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. Event-driven, user-space and highly-scalable TCP/IP stack [pdf] launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   StackStorm▲90

   Event driven operations - 'IFTTT for IT ops'

   2015 · stackstorm.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   WireEdit▲68

   A Full Stack WYSIWYG Editor for Network Packets

   2014 · omnipacket.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   bawkterm: an open-source SSH/sFTP client▲66

   A desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH

   22d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Code Podcast 3: Concurrency – Event Loop & Coroutines▲54

   Concurrency in UIKits, browsers and web servers

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   EasyLDAP – A “Dockerized” LDAP management tool▲8

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Fin TCP Proxy – A fan in TCP proxy using Vert.x▲6

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7ES
   Etherpoke – scriptable network session monitor▲9

   2015 · codeward.org · its alternatives →

8. 8LP
   Lightbus – Python/Redis Message Bus for Eventing and RPCs▲6

   2019 · lightbus.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Gatekeeper, a hobbyist DHCP server written Go▲7

   2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

10. 10PA
    Ply – a dynamic tracer for Linux▲7

    2017 · wkz.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HTTP Event Sources: backend components for processing HTTP requests▲8

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dispy▲8

    A python module for distributed and parallel computing

    2017 · dispy.sourceforge.net · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Probe API – Utilities for distributed network testing▲8

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14SI
    Smartip.io – Reliable and Accurate IP Geolocation and Threat API▲9

    2019 · smartip.io · its alternatives →

15. 15CA
    Choral, a Java-compatible language for type-safe multiparty protocols▲7

    2020 · choral-lang.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    An Useful MCP Server▲8

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AS
    Automated Site/IP Scanner▲6

    2020 · simple-scanner.com · its alternatives →

18. 18RA
    Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

    2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

19. 19LA
    liblb - A Study and Library of Load Balancing Algorithms▲9

    2017 · liblb.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    redset, a simple tool for managing distributed work in Python▲5

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21DV
    Dedicated VPN Server(s) with Tor Bridges and a Tiny Hardware Client▲5

    2018 · blackholecloud.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SC
    ServsUp.co – Server status monitor designed for local/private networks▲6

    2016 · servsup.co · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Web Agent Memory Protocol (WAMP) – Building Shared Memory for the Web▲5

    2025 · web-agent-memory.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A cross platform SOCKS5 proxy for TLS traffic inspection & manipulation▲5

    2025 · github.com · 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 →