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. Codelympics – Finish more side projects with friendly challenges launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Reason▲117

   A coding workspace with context, plugins and skills

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2. 2
   Sprintly▲45

   Elegant agile project management software

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   Flowhub▲85

   Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

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   The Changelog - CodeNewbie and Community with Saron Yitbarek▲57

   How to help more people discover software development

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5. 5CG
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6. 6CF
   Codier – Front-End Coding Challenges and Creations▲6

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7. 7MC
   Making Coding Fun Again▲6

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8. 8GF
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9. 9CC
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    Next Big Me▲22

    Build your side projects with zero coding experience

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11CY
    Create your personalized coding game plan▲5

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12. 12CO
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13. 13CH
    CodeSpread-Helping Developers and Clients Make the Most of Open Source▲5

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    Coderbyte▲11

    Solve programming challenges and participate in competitions

    2014 · coderbyte.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CP
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    CodingBrain▲6

    A knowledge management to acquire new skills faster.

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    CodeBake – so that PM tasks aren't extra work▲5

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18. 18WV
    We’ve created a tool to focus on coding and collaborate with your team▲9

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    Addressing Tech's Diversity Problems▲4

    David_Delmar - Resilient Coders

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20. 20CH
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21. 21CF
    Code Flow, a mindfulness course for programmers▲5

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22. 22CM
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23. 23CA
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    2017 · codemonkey.ai · its alternatives →

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    I built a side project to manage my side projects▲9

    Hello HN! I got pretty overwhelmed with Notion, Trello, etc. (Even though they are great tools!) as an indie dev, so I built an app that is simpler to use and perfectly suited for an indie like me :) You can basically divide your projects into multiple milestones (a milestone could be e.g. a new version), and the milestones can have multiple tasks that are either todo, in progress, or done. The progress for each milestone is calculated with those tasks, and you can also prioritize and categorize the tasks using tags (E.g. for me, #ph turns into "High Priority", and #pm into "Medium…

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