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24 alternatives to LIMINAL

A minimal adaptable lighting unit

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. LIMINAL launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Solu▲290

   The world's smallest general-purpose computer

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Revolights▲88

   A futuristic bicycle lighting system

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Cloud▲112

   Interactive lamp and sound system

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4TM
   Tube – Minimalist YouTube▲220

   2018 · tube.quinzel.tech · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Adaptive images▲117

   Deliver smaller images to smaller devices.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Gravity Light▲95

   A 360 degree magnetic LED wood lamp

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Lumio▲89

   a beautiful, portable, lighting solution

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8AM
   A minimalist blog based on Tufte CSS▲260

   2019 · lawler.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Floating Cloud▲38

   A magnetically levitating ambient lamp.

   2018 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Color▲131

    A minimal swatch picker

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Luminoodle BASECAMP▲75

    a 20-foot remote controled multi-color rope light

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CUBE▲139

    Mobile projector

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    LIFX▲67

    The lightbulb reinvented

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Blinkenlights▲106

    A minimal status dashboard app

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Emberlight▲111

    Turn any light into a smart light

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16LO
    LuxBase – Open-Source Smart Lighting Control System▲38

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Fragment▲115

    Prismatic Photos

    2013 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tinycon▲197

    A small library for manipulating the favicon

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    FANIGHT▲82

    The world's only self-illuminating jacket

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Limk▲66

    Smarter Content Recommendations.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Lantern▲131

    A device to access web content for free (Indiegogo)

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Luxafor▲87

    The LED status light and productivity tool

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Bright▲83

    Bringing solar to the developing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Nextt Experiments▲86

    A community for open and permissionless innovation

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →