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This is a URL-based image API designed for developers who need to manipulate or serve images programmatically. Built as a weekend project and launched in 2013, it allows users to process images through URL parameters… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A url-based API for images (my weekend project) launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MW
   My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada▲212

   2011 · cantada.ca · its alternatives →

2. 2
   my weekend(s) project, instant websites▲24

   Share your content, track what works, and keep everything under your own domain.

   2012 · qiip.me · its alternatives →

3. 3MW
   My Weekend Project: One-Click Developer Portfolio Website▲78

   2013 · prtflio.eu · its alternatives →

4. 4MW
   My weekend project using the Soundcloud API▲178

   2012 · getworkdonemusic.com · its alternatives →

5. 5MC
   My (current) Weekend Project - I am, I do▲77

   2011 · iamido.info · its alternatives →

6. 6MW
   my weekend project - Bookmarks made serviceable▲36

   2013 · memorypool.io · its alternatives →

7. 7MW
   my weekend project - stumbleupon for videos▲45

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8. 8MU
   my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images▲225

   2013 · phrase.it · its alternatives →

9. 9MW
   My weekend project - preview TV sizes on your wall▲179

   2011 · tvsizematters.com · its alternatives →

10. 10MW
    My weekend project - Tool to manage all your social network settings▲52

    2012 · blisscontrol.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    imgix▲114

    The Image URL API is the heart of the imgix service.

    2014 · imgix.com · its alternatives →

12. 12MW
    My Weekend Project – Automatically determine date format string▲28

    2018 · date-format.xyz · its alternatives →

13. 13MW
    My weekend project - minimotivation.com▲78

    2010 · minimotivation.com · its alternatives →

14. 14MW
    My weekend project, realtime log viewer in Flask▲58

    2011 · logger.conceptis.org · its alternatives →

15. 15WP
    Weekend Project - Finding Random Imgur Links with JavaScript▲12

    2012 · image-roulette.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MW
    My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground▲56

    2011 · demoseen.com · its alternatives →

17. 17WP
    Weekend Project - Create Simple Android mockup▲110

    2011 · yeblon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18MW
    My weekend Project - Almost Flat UI Theme▲100

    2013 · websymphony.net · its alternatives →

19. 19MW
    My "weekend" project, an ML dialect and compiler▲68

    2012 · texodus.github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ImageOptim API▲195

    Web service for image compression

    2017 · imageoptim.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ChartURL▲272

    Create image charts on the fly for web, mobile, and email

    2015 · charturl.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    An API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots▲208

    A self-hosted API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots. - goodreasonai/ScrapeServ

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cloud Vision API▲336

    Image recognition API for developers from Google

    2015 · cloudplatform.googleblog.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MW
    my weekend project - music discovery for karmawhores▲15

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