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24 alternatives to Advent of Code

Series of small programming puzzles for the holidays.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Advent of Code launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A series of daily small programming puzzles

    2016 · adventofcode.com · its alternatives →

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    24 Ways▲91

    An advent calendar for web geeks

    2014 · 24ways.org · its alternatives →

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    Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

    2015 · lightbot.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    Create daily with 24 no-code challenges

    2024 · adventofnocode.io · its alternatives →

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    A fun and interactive calendar

    2015 · adventmyfriend.com · its alternatives →

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    The digital advent calendar

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The game that defined the 2014 holiday season

    2014 · triviacrack.com · its alternatives →

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    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

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    Educational coding game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A quarterly publication about programming from Hacker School

    2014 · codewords.recurse.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn to code by cloning Product Hunt

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    UXmas▲75

    An advent calendar for UX folk

    2016 · uxmas.com · its alternatives →

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    24 days of SQL challenges. Test your SQL skills with festive puzzles!

    Dec 2025 · dbpro.app · its alternatives →

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    Series of logic puzzles using programming principles

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    A job board for coders

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Improve your skills by training w/ others on code challenges

    2014 · codewars.com · its alternatives →

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    A New Year's resolution a day until Christmas

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Beautifully designed cryptic puzzle game for iOS

    2014 · simogo.com · its alternatives →

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    Code▲76

    The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    A library of talks by UX experts

    2015 · talks.ui-patterns.com · its alternatives →

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    Learning to code becomes a game

    2015 · codingame.com · its alternatives →

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    An arcade game for programmers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    CODY▲136

    Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

    2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →

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    Mini-games that intro kids to HTML and web development

    2014 · codarica.com · its alternatives →

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