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24 alternatives to Mu – a new Micro app platform
Hi HN I'm Asim, an engineer and author of the open source project Micro (https://micro.dev). I've been on this forum in various forms since 2009. In that time I've seen a lot of shifts in the technology landscape, participated in a few and even tried to start a company myself (which ended up VC funded). In typical HN fashion, I drank the kool-aid and applied to YC around 8-10 times. I got so far as going to mountain view for an interview but never got in. I played right into the idea of starting a fast growing company and "changing the world" by solving my own problems in the…
Mu is a micro app platform launched in September 2023 that allows users to discover and use small, lightweight applications. Designed for casual users seeking quick, functional tools, Mu hosts a collection of… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mu – a new Micro app platform launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey all Sharing a new piece of work I've been doing with a friend. Mu is a new micro web app platform which enables building and sharing apps instantly with storage, auth and payments built in. Apps are single file, built in the browser and rendered as an iframe. They're "micro" because they're quite literally tiny single purpose utilities like a hackernews reader or old school guest book. It's mostly at this point something that scratches a personal itch. Making app development super simple and lightweight. Sort of like living GitHub gists. And trying to build a simpler, cleaner place to…
2023 · mu.app · its alternatives →
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A runtime for agents and services. Contribute to micro/mu development by creating an account on GitHub.
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Microlaunch▲1,115Launch and get feedback on both the idea and product
2024 · microlaunch.net · its alternatives →
- 6IM
2013 · boredbanker.com · its alternatives →
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Micro SaaS HQ▲672Profitable Micro SaaS ideas, supportive community
2022 · microsaashq.com · its alternatives →
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Tools for agents. Contribute to micro/mu development by creating an account on GitHub.
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.
2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11MA
2021 · m3o.com · its alternatives →
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Modern low-level programming language. Contribute to nickmqb/muon development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Something basic to showcase. Write posts with AI basically. The idea is that you just enter a title and description and then hit "Write with AI" and it'll co-author the post with you and then you post it. Maybe it exists elsewhere but I don't really use X or other platforms anymore.
2016 · blog.micro.mu · its alternatives →
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Hey all I'm Asim. I'm an engineer who's been hacking on an open source project called Micro for the past eight years (https://micro.dev). In that time I've done a lot of things, all Dev related but ultimately most of my career was spent working on platforms for consumer products. After many attempts I've decided the path forward is to focus on building something that solves my own problem. Micro Chat is a solution to some of the social media problems I've been having. What I've been looking for most of my life is a community. A place to belong. I scoured the internet for that with…
2023 · micro.mu · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, we’re the founders of Infisical, the open source secret management platform – it provides an end-to-end set of tools to manage your secrets across your team and infrastructure (https://infisical.com/). Excited to show you all the progress that we’ve made in the past few months after our Launch HN in February (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34955699) and Show HN in December (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34055132). During the previous Show HN and Launch HN, we received a ton of feedback which helped us improve Infisical. We’ve…
2023 · infisical.com · its alternatives →
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- 18MC
Hello Community! My name is Charles-Eugene Loubao, I am a software developer who recently turned into an Indie Maker and I am sharing my new product with you today. Micro CRM is a Customer Relationship Managment web app built to be easy to use and intuitive. Most CRMs can be complicated to use and come with an expensive price tag. Micro CRM is built to fill that need for a much simpler and cheaper contact managment platform that offers compeling features without being overwhelming. What can I do with it ? - Keep all your contacts in one place - Timestamped notes can be used to keep track of…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Tl;DR Save 60% of development effort building your SaaS and enterprise apps using our open-source platform, demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gob4j072Isg Hi friends, It's a bit surreal writing a Show HN post, being a HN member since 2012, but I'm still excited to be here. We are Arek and Michal (hn: mgl), and we have published Openkoda - an open-source low-code platform for the rapid development of SaaS and enterprise applications. OUR STORY We met at the university and spent the next 10 years building high-performance applications for finance, eCommerce and travel…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mui▲164An interactive wood panel for peaceful digital living
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · louisdickinson.com · its alternatives →
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MUI is a lightweight CSS framework that follows Google
2015 · muicss.com · its alternatives →
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