Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A crime map using open data and user reported data launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Play with an interactive heatmap of SF crime (and other cities)▲141

   View an interactive crime map and stats for San Francisco with Safemap, a completely free tool. Put your safety in your own hands.

   2024 · safemap.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   OpenPaths▲62

   A secure data locker for personal location information

   2014 · openpaths.cc · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Data Analysis with Open Source Tools▲69

   How to think about data

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Open-source structured data profiling library▲7

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Datastory▲118

   Turn the world's data into stories worth sharing

   22d ago · datastory.tech · its alternatives →

6. 6OS
   Open-Source Ratemyprofessor for the Police▲7

   2020 · clarity.onrender.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   AttackMap▲94

   A crowdsourced map of attacks happening now around the world

   2016 · attackmap.info · its alternatives →

8. 8OS
   Open-source database and summary data of forced arbitration cases▲8

   2021 · levelplayingfield.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AH
   Analysing Hacker News Metadata with R▲45

   2013 · vrepsys.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Mapsense▲61

    The API for data-driven mapping

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    FOIA Mapper▲5

    Access to the world of "hidden" public data

    2016 · speedypaper.com · its alternatives →

12. 12OS
    Open Source Police Accountability▲6

    2021 · badapple.tools · its alternatives →

13. 13RA
    Realtime – automated data-driven reports on public data▲6

    2024 · realtime.org · its alternatives →

14. 14GA
    Geocoding API built with government open data▲6

    2016 · latlon.io · its alternatives →

15. 15EO
    Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers▲5

    2016 · search.spince.com · its alternatives →

16. 16PT
    PolisPulse, the US public life in data▲7

    2019 · polispulse.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    OpenFOIA – local-first FOIA toolkit with entity graphs▲7

    FOIA toolkit for journalists and citizens.

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AI
    “Anguish”: Invisible Programming Language and Invisible Data Theft▲8

    2016 · blogs.perl.org · its alternatives →

19. 19ND
    New data visualization tool and why we made it▲9

    2014 · blog.spritesapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AB
    A beginner's guide to data analysis with unix utilities (part 1)▲7

    2015 · j-vdh.blogspot.com · its alternatives →

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    CrimeScore▲4

    Crime data API and safety maps for PropTech teams

    Jun 2026 · crimescore.io · its alternatives →

22. 22AW
    A website showing/updating surveillance cameras (OpenStreetMap-based)▲5

    2020 · pietervdvn.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23EV
    Embeddable Visitor Maps▲7

    2013 · maps.chrismacnaughton.com · its alternatives →

24. 24HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →