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24 alternatives to Comradery

Database of not-just-a-forum startup communities

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Comradery launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Comradery▲285
Threaded discussions and real-time chat for your community!
2020 · comradery.com · its alternatives →
2
Indie Hackers Community▲1,095
Work together to build profitable businesses & side projects
2018 · indiehackers.com · its alternatives →
3
I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum▲373
basement community is a community message board for talking about general things and specific things okay?
2023 · basementcommunity.com · its alternatives →
4
Community OS by Threado▲686
800+ community resources and Notion workbook for free
2021 · its alternatives →
5
Forum▲101
Dedicated space for Facebook groups
May 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
#Startup Chat▲358
The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
7
Frond 2.0▲353
More open, public and improved
2023 · frond.com · its alternatives →
8
Joinly▲89
Build community and get user feedback
2019 · joinly.xyz · its alternatives →
9SA
#Startup – A global startup community, on Slack▲56
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
10
Discourse 2.0▲289
Civilized discussion for your community, redesigned ✨
2018 · blog.discourse.org · its alternatives →
11
Forums▲280
AI-powered Q&A for GitHub repositories.
Jan 2026 · forums.basehub.com · its alternatives →
12OF
Orange Forum – Web 1.0 style forum written in Go▲226
A collection of open-source, slim webapps that make very little use of javascript.
2017 · goodoldweb.com · its alternatives →
13
StartupBase▲124
Community of makers & early adopters
2017 · startupbase.io · its alternatives →
14
Startup Communities▲241
How to build communities of entrepreneurs
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
ClubsAll▲91
Connecting people
2023 · its alternatives →
16
Babble▲70
The fast, modern forum platform that's like a messaging app
2022 · its alternatives →
17
Top 50 Slack▲185
Database of the top slack groups
2020 · its alternatives →
18
Blnkk▲202
An online community for crowdsourcing your startup needs
2015 · blnkk.com · its alternatives →
19
NodeBB▲86
A better community platform for the modern web
2014 · nodebb.org · its alternatives →
20IM
I made online community for unusual people▲117
2019 · holynetr.com · its alternatives →
21SA
Sociables, A Reddit alternative that lets community owners monetize▲13
Hey HN, A buddy and I have been working on a side project in the online community space in our free time over the past few years. Our platform is a sort of Discord/Reddit/Patreon hybrid. Decided to do a soft launch today in light of all the recent Reddit news. Community features: 1. Customizable discussion boards. Community owners can setup threaded discussion boards for different topics related to their niche. Say a user creates a community for a niche like "Cars", under that community they could create different discussion boards for sub categories like "Car-mods", "Car-photos",…
2023 · sociables.com · its alternatives →
22
ChannelSync▲84
Create an online forum with your Discord Server content.
2021 · its alternatives →
23
Founderopedia - founders community▲38
A Slack community for startup founders
2022 · founderopedia.slack.com · its alternatives →
24AS
A self hostable forum like news.Y Combinator.com▲18
2025 · lfx.lol · its alternatives →

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