Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Northern Sky
Online Fan Control & Indoor Environmental Data Visualization
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Northern Sky launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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For HTML Day 2025 [1], I made a web service that displays the current sky at your approximate location as a CSS gradient. Colours are simulated on-demand using atmospheric absorption and scattering coefficients. Updates every minute, without the use of client-side JavaScript. Source code and additional information is available on GitHub: https://github.com/dnlzro/horizon [1] https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html
2025 · sky.dlazaro.ca · its alternatives →
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Dark Sky for Web▲262Hyperlocal weather information, now on the web ⛈
2016 · support.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I really like Stellarium and SkySafari but I felt like these are primarily geared towards exploring the sky but not so much "here are the long list of things I want to see, when can I see them tonight and where". There's also not really a great option I've found that combines sky object planning + location weather details while still being free so I built this. The UI's heavily inspired by NINAs sky atlas + Robinhood. Right now you can: View the altitude chart of objects and 3D view Create lists of objects of interest View the annual max/min daily altitude of an object to find the best…
2024 · astro.sshh.io · its alternatives →
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Guiding you in Navigating Turbulence. Utilizing SkyPath’s OneLayer - smart, consolidated ride quality layer, PIREP reports, and AI-powered turbulence Nowcast.
2024 · skypath.io · its alternatives →
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Virtual Sun▲101We built CircadianLab, a free in-browser tool for lighting design. It uses webGPU shaders to calculate melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (mel-EDI, formerly EML, relevant for circadian rhythm and WELL v2 compliance), photopic illuminance, UGR glare per CIE 117, and actual daylight through windows and skylights. It has a database of 400,000+ IES files from 81 lighting manufacturers and supports easy sharing of scenes/configs with other people. Daylight uses the NREL Solar Position Algorithm and a Perez clear / intermediate / overcast sky model, mixed into the same…
2020 · innerscene.com · its alternatives →
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Get intelligent insights into your air quality
2018 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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The smart indoor climate monitor
2016 · netatmo.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · telesc.pe · its alternatives →
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A hobby project of mine that was surprisingly easy to put together! I love waking up and seeing the freshly generated image.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AstroAlert▲113Know exactly when satellites pass above you.
Nov 2025 · astroalert.app · its alternatives →
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Historical weather report re-imagined and beautiful.
2014 · weather-radials.com · its alternatives →
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Cosmic-light▲84A stunning Dynamic Island Control Center for Windows
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Bosun▲108Open-source monitoring and alerting system by Stack Exchange
2014 · bosun.org · its alternatives →
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The first weather forecast app for outdoor photographers
2019 · blackbird.one · its alternatives →
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Project SKY▲95Your ambient AI companion for Windows.
Aug 2026 · projectsky-ten.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Karl Weather▲82A beautiful SF microclimate weather app for iOS
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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