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. Demystify.us – a shortened link decoder launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AL
   A link aggregator without dark patterns▲6

   2021 · 20-things.com · its alternatives →

2. 2TI
   T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

   2016 · t0.io · its alternatives →

3. 3AU
   An URL shortening experiment▲7

   2014 · kq.io · its alternatives →

4. 4UT
   Ultralink, the Hyperlink 2.0▲7

   2016 · ultralink.me · its alternatives →

5. 5CA
   Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

   2020 · adalricus.nand.sh · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hash-n-slash▲6

   A concept for Sentence based URLs

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Shout Link▲9

   An API to generate memorable URLs

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Sonar▲14

   A linting tool for the web

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Kullish – Bring your own links (BYOL) comment aggregation▲7

   2020 · kulli.sh · its alternatives →

10. 10IM
    I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

11. 11TL
    the local web - URLs with a location boundary - description in comments▲5

    2016 · localweb.is · its alternatives →

12. 12DA
    Diffboard, a pastebin alternative with diffs▲5

    2012 · diffboard.com · its alternatives →

13. 13LI
    Lexical.io – A web app for reading English text▲9

    2016 · lexical.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sink – A Link Shortener with Analytics, 100% Run on Cloudflare▲5

    2024 · sink.cool · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Matt's DOM Utils—a modular HTML DOM library with wide browser support▲6

    2012 · fortybelow.ca · its alternatives →

16. 16SU
    Simplest Url Shortener▲6

    2024 · utile.website · its alternatives →

17. 17TI
    Topl.io – democratized lists of Web resources▲5

    2015 · topl.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Liquid Links▲7

    Mobile Deep Linking Made Easy

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19MS
    MultiPreview – sharable links with custom images▲7

    2021 · multipreview.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HH
    Helping Humans Detect Bad URLs and Avoid Email Attacks▲6

    2020 · emailade.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    RootBadger – a modern Usenet-style discussion platfor▲5

    Check out RootBadger. A nice alternative to Reddit

    Jul 2026 · rootbadger.com · its alternatives →

22. 22CC
    Caint.casa, a simple hosted comment system▲6

    2021 · caint.casa · its alternatives →

23. 23MT
    My Twitter/Disqus mashup that I threw together. (www.choip.me)▲5

    2010 · choip.me · its alternatives →

24. 24PI
    Peaple.io, the Synthetic Social Network▲5

    2020 · peaple.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →