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HackerBody is a fitness guide designed specifically for programmers and tech enthusiasts. Launched in 2014, it provides workout and health advice tailored to the sedentary lifestyle common in tech professions. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HackerBody – A Geek’s Guide to Getting in Shape launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hacker Body▲71

   P90x for Nerds: A Geek's Guide to Fitness

   2014 · hackerbody.com · its alternatives →

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   Get Up And Code - The Refactoring Your Body Challenge▲53

   Help an IT professional get ready for the fitness stage

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Naked▲294

   The world’s first home body scanner for fitness tracking

   2016 · naked.fit · its alternatives →

4. 4IM
   I made a community sourced fitness routine database▲396

   2021 · routinedb.com · its alternatives →

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   ShapeScale▲366

   A scale that digitizes your body in photorealistic 3D! 💪

   2017 · shapescale.com · its alternatives →

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   Hacker Typer▲289

   Type as if you're a hacker

   2014 · hackertyper.net · its alternatives →

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   GeekTyper▲342

   Code like in the movies

   2015 · geektyper.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HP
   HackerThings - Products for hackers▲364

   2011 · hackerthings.com · its alternatives →

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   Muscle Wiki▲367

   Understand your body, simplify your workouts

   2016 · musclewiki.com · its alternatives →

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    Minimum Viable Fitness▲86

    Fitness as a Service for busy startuppers. (FaaS)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Fittest▲290

    Gamify you fitness journey with AI

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Fitocracy, an RPG for fitness▲102

    My cofounder and I have been working on a site called Fitocracy (www.fitocracy.com), which is a social game for fitness. The idea was very much inspired by our experiences growing up as nerds playing video games, later on discovering weightlifting, and drawing the parallel between working out and "leveling yourself up." XKCD has a pretty well known comic to this effect: http://xkcd.com/189/. We find that the metaphor of workout out as leveling up in a video game resonates with quite a few people, so Fitocracy is an attempt to bring that to life. On Fitocracy, tracking your workouts earns you…

    2011 · xkcd.com · its alternatives →

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    MoveRite▲147

    Weight training for beginners 🏋

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    HackerCouch▲162

    Hospitality for Hackers, by Hackers.

    2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HI
    Hackjob.io – HN job listings done a bit better▲102

    2015 · hackjobio.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Body Scan by Zing▲178

    AI-powered body sсan to kickstart your fitness journey

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HD
    Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers▲199

    2018 · hackerdaily.co · its alternatives →

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    Cyborg▲88

    The first voice-activated running app 🗣️🏃

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Fitbet▲132

    Set a fitness goal, but if you fail you lose money.. kinda

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20HW
    HackerBracket – What are you working on?▲60

    2014 · hackerbracket.com · its alternatives →

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    Go Fit▲176

    Workouts for you. Powered by Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Gamebody, a full-body game controller▲107

    Full-body game controller built with Python, OpenCV, Mediapipe - everythingishacked/Gamebody

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacktivate▲139

    A capture-the-flag game teaching real cybersecurity skills

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    HackerCouch▲188

    Couchsurfing for hackers, by hackers

    2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →

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