Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How We Discovered a Virus Infecting Thousands of Fortnite Players launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Plague▲118

   Spread content like a virus

   2014 · plague.io · its alternatives →

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   How It Spread▲88

   See how anything went viral, from the first post

   8d ago · howitspread.com · its alternatives →

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   Virus Hunters▲67

   Defeat COVID-19 in AR. Pokemon GO but with Viruses.

   2020 · its alternatives →

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   Sawbones - Zika Virus▲53

   Zika, mosquitoes, and why everyone is freaking out

   2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →

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   FindViral▲136

   Find viral TikTok videos and boost your growth with AI

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Tech Moonshine - Pwning Tin Foiled Hat People▲55

   What is security and why does everyone get hacked?

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Triage by Chodeberg▲75

   Reproduce user described bugs in clean sandbox environments

   7d ago · triage.chodeberg.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker news for science▲9

   2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

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   CrowdMed▲65

   Crowd-sourced medical diagnosis for rare diseases

   2014 · crowdmed.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AS
    A searchable public database of cheaters in video games▲29

    Hey all I've been working on a website called GamingHerd that has spawned from dealing with so many cheaters in Valve's Counter-Strike 2. Watch this video if you're interested into the different scales of cheats that can be used, pretty much undetectable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1mBxrVulk&ab_channel=HaiX Currently, Valve does not seem to have a viable solution for dealing with cheaters nor are they transparent about their intentions (I'm sure for good reason). I can only imagine the complexities they have to deal with, and at the same time there is a potential…

    2024 · gamingherd.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News for Preppers▲7

    2015 · preppernews.org · its alternatives →

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    Cre8Virals▲8

    Deep dive into 100+ outlier videos hitting 1M+ views. Mapping the structural DNA of virality beyond the curiosity gap and the 7-second anchor rule.

    Apr 2026 · cre8virals.com · its alternatives →

13. 13FV
    Fortnite.vc – a place for founders to meet VC's by playing Fortnite▲5

    2020 · fortnite.vc · its alternatives →

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    Viral Potential Predictor▲34

    Hey HN, We analyzed 4,010,957 Hacker News submissions to find what actually makes posts perform well. Key findings: - 93.2% of posts never hit 50 points - Top 1% starts at 270 points - Certain keywords boost engagement by 1000%+ Built a free tool that scores your launch title and predicts viral potential: [link] The entire 4M post dataset is available as a single 700MB .mv2 file if you want to run your own analysis.

    Dec 2025 · hn-ph.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Viral Loops▲12

    Pre-launch funnel made it easy

    2016 · viral-loops.com · its alternatives →

16. 16HN
    Hacker News TLDR▲7

    2014 · hn-tldr.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HN
    Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

    2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

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    Piirus▲3

    Connecting researchers. Crossing boundaries.

    2016 · piirus.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a PR listener and ruleset to detect malicious code in CI/CD▲13

    I built a GitHub app that detects it in pull requests, notifies or blocks them. Alongside it, I published a Semgrep ruleset for any stage of the CI/CD. I started this after getting frustrated by all the FUD around malicious code - lots of noise, little effort to solve it. Having said that, it's still a major attack vector - a stored RCE, with the codebase itself as the sink. Feedback is appreciated. The app, PRevent - https://github.com/apiiro/PRevent The ruleset: https://github.com/apiiro/malicious-code-ruleset The research:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Esports News▲5

    The ultimate hub for Fortnite esports news, guides.

    Jan 2026 · fortniteindex.com · its alternatives →

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    I built CovidInvaders in honor of the vaccine (and my 16th birthday)▲11

    Commercial cleaning for offices, medical clinics, and dental practices nationwide. Vetted crews, dedicated account manager, online booking. Free quote.

    2020 · covidinvaders.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

24. 24IB
    I built a tool for viral Reddit posts after analyzing 562 subreddits▲6

    It took me six months to analyze 562 subreddits. I systematically parsed titles, post bodies, and user interactions to identify statistically significant patterns and evaluate if it was possible to create a model that could predict the likelihood of a post going viral based on specific features. The key findings were unexpected: while the title of a post has a direct correlation with engagement, there is another highly influential factor I initially overlooked, timing. The optimal time to post on Reddit, in terms of engagement, can significantly vary based on geographic distribution. The…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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