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 new way to organize online discussions launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Unhangout▲79

   An open source platform for running unconferences online

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Threadable▲93

   Making group email lists less noisy, more actionable

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Startup Chat - 100: How to Make Meetings More Meaningful▲58

   How to structure meetings and share information

   2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   This▲147

   Each member can share just one link a day.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5AS
   a social site designed to manage multiple groups▲9

   2011 · circleriot.com · its alternatives →

6. 6FA
   FORUM – An alternative to Twitter▲5

   2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Discourse▲43

   New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.

   2014 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

8. 8OG
   Online Group Brainstorming▲6

   2021 · brainrain.app · its alternatives →

9. 9AA
   An Alternative to Reddit▲8

   2012 · narf.com · its alternatives →

10. 10WA
    Web app that makes conversations more fun▲6

    2020 · outofcharacter.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Linkforest▲6

    An online discussion platform

    2025 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    chatleads▲8

    A Conversational Experience Platform

    2018 · its alternatives →

13. 13TV
    Traverse, visually intuitive web commenting/discussion▲9

    2013 · 74.207.237.99 · its alternatives →

14. 14LC
    Live Chat from a Simple Link▲6

    2022 · contactlink.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AN
    A New Decentralized Social Network▲6

    2014 · getmelange.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AM
    A message board app encompassing all topics in 1 site▲5

    2020 · cliqbeta.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CC
    Caint.casa, a simple hosted comment system▲6

    2021 · caint.casa · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Inverse - Team convos and knowledge sharing on any webpage▲9

    2020 · inverse.network · its alternatives →

19. 19CC
    Canny, collect and organize user feedback▲5

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

20. 20CC
    Canny, collect & organize user feedback▲5

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21LI
    Linkas.io – discussion on any page▲7

    2015 · linkas.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Next-Gen Community Discussion Forum Using Reputation System Algorithms▲6

    2016 · thecaucus.net · its alternatives →

23. 23AO
    An online writing group to get into a writing habit and improve▲6

    2019 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PaperCall▲6

    Easily manage conference talk submissions.

    2017 · papercall.io · 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 →