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24 alternatives to Helium

World’s First Peer-to-Peer Wireless Network 🌎

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Helium launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Helium▲103

   Building the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Helium Hotspot▲112

   Powering the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network

   2019 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hotspotty▲73

   Your all-in-one tool for building the Helium network

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Helium▲790

   A floating browser window for your Mac

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5HL
   Helium – Lighter web automation based on Selenium▲191

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HA
   Helium – a headless, open-source LMS▲31

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   iHub Global - Helium▲3

   #cryptocurrency #mining #helium

   2021 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Peerdium▲155

   World's first decentralised P2P publishing platform

   2018 · its alternatives →

9. 9HS
   Helium - Simple web automation▲48

   Hi everyone, I'm working for a startup called BugFree Software and would love to hear your feedback on a new product we are launching today. Helium is a library that wraps around Selenium to simplify web automation. It does away with many of the technicalities involved with web scripting. For example: Here is a Selenium script. Can you guess what it does? >>> ff = Firefox() ... >>> text_area = ff.find_element_by_id("u_0_1q") >>> text_area.send_keys("Hello World!") >>> button = ff.find_element_by_class_name("_42g-") >>> button.click() Here is the same script rewritten using Helium: >>>…

   2013 · heliumhq.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Coinmine▲116

    An in-home crypto mining machine

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Helium Core▲159

    A case that turns your iPhone into a real filmmaking tool 🎥

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Helium▲7

    One Tool for Every Task. Orchestrate Intelligence.

    Dec 2025 · he2.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sat2.io▲63

    Send Bitcoin to anyone, using the Lightning Network

    2019 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Skyroam Solis X WiFi Smartspot▲77

    Capture, connect, charge & control from anywhere

    2019 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    BitClout▲237

    A crypto social network

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Helium 5G Gateways▲10

    Consumer Deployed 5G Connectivity Devices

    2021 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    AirSwap▲87

    AirSwap is a peer-to-peer trading network built on Ethereum.

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18PW
    Play with real quantum physics in your browser▲156

    I wanted to make the simplest app to introduce myself and others to quantum computing. Introducing, Schrödinger's Coin. Powered by a simple Hadamard gate[0] on IBM quantum, with this app you can directly interact with a quantum system to experience true randomness. Thoughts? Could you see any use cases for yourself of this? Or, does it inspire any other ideas of yours? Curious what others on HN think! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_logic_gate#Hadamard_ga...

    2025 · quantum.orgsoft.org · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Portal▲91

    Enabling anyone to send and receive money over crypto easily

    2022 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    AirSwap Instant 2.0▲86

    Peer-to-peer crypto trading, reimagined

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21WA
    Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go▲204

    Hey HN! I just released weron, a P2P VPN that uses WebRTC for transport which I've been working on for the last couple of months. It can create both layer 2/Ethernet and layer 3/IP overlay networks, and the underlying transport layer can be easily embedded to write your own P2P apps with Go. Compared to for example Tailscale, WireGuard and ZeroTier, its much harder to block on a network level and also significantly easier to set up, while not sacrifing much performance. I'd love to get your feedback :)

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Wayru - Decentralized Internet Network▲74

    Earn crypto rewards providing Internet connectivity

    2022 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Soliom▲147

    World’s first solar-powered wirefree video doorbell

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cryptibles▲97

    Create and share blockchain-tied digital collectibles.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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