Work · alternatives · 2026

My side project is an interactive timeline of historical maps depicting Jerusalem, created by the National Library of Israel Labs. It allows users to explore how cartographic representations of the city have changed… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My side project, timeline of old Jerusalem maps launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MS
   My Side Project Rocks – Share and discover side projects▲220

   2022 · mysideproject.rocks · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A graveyard for my side projects▲87

   Bilal Tahir's playground for AI experiments, technical deep dives, and product engineering — built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and a love for shipping fast.

   2021 · hackyexperiments.vercel.app · its alternatives →

3. 3MS
   My side project about side projects▲66

   2013 · sideshowhq.com · its alternatives →

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   TimeMap▲325

   Interactive Map of History: millions of people, events, maps

   2024 · oldmapsonline.org · its alternatives →

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   Histography.io▲157

   Interactive history timeline from the Big Bang to 2015.

   2015 · histography.io · its alternatives →

6. 6AU
   A url-based API for images (my weekend project)▲115

   2013 · mebe.co · its alternatives →

7. 7BM
   Buy My Side Project▲190

   2021 · buymysideproject.com · its alternatives →

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   My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground▲56

   2011 · demoseen.com · its alternatives →

9. 9SY
   Save your side project▲175

   2015 · sideprojects.assembly.com · its alternatives →

10. 10CA
    Create a beautiful timeline with TimeKiwi▲145

    2011 · timekiwi.com · its alternatives →

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    My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada▲212

    2011 · cantada.ca · its alternatives →

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    MapScroll▲109

    Hi HN, I built this after getting frustrated trying to map out things like “Ancient mayan ruins” or “James Bond movie locations” on Google "My" Maps. You basically have to drop pins manually, hunt down photos, copy links, it’s slow and never feels like an actual story. With MapScroll, you just type something like “Marco Polo’s route” or “forgotten WWII sites in France”, and it geocodes, grabs images + articles, and plots everything into a shareable story map. Each marker comes with a little gallery and sources tied to your prompt. You can also refine the first draft which AI creates before…

    2025 · mapscroll.ai · its alternatives →

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    My Journey▲297

    Visualize your whole life through a 3D Timeline

    2024 · myjourney-timeline.com · its alternatives →

14. 14MA
    My afternoon project - a pleasant viewer for the "who is hiring?" posts▲185

    2012 · hnhiring.micahw.com · its alternatives →

15. 15MN
    My nights and weekends project based on openstreetmaps▲30

    2012 · besttravelapp.org · its alternatives →

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    My (current) Weekend Project - I am, I do▲77

    2011 · iamido.info · its alternatives →

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    Fazier Sideprojects▲272

    Share & discover side projects

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data▲244

    MapHub allows you to create, share and collaborate interactive maps online.

    2016 · maphub.net · its alternatives →

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    My "weekend" project, an ML dialect and compiler▲68

    2012 · texodus.github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20AZ
    A zoomable timeline of 4M Wikipedia events▲118

    I'm building a journal app in Kotlin Multiplatform and for this purpose I have created a zoomable timeline interface. This is a side-project where I reuse the timeline interface to display 4 million events imported from Wikipedia / Wikidata, scored using PageRank. There is more information on the about page. If you're interested in the stack: I use Kotlin Multiplatform extensively, with Compose Multiplatform for the UI, communicates with the backend using Kotlinx-RPC and behind the hood a simple Postgres database on a Hetzner machine.

    Jul 2026 · app.everything.diena.co · its alternatives →

21. 21MI
    My interview with patio11 and other profitable side project hackers▲115

    2019 · sideprojectbook.com · its alternatives →

22. 22WP
    Weekend project, D3.js Globe of Recent Earthquakes▲79

    2012 · boydgreenfield.com · its alternatives →

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    Web Rewind▲98

    An interactive journey through 30 years of the web

    Mar 2026 · web-rewind.com · its alternatives →

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    My weekend project - NewsMap▲47

    2012 · newsmap.mhlakhani.com · its alternatives →

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