor - 4: Reactivity▲81
Learn all about reactivity inside Meteor apps
2015 · its alternatives →
5HI
How I found the 1740 Meteor apps (thx Fast Render)▲8
2014 · medium.com · its alternatives →
6
Odyssey 3▲159
A world model that simulates physics in real time
16d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →
7OS
Open source balloon simulation with Three.js▲307
2019 · alexanderperrin.com.au · its alternatives →
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Timelapse in Google Earth▲325
Watch time unfold and witness 40 years of planetary change
2021 · earth.google.com · its alternatives →
9
Discover Meteor – What Is Meteor?▲86
What makes the Meteor JavaScript framework so special?
2015 · its alternatives →
10
Perseids meteor shower from space▲136
3D visualization of NASA meteor shower data. Scientifically accurate and fully interactive.
2015 · ianww.com · its alternatives →
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I’m working on a book about Meteor. You can read it online for free.▲9
2014 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →
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Exoplanets Data Visualisation Using D3.js▲50
An interactive data visualisation about Exoplanets by TK Vishal
2019 · exoplanetexplore.now.sh · its alternatives →
13FI
Fireballs in the Sky – Meteor sightings app▲5
2015 · fireballsinthesky.com.au · its alternatives →
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Discover Meteor – Publications & subscriptions▲80
How Meteor shares data between client and server
2015 · its alternatives →
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FeathersJS▲183
A truly open source, community driven Meteor alternative
2016 · feathersjs.com · its alternatives →
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Transmission - The Future of Meteor in 2016▲52
Sashko and Ben discuss Arunoda’s “Meteor in 2016” article.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Crater Podcast - 79: Javascript news with a Meteor twist▲65
Josh Owens and Ben Strahan talk about news on Crater.io
2015 · its alternatives →
18
Discover Meteor SE▲86
A free Starter Edition of Discover Meteor
2014 · book.discovermeteor.com · its alternatives →
19WB
we built a blog platform in Meteor▲9
2013 · blog.percolatestudio.com · its alternatives →
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Web Rewind▲98
An interactive journey through 30 years of the web
Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com · its alternatives →
21RR
Realtime Reddit, with Meteor▲9
2012 · reddit.meteor.com · its alternatives →
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Planetarium▲61
An 8-bit planet generator
2015 · managore.itch.io · its alternatives →
23WP
Weekend project, D3.js Globe of Recent Earthquakes▲79
2012 · boydgreenfield.com · its alternatives →
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Discover Meteor - Security▲73
What you need to know to make your Meteor apps secure
2015 · its alternatives →

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