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24 alternatives to Authorea

GitHub for scientific works

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Authorea launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Draft▲149

   GitHub for writing

   2013 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   NerdyData▲93

   A Search Engine for Source Code

   2014 · nerdydata.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BitBooks▲78

   Build online books directly from Github

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Omniref▲144

   Stackoverflow for Github

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   ReadMe.io▲39

   A Developer Hub for your open source software

   2014 · readme.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tinypress▲118

   Online editor for your Github page blog

   2014 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HuBoard▲82

   Instant project management for GitHub repositories

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Fosshub▲79

   An open source for free and open source tools

   2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Ginkgotree▲73

    A Tumblr for making your own textbooks

    2014 · ginkgotree.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    KimDigest▲93

    Open source reader for beyond RSS

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Draft▲56

    GitHub for Writing

    2013 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Octohub▲127

    The missing app for GitHub

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Contentify▲70

    a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

    2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Komando▲67

    IRC for people who write code

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Atom 1.0▲7

    GitHub's text editor

    2015 · github.blog · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Pro Git, 2nd Edition▲83

    The entire Pro Git book

    2014 · git-scm.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    AVBL▲71

    Find a collaborator and bring your ideas to life.

    2014 · brandbucket.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Addr▲98

    A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Meanpath▲70

    The source code search engine

    2014 · meanpath.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    One Codex ▲67

    The Google For Genomic Data

    2014 · onecodex.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Genius▲56

    Annotate the world

    2014 · genius.com · 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 →