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24 alternatives to Ginkgotree

A Tumblr for making your own textbooks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ginkgotree launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Peggsite▲103

   A one-page board to express yourself

   2014 · peggsite.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   CODY▲136

   Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

   2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Gum▲123

   The social network of things

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Programmar▲88

   A place for developers to read and write

   2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Metaflop▲172

   Design your own fonts for free

   2015 · metaflop.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dash for Tumblr▲153

   Easiest way to learn to build Tumble themes

   2014 · dash.generalassemb.ly · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Tech Threads▲80

   Developer T-Shirts

   2014 · techthreads.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hugg▲66

   Make your texts beautiful

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Thwipster▲94

    The marketplace for nerds

    2015 · thwipster.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    FontPark▲125

    The web's largest archive of free fonts

    2014 · fontpark.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    tumblr Answer Time▲107

    Like reddit AMAs, but on tumblr

    2015 · tumblr.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Blurb▲89

    Self publishing book platform

    2014 · blurb.co.uk · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Papers We Love▲90

    A repository of academic computer science papers

    2015 · paperswelove.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Fluky▲105

    A friendly randomiser

    2014 · fluky.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dashbook▲99

    Your personalized view of the internet.

    2014 · dashbookapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    StudySoup▲31

    The Crowdsourced College Learning Marketplace

    2014 · studysoup.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Occupy the Bookstore▲82

    Chrome extension to easily surface cheaper textbooks

    2015 · occupythebookstore.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    NerdyData▲93

    A Search Engine for Source Code

    2014 · nerdydata.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Vellum▲63

    A reading layer for your Twitter feed

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    StudySoup▲83

    The #1 P2P College Learning Marketplace

    2014 · studysoup.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Innoz▲88

    Connecting the unconnected

    2014 · offlineinternet.org · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Percolate▲88

    Create better content

    2014 · percolate.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 →