Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to AppLens
Google Earth for your terraform plans
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. AppLens launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Live satellite imagery of the world, including weather
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Visualize your AWS environment as isometric architecture diagrams. Snap together blocks for EC2s, ELBs, RDS and more. Connect your live AWS environment.
2015 · cloudcraft.co · its alternatives →
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EarthGuessr▲192I built it as a way to practice programming. There are probably much better alternatives out there.
2025 · earthguessr.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · terrastruct.com · its alternatives →
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Sprucer▲105Create your virtual yard, explore designs, see it grow
2019 · get-sprucer.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · louisquissetlabs.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, we're Lucas and Lucas, the authors of Layerform (https://github.com/ergomake/layerform). Layerform is an open-source tool for setting up development environments using plain .tf files. We allow each engineer to create their own "staging" environment and reuse infrastructure. Whenever engineers run layerform spawn, we use plain .tf files to give them their own "staging" environment that looks just like production. Many teams have a single (or too few) staging environments, which developers have to queue to use. This is particularly a problem when a system is large,…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Terrapattern▲77A visual search tool for satellite imagery
2016 · terrapattern.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, We built Auglinn to make it easy for anyone to leave notes outdoors and create interactive maps, using AR. You can: - Pin notes or questions from your desktop that appear as AR notes outside, or - Leave notes or questions while exploring outside with AR, and view them later on your map via phone or desktop. My favorite feature: creating maps by dragging and dropping photos from your phone. The story? When I was a kid, my father visited Universal Studios and captured it all on video. When I went there in 2019, I found myself wondering if I was standing in the same spots he had. This…
2024 · auglinn.com · its alternatives →
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I made a web app to generate 3D models of real places on earth from land cover and elevation data. Click anywhere on the map to get a polygon, and then click "generate". It should work at most scales, but if your watershed or region selection is too large, the result can be less exciting because it's so flat. As a warning, the 3D models can sometimes be too much for my phone. It's nicer on desktop. I'm still working better on mobile support. The land cover data I'm using gives a cool effect, but at some point I'd like to add in global imagery and clouds. The backend is a Python thread…
2025 · topography.jessekv.com · its alternatives →
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Visualize various houseplants right in your own living space
2023 · plantme.framer.ai · its alternatives →
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A "virtual satellite" to map Earth in unprecedented detail
2025 · deepmind.google · its alternatives →
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Satellite Eyes▲131Changes your Mac wallpaper to a satellite map of your local
2014 · satelliteeyes.tomtaylor.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Manage your Bytebase resources through Terraform.
2023 · bytebase.com · its alternatives →
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Automagically generate infrastructure-as-code on AWS
2022 · its alternatives →
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Manage your Cloud Infra using new Terraform Provider
2024 · zeet.co · its alternatives →
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Hello Hacker News! We're Roxane, Julien, Pierre, Mawen and Stephane from Anyshift.io. We are building a GitHub app (and platform) that detects Terraform complex dependencies (hardcoded values, intricated-modules, shadow IT…), flags potential breakages, and provides a Terraform ‘Superplan’ for your changes. To do that we create and maintain a digital twin of your infrastructure using Neo4j. - 2 min demo : https://app.guideflow.com/player/dkd2en3t9r - try it now: https://app.anyshift.io/ (5min setup). We experienced how dealing with IaC/Terraform is…
2025 · app.anyshift.io · its alternatives →
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2022 · terragen.dev · its alternatives →
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Terrastruct▲88A diagramming tool for systems, like software architecture
2020 · d2lang.com · its alternatives →
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AI-powered landscaping inspiration for your yard
2023 · neighborbrite.com · its alternatives →
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