Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Grou.ps v2

Create your censorship-free social network

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Grou.ps v2 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   An open-source, self-hostable Heroku and Netlify alternative▲345

   coolLabs: Software without compromise. Free, open source, and built for you.

   2021 · coollabs.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Dokku▲90

   Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Coolify v2 – Open-source and self-hostable Heroku/Netlify alternative▲158

   Self-hosting platform with superpowers. Deploy apps, databases & 280+ services to your server. Open-source alternative to Heroku.

   2022 · coolify.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Indie Twitter Plugin▲102

   Remove Doge logo from Twitter

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Myriad Social▲135

   A free-speech social network you can host yourself

   2024 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Angular 2 HN – A progressive Hacker News client that works offline▲134

   :boom: Progressive Hacker News client built with Angular - housseindjirdeh/angular2-hn

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   DEV·TV▲161

   A retro TV for GitHub, Hacker News, DEV & Hugging Face

   27d ago · shouvik12.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123

   Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids - caprover/README.md at master · caprover/caprover

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   New Heroku Dashboard▲71

   Public beta for their new dashboard

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Damus▲148

    The social network you control

    2023 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    p2p.chat▲98

    No-nonsense video calls, free forever

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Monocle▲71

    HN-like Community for Tech and Startups (now open source)

    2013 · monocle.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CleanSpeak▲78

    Keep inappropriate content and trolls out of your community

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Collapse HN Comments▲141

    Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Pden▲83

    Just social networking. No likes/shares/follower counts.

    2018 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pumpkin – An open-source HN clone▲86

    framework to build a user-generated community. Contribute to fananta/Pumpkin development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Morph▲90

    Heroku for Scrapers

    2014 · morph.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    LovelyHeroku▲79

    Scale and debug your Heroku dynos on the go (Android only)

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mute Crimson+▲60

    A 'noir' style ninja action platforming adventure

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hello Tech Pros: GitHub's Anti-Harassment Tools▲61

    and the open source Codes of Conduct

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Weekend Project - Hide Inane Comments on HN▲28

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AF
    A free, privacy preserving, archive of public Discord servers▲70

    Hey HN! I have been working on this project for a while, and I think this solves a problem that a lot of people here have: not being able to easily search Discord servers. Currently, I only scrape servers that are marked as "discoverable" on Discord. However, if there's enough interest in the project, I'm open to adding specific servers by request. I'm primarily focused on informational servers rather than casual hangout spaces, such as open source projects, Minecraft mods, and support communities for tools, services, or platforms (for example, hosting providers). I have placed restrictions…

    2025 · searchcord.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Ptah.sh▲37

    Host Any Docker Image on Your Servers with SSL and Backups

    2024 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Open-Source Discord (Dissonance)▲11

    Basic Discord Clone. Contribute to Megapixel99/dissonance development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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