Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GFWaaS
Make Your Website Work in China
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GFWaaS launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Test website load speed from 18 cities, including 3 in China
2019 · its alternatives →
- 2SA
Alright so if you run a self-hosted blog, you've probably noticed AI companies scraping it for training data. And not just a little (RIP to your server bill). There isn't much you can do about it without cloudflare. These companies ignore robots.txt, and you're competing with teams with more resources than you. It's you vs the MJs of programming, you're not going to win. But there is a solution. Now I'm not going to say it's a great solution...but a solution is a solution. If your website contains content that will trigger their scraper's safeguards, it will get dropped from their data…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Find out in 30 seconds why your website fails in China
Jun 2026 · chinafy.com · its alternatives →
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Compare how a site loads in the US vs in China - visually.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Workers Sites▲148Deploy blazing fast static sites and serverless functions.
2019 · its alternatives →
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🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF) - bunkerity/bunkerweb
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 9BT
2025 · docs.bunkerweb.io · its alternatives →
- 10FT
2024 · ftwa.mathix.dev · its alternatives →
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Most site blockers work by blacklisting distractions. That never worked for me, the internet is too big, and there’s always something new to waste time on. I wanted the opposite: allowlist‑only browsing. Block everything by default, and explicitly allow only what I need. So I built Sinkzone: a local DNS forwarder with two modes: Monitor mode: lets all traffic through, but logs every domain so you can decide what to allow. Focus mode: only allowlisted domains resolve; everything else is blocked (NXDOMAIN). It’s open source, written in Go, and runs locally on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Works a…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I created this website about a month ago to solve a problem I was facing myself as an aspiring digital nomad. It is very important to find an accommodation with fast and reliable Internet. I also specifically wanted places with Ethernet access to minimize latency as much as possible since I (and many others) use a VPN hosted back at home. The database is in its infancy but covers 11 countries so far. I realize the UX is very basic and a minimum viable product. I intend to have someone help me overhaul the design (with ReactJS perhaps) to make it mobile friendly and more appealing.
2023 · thewirednomad.com · its alternatives →
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Allowing Android developers to easyly promote Apps in China
2018 · its alternatives →
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An open-source, cloud-native WAF you fully control
Jan 2026 · bunkerweb.io · its alternatives →
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whenever I click through to a site managed through cloudflare I end up seeing a screen asking me to identify myself. This has happened often enough especially with HN articles that I just close some articles outright and read the discussion on HN instead. As an experiment I setup cloudflare for website of mine which gets majority of its traffic from Pakistan (where I am located). This is what I see https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8037186/cloudflare.png It basically shows cloudflare marking 100% of traffic from Pakistan as known threats. I would be interested to find out if its a common problem…
2012 · its alternatives →
- 20LB
I built this over the weekend. Any feedback is appreciated. Please note you will need a WebGL enabled browser. Thank you for checking it out. --UPDATE-- HN Traffic is strangling earthbit. There is sporadic downtime due to the web services I am using, if no transactions appear after a few seconds, then please try again in an hour.
2013 · earthbit.net · its alternatives →
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Pick China Directory maps the Chinese internet for global readers by curating leading platforms across social, video, e-commerce, AI, gaming, and more. It explains each service in accessible English, highlights Western equivalents, and links directly to official sites so you can
Jul 2026 · pcdir.com · its alternatives →
- 24NW
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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