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24 alternatives to I created a portable lightweight replacement for Microsoft HTML Help
This is a portable, lightweight alternative to Microsoft HTML Help. It was created as a standalone replacement tool for developers and users who need help documentation viewing without the overhead of the full… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I created a portable lightweight replacement for Microsoft HTML Help launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2024 · leanrada.com · its alternatives →
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Last time I posted this it didn't garner much interest. There have been lots of improvements and fixes since the last release. Quick list of features: - Workspaces - Tabs - Nested Folders - Lots of context menus - Response history - Plugins - Runs fully in the browser and runs offline if necessary - Chrome and Firefox extension to bypass CORS restrictions - Desktop builds for all platforms - GraphQL support - Import collections exported from Postman and Insomnia - Simple user friendly interface I built this because I love Insomnia but wanted a portable version that I could run in the…
2022 · restfox.dev · its alternatives →
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Convert webpages into Excel data in seconds
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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WebSlides▲486The easiest way to make HTML presentations and long-forms.
2017 · webslides.tv · its alternatives →
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Simple Scraper▲556Turn any website into an API in just a few seconds.
2019 · simplescraper.io · its alternatives →
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Control the web with prompts (open source)
2025 · browser-use.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made Browser-Use, an open-source tool that lets (all Langchain supported) LLMs execute tasks directly in the browser just with function calling. It allows you to build agents that interact with web elements using natural language prompts. We created a layer that simplifies website interaction for LLMs by extracting xPaths and interactive elements like buttons and input fields (and other fancy things). This enables you to design custom web automation and scraping functions without manual inspection through DevTools. Hasn't this been done a lot of times? Good question, as a general…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · html-notepad.com · its alternatives →
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Build Cross Platform HTML Desktop Apps on .NET using native GUI, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Owin, AspNetCore (MVC, RazorPages, Blazor) - chromelyapps/Chromely
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Squire▲123The <textarea> of the future. A HTML5 rich text editor.
2014 · neilj.github.io · its alternatives →
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2022 · meml.ink · its alternatives →
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Shrinkray▲83Lightweight alternative to electron for making apps
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I love Streamlit but have run into many situation where taking it from PoC to MVP state is insurmountable. With all the recent HN hype around htmx and sematic html / classless css I decided to build a Streamlit alternative using these on top of FastAPI. This has a couple advantages: 1) easier to extend when you move past PoC since the FastAPI app is exposed (allowing adding more routes) and hstream acts more like a typical web stack 2) with htmx and html (plus MVP.css) doing the heavy lifting the package is alot less complex and easier to reason about - and hopefully more performant…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An app for working with local HTML files. Contribute to iffy/lhtml development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MD+HTML Reader▲117Review AI-generated Markdown and HTML in a focused workspace
Jun 2026 · mdhtmlreader.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · htmltree.peterbe.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I was tired of writing HTML emails and one day was going through reddit specifically searching for people who hated writing HTML emails and heard a lot of complaints from solopreneurs and marketers as this is a very boring task and many marketers and solo founders have much more important tasks to take care off. So I decided to build HTML email to solve this. My friends have already saved hours using this product. This is my 11th product and I think this solves a problem many folks are struggling with. Feel free to share your views.
2024 · html-email.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · original.littr.me · its alternatives →
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2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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easy online programming language to learn to programm
2019 · easylang.online · its alternatives →
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2015 · itseffortless.com · its alternatives →
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