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. From real Jeopardy data, a minimalistic site with random questions launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Fluky▲105

   A friendly randomiser

   2014 · fluky.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Random User Generator▲110

   Like Lorem Ipsum, but for people.

   2014 · randomuser.me · its alternatives →

3. 3
   SQL FOR ZOMBIES▲75

   Entertaining way to learn SQL

   2015 · alexpineda.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pubble▲92

   The smart Q&A system for your site.

   2014 · pubble.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Minimalist Stack Overflow▲8

   2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AH
   A Hacker News GraphQL API▲8

   Filter, sort, search and relations - almost like SQL

   2020 · metamate.io · its alternatives →

7. 7MR
   My retired dad and I made a daily, somewhat difficult, quiz▲39

   My dad makes the questions, I made the site. I think the genre and the level of difficulty is suited for HN. Hope you enjoy. (I promise no AI-generated questions, they are all hand made!).

   Apr 2026 · kviss.eu · its alternatives →

8. 8AM
   A man page database that isn't awful▲8

   2016 · helpmanual.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AT
   A tiny, cheap help widget for dumb questions▲6

   2018 · whatthefaq.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Frictionless Open Data▲11

    A clean layout of data sets, simple, easy to access

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11SR
    Socrata Roulette – run random SQL on a random government dataset▲5

    2022 · splitgraph.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12SD
    Small data preparation▲9

    2015 · vpj.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13QC
    Quod – crowdsourced misinformation database▲5

    https://www.quod.us

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14AS
    A site that spots bullshit▲9

    2017 · nochio.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AC
    A collection of tiny web tools and calculators▲5

    2022 · thetinytools.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AS
    A SQL-based stock screener▲7

    2017 · finutils.com · its alternatives →

17. 17SI
    Surveyless – instant web surveys from text/markdown/doc files▲5

    2020 · surveyless.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Open-source Knowledge Base site▲8

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    A little randomness for the Hacker News front page▲10

    2014 · limpet.net · its alternatives →

20. 20
    CSVBase – a website for hosting (smallish) data tables▲6

    2022 · csvbase.com · its alternatives →

21. 21DW
    Discover wonderful websites. The generator of random awesomeness▲6

    2021 · sharkle.com · its alternatives →

22. 22NS
    News site using NLP to analyze social data and write its own headlines▲8

    2015 · newsninja.com · its alternatives →

23. 23RT
    Rediscover the Small Web with an AI-Ranked RSS Reader▲6

    Jun 2026 · bubblewire.net · its alternatives →

24. 24SI
    StumbleUpon inspired random website discovery▲5

    2022 · fooify.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 →