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24 alternatives to Hash-n-slash

A concept for Sentence based URLs

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

1. 1AU
   An URL shortening experiment▲7

   2014 · kq.io · its alternatives →

2. 2TI
   T0.io – A simple url shortener▲6

   2016 · t0.io · its alternatives →

3. 3CA
   Cortris – A Simple Url Shortener written in Go▲6

   2020 · adalricus.nand.sh · its alternatives →

4. 4DU
   Demystify.us – a shortened link decoder▲5

   2015 · demystify.us · its alternatives →

5. 5TL
   the local web - URLs with a location boundary - description in comments▲5

   2016 · localweb.is · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Shady URL▲34

   Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frighten

   2014 · shadyurl.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HH
   Helping Humans Detect Bad URLs and Avoid Email Attacks▲6

   2020 · emailade.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Kullish – Bring your own links (BYOL) comment aggregation▲7

   2020 · kulli.sh · its alternatives →

9. 9IM
   I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SU
    Simplest Url Shortener▲6

    2024 · utile.website · its alternatives →

11. 11VA
    Vash, a memorable and distinctive visual hash (sideproject)▲5

    2011 · thevash.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sonar▲14

    A linting tool for the web

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13WC
    WordyLinks – create URL redirects using memorable keywords▲6

    2014 · wordylinks.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Delicious URL maker▲8

    URL Shortener

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15WS
    Words,Sentences and Arrays▲6

    2019 · lambdaway.free.fr · its alternatives →

16. 16JI
    Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

    2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

17. 17HA
    HashBot, augmented twitter feed (web beta)▲6

    2014 · web.hashbotapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18RH
    Reddit + HN Keyword tracker▲8

    2014 · karmalytics.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Textrazor▲12

    Powerful NLP api , NLP as a Service

    2018 · textrazor.com · its alternatives →

20. 20EA
    Epiverse – a comment system for all webpages▲9

    2016 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

21. 21EH
    Embeding HackerNews comments on static pages▲8

    2021 · yasircoskun.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22PA
    Prefixy – A Prefix Search Service for Powering Autocomplete▲8

    2018 · prefixy.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Shout Link▲9

    An API to generate memorable URLs

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24CC
    Caint.casa, a simple hosted comment system▲6

    2021 · caint.casa · 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 →