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24 alternatives to Mata

The night vision for the web. Read easier on the eyes.

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

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   night night . みんな▲170

   Put your website to sleep

   2016 · nightnight.xn--q9jyb4c · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Cwiki▲130

   A Command line interface for searching Wikipedia!

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Nightwatch▲92

   Search visibility tracker for web professionals

   2016 · nightwatch.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Glimpse▲70

   The Diagnostics platform of the web

   2015 · xcor.com · its alternatives →

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   Dark Reader▲299

   Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes

   2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →

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   WebGazer.js▲157

   Eye tracking on the browser

   2016 · webgazer.cs.brown.edu · its alternatives →

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   Toolwiz Eyes▲75

   A tool for blind and visually impaired

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   LLaVaVision: An AI "Be My Eyes"-like web app with a llama.cpp backend▲154

   A simple mobile web app inspired by Fuzzy-Search/realtime-bakllava that uses llama.cpp server backend with multimodal mode to describe and narrate what the phone camera sees. I built this thing in a few hours using a single ChatGPT thread to generate most things for me and iterate on this project. Here's the workflow: https://chat.openai.com/share/ea84ec69-5617-45e8-8772-ac2dcf...

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Lighthouse▲144

   Real-time monitoring and alerts for Slack administrators

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LightCMS▲98

    Build Beautiful Websites

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Verge 3.0▲213

    1000 lasers shining through your mind pointing at the future

    2016 · theverge.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Feng-GUI▲83

    Empowering designers with visual predictive analytics

    2015 · feng-gui.com · its alternatives →

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    Night Eye - Dark Mode on any website▲138

    Enable dark mode on any website using your favourite browser

    2019 · nighteye.app · its alternatives →

14. 14
    WordsEye▲156

    Type a picture

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Shade View▲155

    Auto-dark mode for all websites

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    EyeEm 4.2▲117

    Photography app and community with Missions

    2014 · freepik.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Min▲85

    A smarter web browser

    2016 · palmeral.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    WeKan▲152

    The open-source Trello-like kanban

    2017 · wekan.github.io · its alternatives →

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    The Eye▲5

    A platform suited for Servers' automation.

    2015 · theeye.io · its alternatives →

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    Lumu▲75

    A light meter for your smartphone

    2014 · lu.mu · its alternatives →

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    Nocturnal▲90

    Have more control over your screen at night 🌙

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Light-Bot▲84

    Programming Apps Teaching the Basics of Code

    2015 · lightbot.com · its alternatives →

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    Stacksight▲97

    Operational insights for your Open Source applications

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    microlight.js▲117

    Improves readability of code by highlighting

    2016 · asvd.github.io · its alternatives →

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