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24 alternatives to Hacker Surfing

Free food&housing in San Francisco for Engineers&Designers

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

1. 1
   Hacker Surfing▲176

   Free housing and food for engineers & designers visiting SF

   2019 · hackersurfing.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   hacker.surf▲89

   All the hacker jobs in one place

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   #HackTheMenu▲226

   Secret menu items available at fast-food restaurants.

   2014 · hackthemenu.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   ForkFox▲52

   Culinary tours of SF

   2013 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   RentHackr▲116

   Hacking a better way to find apartments

   2014 · renthackr.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · mackernews.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker Table▲90

   Find reservations at elusive restaurants

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    hackster.io▲77

    Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

    2014 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HackerCouch▲188

    Couchsurfing for hackers, by hackers

    2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    thenews.im▲116

    Designer News + Hacker News

    2014 · thenews.im · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hacker News Search▲92

    a faster hnsearch

    2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FreeBeerNow▲82

    Find events with free beer on Meetup and Eventbrite in SF

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Good Lunch▲61

    San Francisco's best restaurants delivered to your door

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lighthouse▲76

    A hacker news for community builders.

    2013 · teamsoftware.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Discover by SumoMe▲174

    Get free traffic to your site

    2015 · bdow.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HackerRank▲114

    Coding challenges. Community. Awesome jobs.

    2015 · hackerrank.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Spectafy▲93

    See what's happening anywhere in SF - powered by community

    2014 · spectafy.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    StartJapan▲81

    Hacker News for Japan

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Nomadler▲111

    Hacker News for nomads

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    MortgageHippo▲77

    Hack Your Mortgage

    2014 · mortgagehippo.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    hack.css▲174

    The CSS framework for hackers

    2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HackerX▲83

    Hacker and Maker community on Slack

    2014 · typeform.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 →