Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Fostrom, an IoT Cloud Platform built for developers
Hey HN! Arjun and Sid here. Fostrom is an IoT Cloud Platform designed for developers to make it really easy to get started and scale fleets. We have Device SDKs (in Python, JS, Elixir, more coming soon), Typed Schemas, Per-Device Mailboxes, Programmable Actions, 4 Global Regions for lower-latency connections, and much more. We've built Fostrom to solve a real need we faced in our previous startup, building a fully automated indoor vertical farm. We spent more time figuring out IoT infrastructure than writing automation logic. Fostrom is the platform we wished existed back then. Over the last…
Fostrom is an IoT cloud platform that helps developers quickly build and scale device fleets. It provides SDKs in Python, JavaScript, and Elixir, along with typed schemas, per-device mailboxes, and programmable actions… 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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Realtime JavaScript Backend. . Contribute to CloudBoost/cloudboost development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Firebase Studio▲539A cloud-based, agentic dev environment powered by Gemini
2025 · firebase.studio · its alternatives →
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2016 · getstructure.io · its alternatives →
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Hi, I am Krishna Thota. I am building an open source integration and data platform(https://cptn.io). The product is MIT licensed and the repo is at https://github.com/cptn-io/el-cptn. I have started on my startup journey an year ago and launched a monitoring platform called DevRaven. Unfortunately the product did not takeoff as expected. That story is for another day. But during the course of building the product, I have built several integrations leveraging MQs and Cloud Functions. While building and deploying Cloud Functions for happy paths is easy, I had to…
2023 · cptn.io · its alternatives →
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Realtime JavaScript Backend. . Contribute to CloudBoost/cloudboost development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · cloudboost.io · its alternatives →
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Nodrix▲76Open-source, single-tenant IoT platform that deploys to your own Cloudflare account. Hardware over HTTPS or WebSocket, realtime dashboards, automations, and a clean read API.
Jun 2026 · nodrix.live · its alternatives →
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2014 · funded.io · its alternatives →
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Nhost is a managed backend platform with Postgres, GraphQL, Auth, Storage, and serverless Functions. Launch in minutes and scale without limits.
2020 · nhost.io · its alternatives →
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Flowlet▲275A low-code platform for connecting and providing APIs
2022 · flowlet.app · its alternatives →
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Realtime JavaScript Backend. . Contribute to CloudBoost/cloudboost development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Frame.IoT▲70An Arduino-compatible dev kit for wi-fi projects
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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ByteNite▲206Hi HN, I’m one of the creators of ByteNite (https://bytenite.com). We built it for developers running compute-heavy containerized workloads (AI, ETL, batch jobs) who are frustrated with the limitations of traditional serverless platforms: timeouts, cold starts, orchestration complexity, and limited runtime control. ByteNite is a serverless platform that lets you submit distributed jobs packaged as Docker containers. You define simple or complex fan-out/fan-in logic, set your hardware requirements, and we handle the rest—distributing execution across warm cloud runners (CPUs,…
2025 · docs.bytenite.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · breakpoint.io · its alternatives →
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balenaCloud: Manage fleets of IoT Linux devices with balena’s cloud platform. First 10 devices are free. Develop, deploy, and scale your IoT fleet.
2015 · resin.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! We’re Yann, Edouard, and Bastien from Koyeb (https://www.koyeb.com/). We’re building a platform to let you deploy full-stack apps on high-performance hardware around the world, with zero configuration. We provide a “global serverless feeling”, without the hassle of re-writing all your apps or managing k8s complexity [1]. We built Scaleway, a cloud service provider where we designed ARM servers and provided them as cloud servers. During our time there, we saw customers struggle with the same issues while trying to deploy full-stack applications and APIs resiliently. As…
2023 · koyeb.com · its alternatives →
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Experimental Platform provides an easy way to deploy apps on local hardware without the hassle to setup the environment. It enables developers and makers to focus on the things that matter.
2016 · experimental-platform.github.io · its alternatives →
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For the last month or so I've been working on bewCloud, and today I'm making its source code public and open! Right now, the Dashboard (URLs + freeform notes), News (RSS/Atom/JSON feeds), and Contacts (CardDav) are working. If you have any suggestions, comments, or recommendations, I'd love to hear it. Thank you for your attention and kindness. I really appreciate it!
2024 · bewcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! After lots of dogfooding, we are now releasing Algora.io to help developers share bounties & easily meet new collaborators. The problem: early-stage founders always have more work than people, tight budgets and no time. Hiring full-time engineers is often not an option, yet most founders would welcome contributions from new collaborators. Meanwhile, most developers welcome flexible work. However, today, all of this is hard. Our solution: we built a Git GUI where you can pay developers and start collaborating with new ones, in just a few clicks. On Algora you can share, reward and…
2022 · algora.io · its alternatives →
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