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24 alternatives to Index

A tool for tracking tech news

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Index launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   TechWatching▲71

   Personalized technology news aggregator

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Boost the News▲73

   A thorough media monitoring tool.

   2016 · rtbhouse.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   NewsBot▲189

   The fastest way to find related articles

   2015 · pedicuresalonaangenaam.nl · its alternatives →

5. 5
   LAUNCH Ticker▲168

   The most efficient way to stay on top of tech news

   2014 · thisweekinstartups.beehiiv.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   I built a tech news aggregator that works the way my brain does▲188

   An honest to god, non-algorithmic reverse chrono list of tech news that passes my signal-to-noise tests, updated hourly. A lightweight a page design as I've been able to keep; simple, clean, fast. No commercial features or aspirations - this is a passion project, something I've been fooling around with on and off for decades. There's a "Top" view too with an LLM edited front page & summary, and categorized views for a large number of topics - see the Directory. A few more buried features to explore, but the fundamental use case is pop in, scan, exit - fast and concise. Your feedback would be…

   2025 · deadstack.net · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Spike▲70

   Surfaces trending news articles from around the web

   2014 · spike.newswhip.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   12K INDEX▲200

   Analyze what’s hot in the world’s leading tech media

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Content Analytics▲189

   See what content your visitors are actually reading

   2014 · bdow.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Buzzminer▲159

    Quickly read latest news from different sites in one place

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Leap.it▲76

    A visual search engine for the web

    2014 · leap.it · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Techstra▲75

    Curated news aggregator for makers w/ previews for each link

    2015 · techstra.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Tally▲92

    People powered newsfeeds about anything

    2014 · tally.la · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Sourced▲119

    Curated tech news for startup founders/investors (EU + U.S)

    2015 · sourcedhq.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    SimilarWeb▲193

    Discover the analytics of any website

    2014 · similarweb.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Pop Up Archive▲87

    Media search & indexing tools

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    All Tech News▲125

    Tech news from 41 sources, all in one place.

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Emergent▲94

    Real-time news lead rumor tracker.

    2014 · emergent.info · its alternatives →

19. 19
    ExplainToMe▲182

    Automatic web article summarizer

    2016 · explaintome.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ReadThisThing▲88

    Find, share, and discuss great journalism

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Circa▲77

    News app with high quality curated content

    2013 · gcd.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    News Genius▲66

    Make sense of the news

    2014 · genius.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hacker News Search▲92

    a faster hnsearch

    2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Media Toolkit▲69

    Daily media monitoring & content discovery tool.

    2014 · determ.com · its alternatives →

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