Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. My weekend project gets engineers a girlfriend via command line launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Alice by Couple▲57

   An AI companion from the folks who built Couple

   2014 · couple.me · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Wingman▲55

   A little nudge to text your girlfriend

   Sep 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Couple▲86

   An app for two

   2013 · couple.me · its alternatives →

4. 4IB
   I built an IDE for devs who live in the terminal▲6

   2025 · trycodigo.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Duckie▲72

   A Tool for One Person Pair Programming

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6MW
   My weekend project - Etherpad + Repl.it▲9

   2013 · replpad.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MW
   My weekend project Hot Or Not...for bread▲8

   2012 · hawtbread.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IM
   I'm building a system that automates onboarding▲9

   2019 · boardme.app · its alternatives →

9. 9MW
   My weekend project, conversation starters via SMS▲8

   2012 · breaktheicefor.me · its alternatives →

10. 101P
    1 Project. 1 Engineer. 1 Year▲8

    This project took me 1 year to complete, all by my lonesome self. What do you think? Comments appreciated! www.enrad.io

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11AA
    Assemble a vetted offshore dev team in a few clicks▲7

    2019 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

12. 12IM
    Instasaver- My latest weekend project▲7

    2011 · crgwbr.com · its alternatives →

13. 13IM
    I made a Perplexity-like research agent▲5

    2024 · search.sciphi.ai · its alternatives →

14. 14CN
    Crush notifier, a weekend project▲9

    2011 · iheartyou.net · its alternatives →

15. 15IC
    I created a more fun way to screen developers at our company▲8

    2019 · join.leaseplan.com · its alternatives →

16. 16IB
    I built an online programming language▲8

    2023 · lineone.dev · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ipassion▲5

    the sexy couple game

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18WB
    Weekend bootcamp for engineers▲5

    2017 · bootcamp.garagescript.com · its alternatives →

19. 19WA
    WeeklySetup – A little weekend project about workspaces▲9

    2014 · weeklysetup.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Partyline▲8

    Turn Slack conversations into Project progress timelines.

    2015 · partyline.sprint.ly · its alternatives →

21. 21IM
    I made an API builder for side projects▲6

    2022 · getquickbase.com · its alternatives →

22. 22IW
    I wrote a scheme interpreter in C▲7

    2019 · rain-1.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23TA
    _theInitialCommit: An exploration of the people behind the projects▲7

    2016 · theinitialcommit.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Built our open source dev tool in 6 hours using tool to build itself▲5

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →