Life & fun · 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. Browse my blog with netcat/plain TCP launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Blot▲84

   The simplest way to blog

   2014 · blot.im · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Finkip▲117

   Discover and read blogs faster

   2015 · finkip.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sandstorm.io▲101

   A better way to run a personal server

   2015 · sandstorm.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Blockstack▲128

   A new internet for decentralized apps

   2016 · blockstack.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tor2web▲66

   Browse the anonymous internet

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   BlogTouch 2.0▲66

   A clever Mac client for Google's Blogger/Blogspot platform

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   WireEdit▲68

   A Full Stack WYSIWYG Editor for Network Packets

   2014 · omnipacket.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Forward▲57

   Share localhost over the Web

   2014 · forwardhq.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Winds▲9

   An open source RSS reader

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Crazy Egg▲34

    See where people click on your website with heatmaps & more

    2014 · crazyegg.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stack Exchange Engineering Blog▲7

    2015 · blog.stackexchange.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Burrow.io▲12

    Access your localhost over the internet

    2015 · burrow.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Roon▲16

    The easiest way to blog

    2014 · ghost.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Anchor▲6

    A lightweight blog CMS

    2015 · anchorcms.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HotStash▲17

    Save those "special" links for later. Anonymously.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16AB
    A blog running on a terminal emulator▲6

    2019 · blog.jajoosam.repl.run · its alternatives →

17. 17HB
    HTTP Blog Server – 100 Lines of C in a Closet▲6

    2020 · blog.notryan.com · its alternatives →

18. 18B
    Blogshare▲8

    Hackernews for various category of blogs.

    2014 · blogshare.in · its alternatives →

19. 19SD
    Serverless, DB-less Blog▲6

    2018 · drors.functionfactory.io · its alternatives →

20. 20AF
    A free blog for devs you edit over SSH▲5

    2020 · jtbiggle.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Verbatm▲12

    Blogging for the mobile generation

    2015 · panik.tv · its alternatives →

22. 22JA
    Jinx – a link shortener you host free on GitHub Pages▲9

    Sep 2026 · jinx.fyi · its alternatives →

23. 23TS
    Tor Search - A search engine for Tor▲9

    2013 · kbhpodhnfxl3clb4.onion.to · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Outbound Link Checker▲5

    A link checker to check your blog's outbound links

    2018 · github.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 →