Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Local lens
The open source location based social network
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Local lens launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Simply Local▲113Hyperlocal social network with channels, area-broadcast
2022 · simplylocalx.com · its alternatives →
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Facebook Local▲350Discover places to go and events happening near you
2017 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
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Geo-Frame▲64A competitive location based social media application.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi folks! I'm excited to show you gis.chat, a geospatial chat platform in both senses: a platform about geospatial topics and a geospatial platform itself, referencing the location of our communities. The setup is fairly simple and reproducible: a plain Zulip instance and a homepage with geospatial search capabilities. It seems almost trivial but it has some very nice features. I guess you should be familiar with Zulips stream/topic model to follow along (https://zulip.com/help/streams-and-topics). The core idea is that there are city-specific streams (currently…
2023 · gis.chat · its alternatives →
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2015 · localwiki.org · its alternatives →
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A community driven map for free or not free wifi locations.
2019 · its alternatives →
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Hi Everyone, Today I'm proud to announce the upcoming launch of Postcard. You can visit the launch page here - http://www.postcardsocial.net However, since this is Hacker News, I thought the community might be more interested in my blog entry which explains in detail why the project should be of interest to developers including information about the open API Protocol it will adhere to. You can read the blog entry here - http://blog.postcardsocial.net/introducing-postcard/ Feedback is welcome and appreciated. I'm actively looking for beta testers and you can sign…
2013 · its alternatives →
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The Newscene▲81FB groups meet Mailchimp. Build your own social community.
2020 · newscene.io · its alternatives →
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A Social Network Platform build with no advertising
2025 · findlocall.com · its alternatives →
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