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24 alternatives to Create and share good practices, inspired by nohello

I wanted a way to customize the "no hello" message like the one found at nohello.net. So I made a website that lets you create your own "good practice" to share with others hopefully educating people and saving everyone time.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Create and share good practices, inspired by nohello launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    A few days ago, I responded to a comment by bloggergirl offering to read anyone's web copy and help. I shot off an email hoping for a paragraph or two of feedback on my startup's copy. Instead I received a professional, detailed deck of tons of invaluable well thought out feedback. It must have taken her an entire afternoon. Here's a link to it: http://www.slideshare.net/shereefb/recommendations-for-bettermeans To top it off, this isn't someone with a lot of free time on her hands, she's only days away from launching her own startup (page99test) This community blows my mind!

    2010 · slideshare.net · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    most people on social media don't know how to text they think starting with a greeting and waiting for a response is kind because that's telephone etiquette, but don't understand that doing that over text is like someone calling you, saying "hello," then putting YOU on hold. literally making the other person do extra work to find out what you want. so I made this website Instead of spending time explaining them this concept (and maybe coming off as very rude), I just keep this in my bio or send them this link when they do. Pick your name. Pick the greeting trigger. Get a link. (optionally…

    Oct 2025 · nogreeting.kuber.studio · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Saying yes/no, fully automated, for your convenience.

    2021 · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    We are looking for feedback on a novel way to build and run a service for you to manage and share your identity. Demo: https://greenfielddemo.com

    2022 · hello.coop · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    A video greeting + buttons where you ARE the testimonial

    Jun 2026 · heyly.io · its alternatives →

  6. 6PT

    I made this for people like myself who keep a list of ideas for apps / startups. I also made it for people who are curious to see what projects others have "in their drawer"... and who may want to have a say in which idea should see the light of day. https://ideas.dynamate.io/ The site allows creators to anonymously showcase their idea: Title. Description text. Maybe some mockups... I've tried to make it so that it's quick and easy to just dump an idea in there that's been sitting on some list of yours for months - and hopefully get some feedback on it. If someone else on…

    2022 · ideas.dynamate.io · its alternatives →

  7. 7IM

    orignally shared this on startup school... i thought id' share it here. i'm using a `nocode communication tool` (a web-based interface... a single browser tab!) for all of these things: 1. landing page — the landing page is the product and i wanted for folks to feel "transported" right into the app without having to walk through a shitty b2b marketing-style content. this is akin to my experience back in the `BBS` days of the mid-90's where you were immediately into the app, community, and tool. no terms of service, no privacy policy. just pure, immediate value. 2. building community — we…

    2021 · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Hey HN, First time posting here. Go easy on me, haha. I made Focus with strangers, a site where you can do pomodoros alongside some random people online for a hit of social pressure. There's a simple todo list built in, and you can chat (or 'shout' as I like to call it) with other participants during the break. If you don't like the idea of interacting with randoms, you can send a link and work with your friends as well. No logins/accounts, free to use. Made using elixir + phoenix, hosted on fly. Any feedback would be welcome!

    Oct 2025 · focuswithstrangers.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Hi HN, I built Purpose Reminders (https://purposereminders.com). Our first monthly action – "Leave a positive review for a local business" – goes out June 1st (very soon!). The core idea: What if thousands of us did the same small, positive act each month? You get one email, choose to act or skip (no pressure), and then see the collective, anonymous impact. It's 100% free, built with Next.js/Supabase/Resend. My attempt at a simple way to foster some collective goodwill. What do you think of the concept?

    2025 · purposereminders.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    I got the idea of [mindmap.so](http://mindmap.so/) out of my own frustration of managing my personal notes in Notion and Miro in parallel. I have built it 3 months back on top of excalidraw, posted it in Reddit a couple of times, and never looked back (was using it only for personal use). Little did I know that the small and nimble tool that I created has crossed 2000+ users (was so surprised when I saw the dashboard last week). It was all organic and word of mouth . Having 2000+ users trusting a product is no easy feat. That’s when I thought may be I should put some more…

    2024 · mindmap.so · its alternatives →

  11. 11EE

    Hey, guys and girls :) Please notice, that my intention is not to advertise my project here, but to ask for your advice. Long story short: we've noticed that it's very hard to "sum-up" any idea on one page and share it without using a blogging platform. Let's say you want to collect and present your point of view on "IA reaserch". You can write a blogpost or use social media to share your opinion (that would reach limited amount of people though). We really missed a tool that allows you to embed a lot of different resources on one page and than to share it with one link. This way you can…

    2013 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Great prompts, zero friction.

    2025 · its alternatives →

  13. 13CY

    This is a project I just launched - would love to get any feedback and see how/if it would be useful for people. Thanks! http://ribbot.com

    2011 · ribbot.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14PB

    I am a software engineer working alone on a passion project, a website that helps you stay organized easily and efficiently. Headspace.io is a webmail, notepad, task list and calendar, all rolled into on. The basic premise is that any data in Headspace can be "tagged" and then all relevant information for a particular tag can be displayed in one screen. This is a pre-beta build and I'm hoping to get some early feedback from the wise and generous HN folks. Would you pay a small monthly fee ($5 maybe) for a service like this? http://app.headspace.io/ (This is pre-production so…

    2013 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Meet like minded people and join communities of your peers.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16AL

    Hi HN, I have been studying languages as a hobby for a large portion of my life. Hence, I decided to create a spaced repetion app with the techniques that have helped me the most so far. It's aims to be made simple for the regular user to plug and play. I'd love to hear your feedback!

    2025 · koshka.app · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    I used to watch hundreds of hours of lofi beats on youtube while I was coding, but I got really sick of all the ads. I decided to build a better alternative - It's a configurable space for you to hang out online while you work, with a ton of relaxing music and backgrounds. Its got useful tools built in like a timer to keep track of how long you've been locked in, and a notepad for todos or scribbling down ideas while you work. Honestly this is the first tool I've built that I personally use every day, so I'm hoping some of you out there can get some use out of it too!

    2025 · lofizone.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18IC

    The idea of creating this site came to me when I was thinking of gifts to get family and friends for Christmas after a very exhausting work week. Getting Christmas gifts or gifts in general can be time consuming and mind draining if you are the type of person that likes to give thoughtful gifts and does not like to repeat gifts. I decided to compile data of key points like gender, age group, hobbies, favorite things, favorite sports etc of the person receiving the gift, so as to suggest several gifts the receiver is most likely to love. Since I wanted to share this with others that might…

    2022 · thealmostperfectgift.blogspot.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19CL

    Hey everyone, We have a website and an extension called "Jooseph" which is basically for saving and discovering articles, videos and more in a personal online directory. You can build your own library or discover other users collections. For instance, you can follow a collection for learning "PHP for beginners" or create your own "Best of sales for startups" list. Now, we're starting to create collections for our users. If you want to learn a subject on and couldn't find a time to search for, we can create a personal collection for you. You can sign-up and we'll send you to form for…

    2020 · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Build forms. Share them. Get responses. That's it.

    Apr 2026 · formflux.io · its alternatives →

  21. 21MS

    linkrdr (www.linkrdr.com), a personal link aggregator, was directly inspired by http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3555923 I read while browsing on HN. It's still a bit rough, but the concept is an interesting one and people have already shown interest. Let me know what you think. Also, if anyone knows a good UX designer, email me :)

    2012 · its alternatives →

  22. 22
    Ning▲4

    Build Custom Online Communities for Any Niche or Cause

    2020 · ning.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    From zero to your first real users, minus the grind.

    Aug 2026 · nilkick.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    A community for discovering, organizing, and sharing prompts

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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