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24 alternatives to Colu

A solution for creating smart, inclusive local economies

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Colu launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Refugees Welcome▲109

   An p2p attempt to solve the refugee housing problem in EU

   2015 · refugees-welcome.net · its alternatives →

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   Lleverage▲69

   The autonomous back office for the physical economy

   3d ago · lleverage.ai · its alternatives →

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   Collaborative Economy▲66

   Weekly curated research on collaborative economy.

   2015 · collaborativeeconomy.com · its alternatives →

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   Apache Weex▲127

   A framework for building mobile cross-platform UIs

   2017 · incubator.apache.org · its alternatives →

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   Honbu▲67

   The online collaboration system for smart businesses.

   2014 · honbu.io · its alternatives →

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   Microcosm▲72

   A modern forum platform

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Cronnection▲62

   a global marketplace for trading tasks and objects

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Naytev▲107

   Optimizely for social sharing

   2014 · naytev.com · its alternatives →

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   peers▲76

   A resource for workers and consumers of the sharing economy

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Urubu▲70

    A micro CMS for static websites

    2016 · urubu.jandecaluwe.com · its alternatives →

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    Outpost▲16

    Expedia for the sharing economy

    2014 · outpost.travel · its alternatives →

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    Datazar 2.0▲118

    Advanced, cloud-based research collaboration

    2017 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

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    Rhombus▲86

    Conversational Commerce as a Service

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Freemium Economics▲89

    A nuts and bolts guide to Freemium

    2014 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Benjamen Walker's Theory Of Everything - Instaserfs (pt 1 of 3)▲62

    Discover what its really like to work in the sharing economy

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Helios▲66

    An extensible open-source mobile backend framework

    2014 · globalli.io · its alternatives →

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    Platform Revolution ▲79

    How networked markets are transforming the economy

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Social Cops▲63

    Powering world's decisions through data from the grassroots

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Payola▲83

    A Rails engine for Stripe

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fraym▲67

    A new open-source CMS

    2014 · fraymm.wordpress.com · its alternatives →

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    Matchmakers▲61

    The new economics of multisided platforms

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Analyse Asia 146: Singularity University Labs and The Heretic with Pascal Finette▲54

    Singularity university labs, the heretic & silicon valley

    2016 · content.blubrry.com · its alternatives →

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    Retail in Real-Time▲70

    Visualizing how the US spends its money

    2014 · its alternatives →

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