Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to developin
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Showcase your side project. Get feedback. Grow.
2020 · sideprojects.net · its alternatives →
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What To Build▲196Concept to discover & analyze relevant open-source projects
2025 · trywhat-to-build.com · its alternatives →
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Tool Battles▲116Product launch discovery platform & maker community
2024 · toolbattles.com · its alternatives →
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No-fluff guide to building a collaborative development team
2016 · zenhub.com · its alternatives →
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GitRanks▲127Hi HN, I built GitRanks because I’ve always wanted a clear, fun way to see how my open-source work compares - both globally and right here at home. The app pulls in GitHub data to give every developer an at-a-glance “scorecard”, then rolls those into live leaderboards so you can: - Track rankings by stars, contributions and followers - Filter worldwide vs. your own country - Refresh daily - no waiting weeks to see your progress - Discover rising devs you’ve never heard of and follow their work Tech Stack: - Back: MongoDB | NestJS | BullMQ | GraphQL - Front: Next.js | Tailwind | Shadcn Data:…
2025 · gitranks.com · its alternatives →
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Learn how to launch and grow your project.
2017 · opensource.guide · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm Alan Founder of wonderful.dev (https://wonderful.dev/) We're building a community for programmers, with a goal to make it easier to network with other devs and connect with companies you’re interested in. The inspiration for wonderful.dev came from my own experiences job searching in the tech industry. I wanted to create a platform where the focus was on mutual interest and meaningful connections instead of resumes, job applications, and coding challenges. Here's how wonderful.dev works: 1. Profile creation: You link accounts like GitHub and WakaTime, and we pull…
2025 · wonderful.dev · its alternatives →
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How to help more people discover software development
2015 · changelog.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Matt, founder of Frontend Mentor (https://www.frontendmentor.io). We provide front-end and full-stack coding challenges with professional Figma designs, enabling developers to build real projects and grow their skills. The problem: AI coding tools are great, but they can work against you when you're learning. Ask Copilot or Cursor to help with a beginner project, and they'll happily write the whole thing for you. You ship the project, but you didn't really learn anything. What we did: We added AGENTS.md (and CLAUDE.md) files to every challenge's starter code. These files…
2018 · frontendmentor.io · its alternatives →
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If OnlyFans and GitHub had a baby...
2022 · openlist.dev · its alternatives →
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DevGlobe▲23Where developers build in public, live on a globe
Jun 2026 · devglobe.app · its alternatives →
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FoundersWall▲35I used to be just a blogger. Now I build internet products, still without code, using AI, design, and taste. I was building in public on X for last 2 months. And honestly, I got tired of how it became performative and started to feel fake. I shipped 2 products. Both failed to get any real traction. I kept sneaking into popular builders’ profiles, hoping to learn how they do it. One thing I kept seeing everywhere, product launch directories. I thought here is the scope. So I started building one. Same UI like the rest. Nothing special. Suddenly one day when it was half built, I realized…
2025 · founderswall.com · its alternatives →
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We make building social
Feb 2026 · app.iq-project.ai · its alternatives →
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