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24 alternatives to Autobahn

Open-source real-time framework for Web, Mobile & IoT.

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

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    Hey, HN community, We're so excited to share Automatisch with HN finally. Automatisch is an open-source workflow automation tool, an alternative to Zapier. Together with my co-founder (@barinali), we have been working on it for about 15 months and have started getting early adopters. Automatisch is a workflow automation tool that lets you connect different web services like Slack, Github, Twitter, and more to automate your business processes. For example, you can build automation that gets all new tweets, including the "open source" phrase, and post them to the Slack channel you specified.…

    2023 · automatisch.io · its alternatives →

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    Cell▲224

    A self-driving web app framework

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Open source Zapier alternative

    2023 · automatisch.io · its alternatives →

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    Proto.io▲135

    Fast, fully-interactive, high-fidelity mobile prototypes

    2014 · proto.io · its alternatives →

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    Timekit▲97

    A comprehensive scheduling API (pre-launch)

    2014 · timekit.io · its alternatives →

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    Frame.io▲151

    Cloud-based collaboration for everything

    2015 · frame.io · its alternatives →

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    An easy-to-use automated front-end setup

    2014 · headstart.io · its alternatives →

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    Helios▲66

    An extensible open-source mobile backend framework

    2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →

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    An Internet Powered By You; Not A Central Server

    2014 · bittorrent.com · its alternatives →

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    Slava Akhmechet schools us on RethinkDB and the realtime web

    2015 · changelog.com · its alternatives →

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    An online database on all things European tech

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    JavaScript framework for robotics and IoT

    2014 · xoilacxba.tv · its alternatives →

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    Atomic▲140

    Hey HN, I’ve been building Atom (https://github.com/rush86999/atom), an open-source, self-hosted AI automation platform. I built this because while tools like OpenClaw are excellent for one-off scripts and personal tasks, I found them difficult to use for complex business workflows (e.g., managing invoices or SaaS ops). The main issue was State Blindness: the agent would fire a command and assume it worked, without "seeing" if the UI or state actually updated. I just shipped a new architecture to solve this called Canvas AI Accessibility. The Technical Concept: Instead of…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    UI framework for building awesome hybrid mobile apps

    2014 · appgyver.com · its alternatives →

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    Zuznow▲71

    Auto conversion of enterprise web apps into mobile apps

    2014 · zuznow.com · its alternatives →

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    A Pomodoro-driven timer for Chrome

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Calaos▲88

    Open source home automation

    2015 · calaos.fr · its alternatives →

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    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    ZINC▲68

    Platform for the Internet of Cars

    2015 · developer.zubie.com · its alternatives →

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    Pushpin▲79

    Building and scaling realtime APIs made easy

    2015 · pushpin.org · its alternatives →

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    Google IO and the future of intelligent assistants

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    uCiC▲63

    Real-time window to anywhere in the world

    2014 · ucic.vc · its alternatives →

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