Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to NSL-SH

Simplified domain and routing for Personal Server

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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   NSL – WSL for Linux▲167

   WSL-style Linux machines for Linux hosts.

   22d ago · frostyard.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Pgs.sh – A zero-install static site hosting service for hackers▲168

   Deploy static sites with a single command. rsync and you

   2024 · pgs.sh · its alternatives →

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   Staticland – Open source static site hosting with SSL via Let's Encrypt▲180

   2016 · static.land · its alternatives →

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   ZeroHTTPd: A web server to teach Linux performance, with benchmarks▲472

   Articles in this series Part I. Iterative ServersPart II. Forking ServersPart III. Pre-forking ServersPart IV. Threaded ServersPart V. Pre-threaded ServersPart VI: poll-based serverPart VII: epoll-…

   2019 · unixism.net · its alternatives →

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   NakedSSL▲154

   Hassle-free SSL clothes for your naked domains.

   2018 · nakedssl.com · its alternatives →

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   tor_ssh.sh – One command to enable SSH access via Tor▲93

   Grownetics DevOps Open Source

   2019 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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   Shpool, a Lightweight Tmux Alternative▲323

   shpool is a terminal session persistence tool developed internally at google to support remote workflows, which we have open sourced.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A pure bash web server. No netcat, socat, etc.▲224

   A purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc... - GitHub - dzove855/Bash-web-server: A purely bash web server, no socat, netcat, etc...

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Routepath▲108

   Simple HTTPS, routing, and custom domains for your sites

   2020 · its alternatives →

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    Kilo SSL▲126

    Automatic SSL management solution for SaaS providers

    2020 · docs.kilossl.com · its alternatives →

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    NS6.com▲71

    Register domains across 800+ extensions with free WHOIS privacy, free DNS and free SSL on every domain. Search, transfer in, and manage everything in one place.

    2022 · ns6.com · its alternatives →

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    Minimal build system using just /bin/sh▲100

    2017 · notabug.org · its alternatives →

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    Hat.sh V2▲73

    Simple, fast, secure in-browser file encryption

    2021 · hat.sh · its alternatives →

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    Plural.sh-Deploy, secure and scale open-source apps on your cloud▲14

    Enterprise Kubernetes management, accelerated. 🚀. Contribute to pluralsh/plural development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sslhash: SSL without a certificate authority▲17

    SSL without a certificate authority. Contribute to jD91mZM2/sslhash development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a DNS resolver from scratch in Rust – no DNS libraries▲115

    I built a DNS resolver that lets me use https://frontend.numa instead of localhost:5173 — auto-generated TLS certs, WebSocket passthrough, path routing. No mkcert, no nginx, no /etc/hosts.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kit.domains▲198

    Hello Hacker News community, We are excited to announce the launch of KIT.DOMAINS, our new tool designed to simplify the management and monitoring of domains. KIT DOMAINS is a convenient and reliable solution for tracking the status of your domains and SSL certificates. With KIT DOMAINS, you will receive timely notifications about expirations and emerging issues, ensuring your sites remain operational and secure. Key features: - Expiration Tracking: Monitor the expiration dates of your domains to prevent accidental lapses. - SSL Certificate Monitoring: Keep your SSL certificates up-to-date…

    2024 · kit.domains · its alternatives →

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    1mbsite v2▲177

    Free static hosting for websites 1 megabyte and under.

    2019 · 1mb.co · its alternatives →

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    tunnelto.dev▲186

    Expose localhost to the internet with a public URL

    2020 · tunnelto.dev · its alternatives →

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    Nuage – Domain names with no hassle▲79

    2016 · nuageapp.com · its alternatives →

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    nss_http - Dynamic User Management on Linux▲12

    Name Service Switch Service that uses an HTTP server as a backend. - gmjosack/nss_http

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple Go utility to ease deployments via SSH and SCP▲50

    A simple golang application to automate the deployment of software releases. - skx/deployr

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Switchboard – A mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure▲92

    Simple mDNS based reverse proxy for personal infrastructure. - whytheplatypus/switchboard

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pu.sh – a full coding-agent harness in 400 lines of shellfree▲92

    I originally was just messing with pi-autoresearch. Gave it a sample task to build the most portable coding agent. First cut was 6 KB of shell. Great for one-shots, unusable interactively. I was shocked it actually worked. Started building up -- adding features — but with a self-imposed rule: no new dependencies, and sub 500 LOC. This thing had to be truly portable. Just sh, curl, awk. System primitives only. Which means I did some genuinely disgusting things in awk, including JSON parsing and the OpenAI Responses tool loop with reasoning items carried across turns. It's now ~400 lines. In…

    Apr 2026 · pu.dev · its alternatives →

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