Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc
Tiny HTTP-only file fetcher without libc, DNS or dependencies. Linux + Android. ~2KB static binary. One job, done small. - Ferki-git-creator/hfile-htpp-file-download-cli-tool
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Run and test your HTTP requests. Git friendly, 100% local. - 4lejandrito/fetchbook
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. Contribute to ducaale/xh development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Firefiles▲253Get your own file-hosting service in minutes.
2022 · firefiles.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Send big or small files from A to B (now on Android)
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, folks. As an RSS user, I tried Inoreader and Feedly, then ended up self-hosting a Miniflux instance on my homelab. A few months ago, I moved to another city and had to shut down my homelab for a long time, so I couldn't access my local miniflux. It was quite inconvenient. I decided to self-host my RSS aggregator on a tiny VPS or PaaS such as fly.io. However, Miniflux requires a PostgreSQL database, which may isn't suitable for a tiny VPS instance. So I built fusion with Golang and SQLite. It contains basic features such as Group, Bookmark, Search, Automatically feeds sniffing,…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cmon... I just want to upload a file and make it public on the internet. Now you tell me I need to master bucket policies, ACL, CORS, multipart uploads, content headers, CDN, presigned URLs, and a bunch of other crap? I can't be asked, so I built FILE0. It's for storing files but you don't need to complete an online course.
2024 · file0.dev · its alternatives →
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A little web server written in C for Linux. Supports: CGI, Reverse Proxy. Single threaded using I/O multiplexing (select).
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Web site to securely transmit files between browsers
2021 · sendfiles.dev · its alternatives →
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🧲 Easy to Use Torrent Client. Can be hosted in Cloud. Files can be streamed in Browser/Media Player. - varbhat/exatorrent
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I originally was just messing with pi-autoresearch. Gave it a sample task to build the most portable coding agent. First cut was 6 KB of shell. Great for one-shots, unusable interactively. I was shocked it actually worked. Started building up -- adding features — but with a self-imposed rule: no new dependencies, and sub 500 LOC. This thing had to be truly portable. Just sh, curl, awk. System primitives only. Which means I did some genuinely disgusting things in awk, including JSON parsing and the OpenAI Responses tool loop with reasoning items carried across turns. It's now ~400 lines. In…
Apr 2026 · pu.dev · its alternatives →
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Battery info program for x86-64 Linux laptops in 307 bytes of machine code - meribold/btry
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I wanted to get more familiar with C programming, *nix socket programming and C compilation, so I wrote this "web" ""server"". It's running on a tiny SBC in my office, and there's as little as possible between you and it. Happy for you to try and break it, hopefully with something more interesting than a DoS though :) Please let me know if you find any issues.
2025 · unsafehttp.benren.au · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I made a lightweight, header-only GIF decoder in C, inspired by stb-style libraries. No dynamic allocation, portable, and optimized for embedded devices. GitHub: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/TurboStitchGIF-HeaderOn... Would love feedback or suggestions.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An unofficial Android app created in 12 hours!
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Direct file transfer over WebRTC. Contribute to Antonito/gfile development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built tinykv because I kept reaching for simple persistent storage in Rust projects but found existing solutions either too complex (sled) or unmaintained (pickledb). tinykv focuses on simplicity: JSON-based, serde-powered, with optional TTL. Perfect for CLI tools, game saves, config storage. Would appreciate any feedback from the HN community!
2025 · crates.io · its alternatives →
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A desktop client for SSH, SFTP, Docker over SSH
22d ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a browser-native Unix environment - shell, filesystem, git, npm, node, vi, 200+ commands. Everything is JavaScript running client-side with IndexedDB for persistence. The whole thing builds to a single static HTML file (~420 KB gzipped). Try it: https://shiro.computer For interactive demos showing npm install, node execution, and git workflows -- running live in Shiro, not recordings -- see https://shiro.computer/show Source: https://github.com/williamsharkey/shiro P.S. `curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash` works.…
Feb 2026 · shiro.computer · its alternatives →
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Dual-pane Android file manager: local storage, archives, FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, S3, restic and Jellyfin/Emby in one tree. Plain Kotlin, compact APK. - dev2ex/twig
23h ago · github.com · its alternatives →
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A general-purpose file explorer for (rooted) Android, with support for compressed archives, remote file servers, device-to-device file transfers, checksums, etc... - pgp/XFiles
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is based on an approach I made for a very high performance message and video multiplexing server. The project died, but I'm glad I get to share the a basic version with some http test code now. I admit this is the second time I've tried to show this off here today; I posted earlier but it got lost when no-one was watching :(
2011 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to ralyodio/dht_indexer development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HTTP client/libcurl TUI front end in Rust, with request + key storage - PThorpe92/CuTE
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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