Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to HadtobeHere

Ambient, real-time social networking for physical spaces

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Presence▲883
Connect with your community and culture in new places
2024 · its alternatives →
2
Cohere▲428
Observe and interact with users, live
2020 · cohere.io · its alternatives →
3
Gowalla▲429
Keep up with your friends in the real world
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
4
SnapTodo▲607
If Cursor & To-do had a baby.
Dec 2025 · snaptodo.app · its alternatives →
5
SpatialChat 3.0▲505
All-in-one space for collaboration, all-hands and networking
2022 · spatial.chat · its alternatives →
6
Facebook Spaces▲499
Facebook's social Virtual Reality platform is here!
2017 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
7
Here▲304
Hang out and collaborate over video on a real-time canvas
2020 · here.fm · its alternatives →
8
I built a fun video meeting app with 2D physics and proximity chat▲166
Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…
2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →
9
Cohere▲278
See what your users are seeing, engage them with context.
2021 · cohere.io · its alternatives →
10
Gather Town▲288
Spatial video-chat worlds for work and play
2020 · gather.town · its alternatives →
11
I built a social media management tool in 3 weeks with Claude and Codex▲190
Open-source, self-hostable social media management platform. Schedule, publish, and manage content across 10+ platforms from a single dashboard. Free alternative to Buffer, Sendible, and SocialPilot. - brightbeanxyz/brightbean-studio
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I made a Web-based Todo App - used: CSS3 3D transforms, Node.js, love▲237
The Todo App for Procrastinators ;)
2011 · tomorrow.do · its alternatives →
13
HyHyve▲91
Online networking with real-life interactions
2021 · app.hyhyve.com · its alternatives →
14
Beehive▲70
Anonymous, proximity-based, AI-powered social media for all
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
HalloApp▲120
The first real-relationship network. In complete privacy.
2021 · its alternatives →
16
Graze▲156
Video first social networking for dating & meeting friends
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Distributed▲103
Stay in sync with friends, family and colleagues
2021 · its alternatives →
18
Scoby Social▲138
A safe place to co-create
2021 · its alternatives →
19
HereHere▲68
Location based chat app for Android
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
20
LiveSyncDesk ▲79
Real time collaboration with a portable synced board.
Jan 2026 · livesyncdesk.online · its alternatives →
21
The Newscene▲81
FB groups meet Mailchimp. Build your own social community.
2020 · newscene.io · its alternatives →
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Upto App▲74
A shared calendar for friends
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
23
PathTime▲78
A collaborative app to plan get-togethers with your friends.
2018 · its alternatives →
24
Lonely Together▲89
A call-first community for remote workers to connect
2020 · its alternatives →

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