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Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Nonfik

A social reading library for free guides and ebooks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Nonfik launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Heya HN, I've been working on a reddit-like platform as my primary side project for the last few years. Doing a (very) soft launch today, mainly because I want to use it to encourage discussion of alternatives. How non.io works: 1. Free to browse, paid to interact. 2. Minimum subscription is $2 (though you can choose more). I take $1 to run the servers, everything left gets split evenly between everything you upvote that month. It's a simple model, but I hope it's a better one than the freemium model we've been relying on for the last few years. Fundamentally I feel like any ad-supported…

    2023 · non.io · its alternatives →

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    BookStack is a simple, open-source, self-hosted, easy-to-use platform for organising and storing information.

    2022 · bookstackapp.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3
    Bookself▲361

    The social reading app 📚💬

    2019 · bookself.app · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    NonCoders▲160

    A curated library of tools and resources for non-coders

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Discover, organise & discuss books

    2022 · literal.club · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…

    2022 · booqsi.com · its alternatives →

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    Bookstck▲345

    A curated bookshelf (+100 books) made by entrepreneurs

    2015 · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Free tools & resources for non-tech makers and entrepreneurs

    2018 · nocode.tech · its alternatives →

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    NoCode▲342

    Directory of free resources/tools for non-tech entrepreneurs

    2016 · nocode.tech · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…

    2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →

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    The world's first 'fully' open source book

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Read great books with your friends, family, or colleagues

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    FlowReads▲254

    Find books that help you grow 📖

    2019 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn pdfs into social media-like posts

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fully secure opinion sharing platform

    2024 · its alternatives →

  17. 17MA

    A new, progressive way to read a book online, read any wall of text paragraph by paragraph.

    2021 · readwok.com · its alternatives →

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    Glose▲241

    A next-generation social reading platform for ebooks

    2014 · glose.com · its alternatives →

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    Book discovery site that doesn't judge a book by its cover

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Readup▲118

    A social platform that incentivizes deep, focused reading

    2020 · readup.org · its alternatives →

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    Palex▲22

    A social network built around real books

    Jan 2026 · getpalex.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    A secure place for the articles that you want to read 🔒📑

    2019 · cozyreader.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Booqsi▲83

    A more social alternative to Goodreads and StoryGraph

    2022 · booqsi.com · its alternatives →

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    Hardcover▲141

    Social discovery for serious book lovers

    2022 · hardcover.app · its alternatives →

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