Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to My (late) holiday hack: SOPAOpera.org
SOPAOpera.org is a website created as a holiday-themed project in early 2012. It appears to be a fun, life-oriented tool or resource, though specific details about its functionality are not provided in the available… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My (late) holiday hack: SOPAOpera.org launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi HN, I’ve been working on whataaabout.com with a friend, while learning to code. It's a fun little website for those short on time but seeking new experiences. It started from a question, "when was the last time you did an experience you had never done before?". As human beings we need some degree of novelty, to expose ourselves to the unfamiliar and keep learning throughout our lives. So to add a spark to my daily routine and keep novelty coming my way, I started collecting ideas of interesting and unusual activities I’d like to try out sooner or later. The main selection criteria is…
2023 · whataaabout.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
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Search trough and subscribe to Hacker News
2018 · whoishiring.me · its alternatives →
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I love the looks and UX of the Google calendar. But I wanted to have a version I could use more freely in my own projects, still looking similar to the one from Google.
2024 · schedule-x.dev · its alternatives →
- 5IB
Hey my name is Crisa and this is my first post here on HN. I love this site and it inspired me to build a clone of it for my newsletter. Instead of having a boring landing page, I hope to gather articles, blogs, interesting projects on my own platform. I would appreciate any feedback, good or bad so that I can improve the site. Email: gazcrisa (at) gmail (dot) com
2023 · gptroad.com · its alternatives →
- 6WM
2014 · lentor.io · its alternatives →
- 7MA
2012 · hnhiring.micahw.com · its alternatives →
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AnnounceBot▲98Personalize celebrations with automated greetings in Teams
2024 · announcebot.in · its alternatives →
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Upcoming▲108All Product Hunt Global Hackathon projects in one place
2017 · upcoming.plankarma.com · its alternatives →
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Hackable Hacker News Reader. Contribute to sorpaas/reread development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11HN
i'd forgotten i'd written this a year and a half ago, and when a friend passed me the link to it just now, it seemed hilarious to me. probably some other people will enjoy it too
2023 · canonical.org · its alternatives →
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Did this during the holidays and just finished with few extra features: http://thingsand.me/ And an example blog: http://thingsand.me/jori I tried to keep the platform as simple as possible and focus on the images instead of making yet another blogging platform. Time will tell for what people are going to use it. I hope to add API soon (iPhone uploader would be awesome to blog daily activities).
2011 · thingsand.me · its alternatives →
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Nomad Dot▲52A living map of indie hackers around the world
Mar 2026 · nomaddot.verifiedtools.info · its alternatives →
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Colour Me Cards are your classic holiday cards, with a modern twist. - ellailan/ColourMeCards
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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My friend Tycho, instead of going out for the halloween party created http://startups.org for the startup community, now that's love.
2011 · startups.org · its alternatives →
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2013 · enddash.com · its alternatives →
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Nowa▲8Ever feel exhausted by the endless back-and-forth of "When should we meet?" and "How much does everyone owe?" when organizing events with friends or family? I've been there too, and found that existing tools were either too feature-heavy or required tedious account setup. That's why I built Nowa - an event management app focused on just the essentials that works by simply sharing a URL, no registration required. Key Features No-signup invitations - Just share a URL or QR code and anyone can join instantly. I prioritized simplicity so even grandparents can use it without confusion. Intuitive…
2025 · nowa.one · its alternatives →
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A year and a half after I published https://HackYourNews.com, I've rewritten it to be neater and added support for more news sources. HackYourNews.com v1 had a great response on HN [1] and consistently sees ~2k weekly unique visitors. There were many long-standing requests that I wanted to fulfill (thanks for your patience!): a proper dark mode, correct rendering on mobile devices, and more cogent summaries. This rewrite is the result. gpt-4o-mini reduces the cost of summarization to an absurd degree, so it's now sustainable to keep this free service going! Someday, I hope to use…
2025 · its alternatives →
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2012 · youtube.imomin.com · its alternatives →
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Y'all, I've been reading about the "nuclear option" that some internet giants are considering in order to highlight SOPA and I wondered why they didn't just put a banner saying to "Pay attention to SOPA" on their sites. I realized that it would only take a bit of time to build the service, so I did. It's built with Python, App Engine (my first time using it), Twitter's Bootstrap and GitHub. Has some rudimentary geolocating included so that politicians can be highlighted. It's a very early version (ie. I only have data for CA politicians), but I figured HN would enjoy seeing it early,…
2012 · sopajs.org · its alternatives →
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Advent Calendar from indie iOS developers!
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Random Hacker News front page generated with AI
2025 · thishackernewsdoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →
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A Facebook bot that sends you a daily, odd, holiday.
2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
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Found something like it on GitHub which was made for a particular person. Felt like creating a custom one which anyone can use. Hence made this :)
2022 · birthday-maker.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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