Dev tools · 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. Odyssey.js: New open source tool to weave interactive stories launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Partially Derivative - Simon Rogers, Data Editor at Google▲60

   VR, interactive news apps, and the future of data journalism

   2016 · partiallyderivative.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Journi 4.0▲116

   Mobile story telling for travelers made simple

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Datastory▲118

   Turn the world's data into stories worth sharing

   24d ago · datastory.tech · its alternatives →

4. 4
   JavaScript Air: Progressive Web Apps▲63

   Bring the best of mobile sites and native apps to your users

   2016 · javascriptair.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Story!▲64

   Community Driven Story Writing

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98

   Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

   2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

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   Oddysey▲81

   A simple way to weave interactive stories

   2014 · cartodb.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Thematic▲71

   A new photo-based storytelling platform

   2015 · app.hellothematic.com · its alternatives →

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   Contentify▲70

   a real-time collaborative content manager on top of Github

   2014 · thyb.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The User’s Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love▲71

    How can we use story to improve quality of user engagement?

    2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

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    Space.js▲5

    HTML-driven narrative 3D-scrolling

    2015 · slashie.org · its alternatives →

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    we built a blog platform in Meteor▲9

    2013 · blog.percolatestudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Accelerated Mobile Pages Project▲21

    An open source initiative to create mobile-friendly content

    2015 · amp.dev · its alternatives →

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    oolipo▲6

    Interactive Storytelling for Mobile

    2017 · oolipo.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    RiotJS▲4

    A React-like user interface micro-library

    2016 · riotjs.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Vue.js: Up and Running▲2

    Building Accessible and Performant Web Apps

    2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Redivis▲9

    Allowing anyone to tell data-driven stories

    2015 · redivis.com · its alternatives →

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    Sumbli▲7

    Collaborative content

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Victory▲7

    ReactJS library for building interactive data visualizations

    2016 · nearform.com · its alternatives →

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    sMAILs - a HTML-Newsletter-Editor (weekend project)▲6

    2013 · smails.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Particle▲8

    An open source blogging platform with inline editing

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Go On Go Out – An events aggregation and publishing platform▲8

    2015 · goongoout.com · its alternatives →

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    AMP stories▲4

    Bringing visual storytelling to the open web

    2018 · amp.dev · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Leaftlet▲9

    an OSS JS library for mobile-friendly interactive maps

    2016 · leafletjs.com · its alternatives →

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