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24 alternatives to Buildfeed

Post what you're building. Instantly.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Discover what people are building in public

    2021 · buildinpublic.com · its alternatives →

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    A beautiful changelog for your product in seconds

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Publicly▲421

    Build in the open

    2017 · publicly.io · its alternatives →

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    bipp’d▲322

    Build your audience by building in public

    2022 · bubble.io · its alternatives →

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    BuildFire▲111

    Build amazing mobile apps in minutes.

    2015 · buildfire.com · its alternatives →

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    I used to be just a blogger. Now I build internet products, still without code, using AI, design, and taste. I was building in public on X for last 2 months. And honestly, I got tired of how it became performative and started to feel fake. I shipped 2 products. Both failed to get any real traction. I kept sneaking into popular builders’ profiles, hoping to learn how they do it. One thing I kept seeing everywhere, product launch directories. I thought here is the scope. So I started building one. Same UI like the rest. Nothing special. Suddenly one day when it was half built, I realized…

    2025 · founderswall.com · its alternatives →

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    A casual micro-blogging community for builders

    2024 · posts.cv · its alternatives →

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    brag.fast▲212

    Ever since AI made it 10x easier to build apps I've been shipping like crazy. The one thing I didn't do was show off. Building is fun, but if no one sees how cool your app is then what's the point? There's where brag.fast comes in.

    Apr 2026 · brag.fast · its alternatives →

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    A platform for makers to find the right tools

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Gamify build in public - Make it fun, not boring

    2024 · buildnplay.site · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We just launched open sign up on Buildstash. It's a platform for managing and sharing software binaries. I'd worked across game dev, mobile apps, and agencies - and found every team had no real system for managing their built binaries. Often just dumped in a shared folder (if someone remembered!). No system for versioning, keeping track of who'd signed off what when, or what exact build had gone to a client, etc. Existing tools out there for managing build artifacts are really focused on package repository management. But miss all the other types of software not being deployed that…

    2025 · buildstash.com · its alternatives →

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    Accelerate your path to product-market fit

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Roast (+fix) your startup idea in 3mins before wasting 3mths

    2025 · dontbuildthis.com · its alternatives →

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    Share your building journey with the world

    Jan 2026 · build-in-public.net · its alternatives →

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    Build your news feed with curated sources from the community

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I built Build4Me to address a trust problem in diaspora-funded construction projects. Many families send money home to build houses but have no reliable way to verify that work is actually being done. Photos can be reused, progress exaggerated, or projects abandoned after funds are sent. Build4Me introduces milestone-based funding where each construction milestone must be verified before funds are released. The system verifies progress using: - geotagged photo capture - GPS location verification - AI image analysis - duplicate image detection It runs on serverless AWS architecture…

    2025 · builder.aws.com · its alternatives →

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    A home for those who build on their own

    Mar 2026 · builtbyme.io · its alternatives →

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    Just like Show HN, you showcase your projects with other builders, but your work actually lives forever in a portfolio-like profile. Plus lots of other features like for-you feed, curated collections of projects - private and public, followers and following, threaded posts for showcasing updates to your projects, collaborations and many more.

    Jun 2026 · kritive.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I'm KV - my friends and I have been working on Construct. A simple way to build tools without writing a single line of code. We started working on this because we'd always hear friends talking about "I wish this app would exist" or pitching us their startup ideas. Today, Construct can build simple tools that are powerful. Most of our beta users build various kinds of trackers or analysis applications for things they care about (CRMs for startup founders, macro tracking for gym bros). We've also recently added file and image uploads. Unfortunately, Construct is not yet connected to the…

    2024 · useconstruct.ai · its alternatives →

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    real founders, real builders .

    Feb 2026 · builtinpublic.xyz · its alternatives →

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    I built Campfiree because I got tired of platforms treating users as products. On Campfiree, users submit feature ideas and vote on them weekly. Moderation is handled by randomly selected community juries, no corporate team deciding what's acceptable. It's free with ads or $7/year without (free during beta). We have 55 users so far and ship features every week based on what the community votes for. I'd love honest feedback on the model and the product.

    2025 · campfiree.com · its alternatives →

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    Stop building in silence. Launch in public.

    Feb 2026 · reddit.com · its alternatives →

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    He HN, I'm an entrepreneur, and I help startups to ship products. I find out that for startups tools like Jira, Monday, slack and others are expensive and unnecessarily complex. That's why I decided to built a Freemium software for simplifying project management process. Workfeed is all-in-one soft, including docs, kanban boards. I plan to add chats in couple of months too. I hope this product will help you to manage your projects simpler and faster. Would love your feedback plz Enjoy !!

    2024 · workfeed.ai · its alternatives →

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