Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Novelette

Platform for people to read and write short stories for free

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Novelette launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Novelo▲71
Write online with your friends and read exciting stories
2023 · its alternatives →
2
Writeby▲121
A minimal alternative to Medium
2020 · its alternatives →
3
Storybook (Beta)▲99
Write and publish stories, poems & more for free
2023 · its alternatives →
4
Writebook▲333
Instantly publish your own books on the web for free
2024 · its alternatives →
5
Zette▲384
Unlock the articles that pique your curiosity
2023 · its alternatives →
6
ReadKidz▲393
One-stop multimedia children's stories creation platform
2024 · its alternatives →
7IM
I made an open-source Notion-style WYSYWIG editor▲370
2023 · novel.sh · its alternatives →
8
Telescope▲246
A beautiful, stylish and minimal publishing platform ✏️
2019 · its alternatives →
9
Medium▲418
Everyone's stories, now w/ an inline editor, tags & stream
2015 · its alternatives →
10
Readory▲176
The platform for online written content 📝
2018 · its alternatives →
11
Chunks▲138
A new way to write a whole bunch of stuff
2018 · its alternatives →
12SP
Sora, Personal Publishing Platform▲87
We wanted to create, to express ourselves without being judged either by strangers or some algorithm. We wanted our own space on the internet, where our photos and words would matter. So we started to build an app that can showcase our content, without having to pick a platform. You can use Sora to publish a few different content types. - Blog - Polaroid - Poster - Microblog You can either display them all on your Sora profile as a summary (like mine https://topcat.sora.city), or put any of them forward for the world to see. We plan to run this app for a long time and looking for…
2023 · sora.city · its alternatives →
13
Niopub▲87
Explore posts from others or quickly publish your own ideas
2023 · its alternatives →
14WA
WrittenRealms – a modern platform for text-based games▲200
2021 · writtenrealms.com · its alternatives →
15WA
WriterKata – a site for writers to practice their craft▲93
2014 · writerkata.com · its alternatives →
16
Typesetterr▲100
Simplifying workflows for writers through automation
2023 · its alternatives →
17
Novelist Freeware▲7
Free book writing software for authors & novelists
Oct 2025 · novelistfreeware.com · its alternatives →
18
Inkspired▲94
Read, write and publish stories and book series
2022 · its alternatives →
19
Novel Effect▲83
Music and sounds follow along as you read aloud together.
2018 · its alternatives →
20SE
@smoores/epub, a JavaScript library for working with EPUB publications▲156
Howdy! I've just written a blog post about this, and I figured I would share it here: https://smoores.dev/post/announcing_smoores_epub/. As I've been working on Storyteller[1], I've been developing a library for working with EPUB files, since that's a large amount of the work that Storyteller does. After a friend asked for advice on creating EPUB books in Node.js, I decided to publish Storyteller's EPUB library as a standalone NPM package. I really love the EPUB spec, and I think the Node.js developer community deserves an actively maintained library for working with…
2024 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →
21
StoryChief.io▲130
Collaborate, schedule & seed your articles omnichannel
2018 · its alternatives →
22
Writing.Social▲96
Collaborative short story writing
2022 · its alternatives →
23
Reader - Uniting Writers and Readers▲96
The complete blogging ecosystem for readers and writers
2023 · its alternatives →
24
StoryFork▲76
A social story writing application
2023 · its alternatives →

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