Dev tools · 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. AnyCable – real-time for Next.js, open source alternative to PaaS launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   DriftDB – an open source WebSocket backend for real-time apps▲367

   Hey HN! I’ve written a bunch of WebSocket servers over the years to do simple things like state synchronization, WebRTC signaling, and notifying a client when a backend job was run. I realized that if I had a simple way to create a private, temporary, mini-redis that the client could talk to directly, it would save a lot of time. So we created DriftDB. In addition to the open source server that you can run yourself, we also provide https://jamsocket.live where you can use an instance we host on Cloudflare’s edge (~13ms round trip latency from my home in NY). You may have seen my…

   2023 · driftdb.com · its alternatives →

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   Deepstream.io – open-source real-time server with pub/sub and data sync▲301

   A realtime server for the modern web

   2016 · deepstream.io · its alternatives →

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   Realtime Multiplayer by Supabase▲273

   Easily build real-time apps that enables user collaboration

   2022 · multiplayer.dev · its alternatives →

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   Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123

   Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids - caprover/README.md at master · caprover/caprover

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Serverless NextJS/GPT-3 Template▲118

   A serverless NextJS/React template to build GPT-3 apps

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   OpenShip▲154

   Open source PaaS on your server or in the cloud. No lock in.

   Aug 2026 · openship.io · its alternatives →

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   WebSocket-first development▲120

   An demo app for lattice-core. Contribute to jasonl99/card_game development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   SocketCluster.io – flexible open-source real-time server with pub/sub▲217

   Scalable open source pub/sub SDK with support for RPC, JWT authentication and Kubernetes — optimized for async/await

   2016 · socketcluster.io · its alternatives →

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   Realtime Postgres▲62

   Broadcast, Presence, and Postgres Changes via WebSockets - supabase/realtime

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I open-sourced my Go and Next B2B SaaS Starter (deploy anywhere, MIT)▲83

    Hi HN, I'm Mohammed, a technical founder who loves shipping and giving back to the community. I'm open-sourcing the full-stack engine that powers my B2B product, apflow.co. What it is: A production B2B starter with a Go backend and Next.js frontend. Both are fully Dockerized with separate containers. No Vercel. No Supabase. Deploy the whole thing on a $6 VPS, or split frontend and backend across different providers. You own the infrastructure. The problem I was solving: Every SaaS starter I evaluated had the same issue: they locked me into someone else's platform. Vercel for hosting.…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Portr – open-source ngrok alternative designed for teams▲172

    Expose local http, tcp or websocket connections to the public internet - amalshaji/portr

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pushpin – A new way to build realtime HTTP and WebSocket services▲114

    Reverse proxy for realtime APIs.

    2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

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    Open source hyper-live chatroom using WebSockets, Node.js, and Vue.js▲22

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Anyfiddle▲145

    Build, run and share code in any language from your browser

    2021 · anyfiddle.com · its alternatives →

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    Gridsome▲91

    A Jamstack framework for Vue.js, build apps fast by default

    2021 · gridsome.org · its alternatives →

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    Run globally distributed full-stack apps on high-performance MicroVMs▲98

    Hi HN! We’re Yann, Edouard, and Bastien from Koyeb (https://www.koyeb.com/). We’re building a platform to let you deploy full-stack apps on high-performance hardware around the world, with zero configuration. We provide a “global serverless feeling”, without the hassle of re-writing all your apps or managing k8s complexity [1]. We built Scaleway, a cloud service provider where we designed ARM servers and provided them as cloud servers. During our time there, we saw customers struggle with the same issues while trying to deploy full-stack applications and APIs resiliently. As…

    2023 · koyeb.com · its alternatives →

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    zero▲94

    One command to deploy Docker containers to your own server

    Apr 2026 · shipzero.sh · its alternatives →

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    Vialer-js – Open-source WebRTC communication platform▲127

    Pluggable WebRTC softphone and communication platform. - vialer/vialer-js

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fanout – Reverse proxy to push real-time data to connected devices▲84

    Deliver real-time data and low-latency WebSockets & pub/sub at the edge with Fastly. Scale chat, IoT, live apps and messaging with a self-managed infrastructure.

    2017 · fanout.io · its alternatives →

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    Realtime Chatroom Built with Laravel and VueJS▲53

    Creating Real Time chat with Laravel, Vue and Pusher - ahmedkhan847/chatwithlaravelandvue

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source non-blocking NIO Java HTTP Server▲59

    A full featured, stand-alone, high-performance HTTP server and client written entirely in plain Java - FusionAuth/java-http

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Deploy Next.js to AWS▲54

    Hi HN, we are Frank and Jay and we are working on a better way to deploy Next.js apps to AWS: https://serverless-stack.com/examples/how-to-create-a-nextjs-app-with-serverless.html We are the founders of SST, an open source framework that makes it easy to build serverless apps on AWS: https://github.com/serverless-stack/serverless-stack We found that many people in the community were looking for a better way to deploy Next.js apps to their own infrastructure and they were unhappy with the options. These were not easy to customize (Amplify Next.js) or…

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Razorframe – A Node.js module for empowering real-time apps at scale▲52

    Node library for empowering real-time applications at scale - team-emt/razorframe

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pushpin, a reverse proxy for real-time web services▲49

    A proxy server for adding push to your API, used at the core of Fastly's Fanout service - fastly/pushpin

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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