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24 alternatives to Dark Akademia

Discover and Curate Dark Academia: Books, Interiors, Fashion

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

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Readinglist.design▲363
A directory of books every designer should read and why 🎨
2018 · readinglist.design · its alternatives →
2
Design DB▲221
A hand-curated database of the best freebies for designers.
2018 · its alternatives →
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AnimeAI▲188
AI turns you into top-rated anime heroes
2023 · its alternatives →
4
AgentStore▲111
Immersive AI chat with customizable manga pals
2023 · agent.store · its alternatives →
5
Anime (Library Template)▲81
All your anime series can be found at one place
2023 · shilpiverma.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Uideo▲136
A collection of designer talks from conferences
2015 · its alternatives →
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Fragments▲86
Design/Dev/Art news
2020 · fragments.pro · its alternatives →
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Oozled▲144
Curated resources for everything design related
2014 · its alternatives →
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Figma Dark▲161
Fully dark mode for all versions of the Figma app
2021 · its alternatives →
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Uiscore Library▲94
Ultimate resource hub for designers & developers
2023 · library.uiscore.io · its alternatives →
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Good Finds By Briefbox▲114
A curated list of awesome resources for designers
2021 · briefbox.me · its alternatives →
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Badass: Making Users Awesome▲104
Insight into what makes certain offerings shine (book)
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Clothes For Language▲94
A typography handbook for designers, authors and type lovers
2020 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Aozora▲68
Tracking, sharing and discovering anime
2016 · aozoraapp.com · its alternatives →
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Designer Lynx – curated links to useful UI design resources▲62
Find information, resources and relevant links for designerlynx.co. This domain may be for sale.
2017 · designerlynx.co · its alternatives →
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YaHNd – HN Books: The Best Books of Hacker News▲55
HN Books collects, ranks, and showcases the best books that have been recommended on Hacker News.
2021 · yahnd.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Mode for HN▲41
Browser extension that toggles an opinionated dark theme for the popular website, Hacker News. - azerella/ext-hn-darkmode
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Anime Codex▲3
The anime database we've been waiting for
Jun 2026 · animecodex.io · its alternatives →
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Design Library 2.0▲37
Studying for free
2022 · design-library.super.site · its alternatives →
20AW
A website/app to help manage your game library▲26
So, me (dev) and my friend (designer) have been building a website/mobile app to help users manage their game library (think MyAnimeList, but games) for a little over a year. We launched with a very basic set of features, and have been slowing expanding since then. All the code is open source, and most of the things we implemented were direct feedback from users (e.g. being able to import games from Steam/PSN, and the Posts feature). We don't show ads or have any kind of subscription. This is just a hobby project. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, as honestly the hardest…
2025 · gamenode.app · its alternatives →
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StylesForge▲8
Curated fonts and color palettes for designers
2025 · styls.cc · its alternatives →
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Dark Aesthetics▲5
Сollection, dark, curated, items, things, tech, lifestyle
2024 · its alternatives →
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Designer Lynx▲8
Curated links for useful UI design resources
2017 · designerlynx.co · its alternatives →
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Acceso Design▲6
Your local design infopoint.
Jul 2026 · acceso.design · its alternatives →

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