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24 alternatives to Ghost Boat

A participatory, investigative journalism project

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ghost Boat launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Ghost for Journalism▲191

   Media engineering team as a service

   2017 · ghost.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Ghost Inspector▲80

   Automated browser testing from the cloud

   2014 · ghostinspector.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ghostly▲84

   iPhone app for Ghost blogs

   2014 · ghostlyapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   WeWrite▲90

   Crowdsourced Storytelling

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Inside 2.0▲194

   Curating the best journalism in real-time

   2014 · inside.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   GhostLab▲116

   Synchronized web development, inspection and testing

   2016 · vanamco.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Ouija▲117

   Realtime, inline commenting for Ghost blogging platform

   2014 · 01kuwin.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ghosted▲85

   like wordpress.com for the Ghost Blog platform

   2014 · superswitch.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Silk for Journalism▲140

   An all-purpose tool for data journalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Oddysey▲81

    A simple way to weave interactive stories

    2014 · cartodb.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ReadThisThing▲88

    Find, share, and discuss great journalism

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Random Tiny Stories▲81

    Collaborative story telling on twitter

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Littlelogs▲145

    A social journal of progress on your projects

    2015 · littlelogs.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Contributoria▲76

    Community funded, collaborative journalism

    2014 · idcard.eauedoyo.edu.ng · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Narratively ▲73

    A platform devoted to untold human stories

    2014 · narratively.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Contentacle▲114

    A simple new approach to content planning

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    redditmade▲164

    Crowdfunding projects backed by Reddit community

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Reportedly▲83

    Native journalism for social media by those communities

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Rhinobird▲65

    Collaborative, hashtag-based livestreaming

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Vox▲124

    Understand the news.

    2014 · vox.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Swarmize▲82

    Data journalism platform from The Guardian

    2014 · alpha.swarmize.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Uforio▲135

    An alternative reddit client

    2015 · uforio.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CuriosityStream▲77

    Netflix for Nonfiction

    2016 · curiositystream.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Crew▲81

    Private, Group Storytelling

    2014 · crewapp.co · 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 →