Alternatives

Products that do what Hurricane now runs Rails and Django does

Written in Erlang, lots of new features--I hope you find it cool/useful/interesting.

1VM
Vespene – My new Python CI/CD and automation server written in Django▲180
2018 · docs.vespene.io
2SA
Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial▲208
2014 · softcover.io
3GL
Git(lab), Jenkins, Redmine and IRC on our wall▲28
I've always dreamed about a project like that when looking at status boards at other companies. We finally had the time to do our own. Here are some photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robert_olejnik/sets/72157633736087905/ The stack: Django, mustache.js, Chart.js, Bootstrap and custom Supybot plugin. Maybe will be inspiration for someone else ;-) Do you guys have similar status boards? Cheers, Robert.
2013
4P2
Phoneify - 20 hours with Rails 3 & Twilio▲95
I wrote this over the last couple of weeks using Rails 3, Twilio and a variety of Gems, putting in about 2 hours per day. I'd love any feedback from the HN community on any aspects of the site (design, API construction, documentation, marketing, pricing which is TBD). On a related note: I have to say that I'm really flying with Rails 3. Typically I roll with Django, but have been super impressed with the Rails 3. Feels really clean, and there are some Gems that make the more mundane parts of the webapp construction fun and agile: Haml/Sass, blueprint, Fancy-buttons, Devise. I'll probably…
2011 · phoneify.com
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Prelang▲82
Automatic Rails Development
2014
6MF
My first webapp. Build with rails, backbonejs and lots of love.▲36
2012 · themescroller.com
7IO
I open sourced my eBook on upgrading to Rails 3▲44
2012 · github.com
8GA
Gondola, a Django like web framework in Go▲7
2014 · gondolaweb.com
9IM
I made a browser TUI with its own layout engine▲6
Try it at: ssh krnl.duetbrowser.com No sign up, totally free - no download. Let me know what you think. Prior art exists (brow.sh) but I wasn't satisfied with their graphical take. I wanted the raw, old skool terminal days of the early internet - BBS, and old green phosphor library comptuers - but running the modern web, with all the bells and jingle jangle whistles (JavaScript, etc). No funding, no VC, just 100% raw terminal fun. Not sure how long the demo will last, but try it out.
Jul 2026
10PS
Puteron, Systemd Competitor▲7
I was debating when to post this, but I've been using it locally in a variety of situations for several months and I think it's pretty stable (and usable!). There are more features I'd like to add, but I wanted to see if there was much interest before spending much more time on it right now.
2025 · github.com
11BR
Bootstrap + Rails + Flathemes = Awesomeness.▲7
2014 · bootflat-rails.herokuapp.com
12AA
(Arcamens) A project management platform on top of Python/Django▲8
2018 · arcamens.com
13ZA
ZakuChess, an open source web game built with Django, htmx and Tailwind▲5
A while ago I started this side project to test if I could build a rich User Interface that would have about the same level of responsiveness than a "SPA-like" app, but using only htmx[1]... I still have plenty of stuff in my roadmap, but today it's in a playable state and I thought it could be interesting to share it - as it may be a nice demonstration of a relatively rich user interface powered by htmx :-) --> https://zakuchess.com As for the stack: it's built mostly with Django, htmx and Tailwind CSS. It uses a SQLite database, and is hosted (for free) at Fly. The characters'…
2024 · zakuchess.com
14IM
I made a (self-hosted) Website Builder▲7
Hey Hacker News, I'm the maker of Kopage, a free & self-hosted Website Builder. While working on new, cool features (AI, of course), it would be great to hear some HN feedback :) Thanks, Simon
2024 · kopage.com
15CL
"Command Line" for the Social Web▲11
Hey HN, this is a side-project I've been working on for my senior year independent work in CS. Would appreciate any comments or feedback. www.aperator.com Thanks!
2012
16IW
I wrote the most comprehensive book on Rails and Hotwire▲11
This book is what I believe to be the most comprehensive resource on Rails and Hotwire in existence. It covers advanced Rails concepts in details and also teaches Turbo Native alongside web concepts. I like to think of it as a spiritual sequel to Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial.
2023 · railsandhotwirecodex.com
17TA
Twisted and Django = hendrix, a new python web server making async fun▲7
2015 · github.com
18RA
RailsScript – A Rails-centric, featherweight CoffeeScript framework▲8
2014 · github.com
19AA
Arcamens – A project management platform on top of Django▲11
2019 · github.com
20IB
I built a Macrodata Refinement game inspired by Severance▲5
Fully leaned into vibe coding this time around. Started on v0, at some point ejected into running locally (getting v0's exported folder to run locally was a challenge), then iterated with Cursor over the course of a few hours. Really neat how much can be accomplished just conversationally these days.
2025 · macrodata-refinement.arjit.me
21KL
Kufikia - Learn Django or Rails, get help, get paid when you finish.▲5
2013 · kufikia.com
22DA
Django and Heroku for lazy humans▲5
2016 · github.com
23IM
I made an open-source Replit▲9
I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.
2024 · github.com
24WW
Write webapps in Go without framework [updated]▲7
Over three months ago, I posted my book on HN and got tremendous +ve reponse. I am happy to inform that I have published the book to leanpub as per the comments I got on HN itself! It is pay as you go model, and the minimum is $0 because I wanted to contribute back to the FOSS Community
2016

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