Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Oku – A Web browser with an emphasis on local-first data storage
Hello HN, My name is Emil. I'm a recent unemployed graduate, and I've been spending a lot of my time working on a passion project from my teenage years. When I was younger, I wanted a place on the Web that I could call my own—not a social media page, but a proper site. I was interested in the IndieWeb community for a while, but I grew to believe a P2P alternative to the Web made more sense than having people host federated services. My browser isn't production-ready, but I'm satisfied with the progress so far and would appreciate thoughts & feedback. Thank you!
Oku is a web browser designed around local-first data storage, enabling users to maintain personal websites and content on their own terms. Rather than relying on traditional web hosting or social media platforms, it… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Oku – A Web browser with an emphasis on local-first data storage launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey everyone, For a while now I've been frustrated with how I was 'experiencing' the internet. From opening articles and getting bombarded with popups, banners and ads to opening feeds and seeing so much AI spam and algorithm-based content I was not interested in. If you add tab hopping to that, you get how it all becomes a confusing and not-so productive experience. Oku.io is my solution to this problem. It's a tool that allows you to create organized, clean boards with the feeds and content you're interested in (HN Show/Front/Ask, ProductHunt, Reddit, RSS, and a lot more), and…
Mar 2026 · oku.io · its alternatives →
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I started working on Kyoo almost 5 years ago because I did not like the options at the time. It started as a "sandbox" project where I could learn about tech I was interested in, and slowly became more than that.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple bookmark manager built with Go. Contribute to go-shiori/shiori development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 4OS
2016 · deusu.org · its alternatives →
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Browser Buddy▲156Hey HN, thank you for being a part of the internet we love. We’re Arnav, Mo, Jeremy and we’re building an “Internet for-you page” that recommends blogs and essays based on your interests. Try it here (https://www.browserbuddy.com/)! We love to discover and learn from personal blogs, essays, and articles on the internet. But despite exciting advancements in language modeling, it’s felt harder to discover interesting links from real people. We believe there is untapped potential to use these language models as “curators” rather than “creators”. To explore this, we’re building a…
Dec 2025 · browserbuddy.com · its alternatives →
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mediacru.sh ist Ihre erste und beste Informationsquelle über mediacru. Hier finden Sie auch weitere interessante Links. Wir hoffen, dass Sie bei Ihrer Suche erfolgreich sind!
2013 · blog.mediacru.sh · its alternatives →
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Simple bookmark manager built with Go. Contribute to go-shiori/shiori development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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OMIU.ME▲4I built OMIU.ME as a small indie project. Not trying to reinvent profile or link-in-bio sites, rather just approach the same idea with a more predictable editor. I'll continue to iterate on it over time and add features.
Mar 2026 · omiu.me · its alternatives →
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Hey guys, I wanted to introduce you my hacknight project. It is a tribute to onekb.net which has stopped its service a few years ago. Currently it is still a beta where external resources are also possible (but not the point ;) ) to get your opinions. When it is finished, the source code will be open source. The secret word is therefore also hackernews. P.S.: The source code is currently 2.4Kb I'm trying to make it smaller. 1Kb would be my goal.
2023 · onekb.uber.space · its alternatives →
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So, me (dev) and my friend (designer) have been building a website/mobile app to help users manage their game library (think MyAnimeList, but games) for a little over a year. We launched with a very basic set of features, and have been slowing expanding since then. All the code is open source, and most of the things we implemented were direct feedback from users (e.g. being able to import games from Steam/PSN, and the Posts feature). We don't show ads or have any kind of subscription. This is just a hobby project. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, as honestly the hardest…
2025 · gamenode.app · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I'm a young developer with a penchant for music and quality software. I have spent the last 16 months developing an open-source Google Chrome extension which attempts to simplify the experience of using YouTube to play music. Streamus: http://streamus.com/ Streamus currently has 14,000 users and is the #1 trending / #4 ranked 'fun' extension in the web store. I've built it entirely from scratch while teaching myself the basics of BackboneJS (and Backbone.Marionette), RequireJS, GruntJS and many other, smaller libraries. It has been a great learning…
2014 · its alternatives →
- 13MA
Here is the backstory: I used to use YouTube Music, but then I deleted my Google account. I didn't want Spotify because I hate it for various reasons, and at the same time I wanted to show off my programming skills. So here we are. --- On the client: solidjs + tailwindcss + minisearch. IndexedDB as the database. One web worker to download audio to OPFS. Another web worker for indexing with minisearch. On top of this a service worker to precache static assets and make the app work offline. On the server: bun + astro + sqlite + ffmpeg. Full-text search is implemented with fts5. Astro Actions…
2025 · mayo.clumsy.fish · its alternatives →
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TLDR: I made a public only web analytics without signup. Stores views and visitors for 10 days before deleting data. Exactly 25 days ago today I posted here, proud of my new web analytics. The response was mixed and my post even got flagged (understandable). It was my first real launch and I actually made a sale just a day later of 49$(!). Back then my project was pay once, keep forever. Since then I have sadly went over to the dark side (subscription based). Anyways, I never went back to look at the post after the first two hours, turns out I got a lot of answers. Most answers was something…
2024 · indielytics.link · its alternatives →
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2014 · streamapp.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN - I know this community isn't the target user for this tool, but I think there are some likeminded folks here. There's been a lot of recent discussion here and in other tech communities about encouraging people to make their own websites and advocating for the "small web" (e.g. [1], [2], [3]). A common point in these discussions is that most people don’t have the technical skill or motivation to make their own website. These days, LLMs and AI tools have made it easier than ever for anyone to make a website, even without using a drag-and-drop builder. But there are still too many…
2022 · weejur.com · its alternatives →
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https://evosync.itch.io/osai OSAI Browser is an peer-to-peer (P2P) browser currently in active development. My goal is to redefine how we interact with the web, focusing on decentralization and cutting-edge capabilities for web content. As a core future functionality, I envision distributed computing for high-quality web games and IoT applications, leveraging the P2P architecture to achieve impressive image fidelity and performance. Imagine games that harness the collective power of connected users, or IoT devices seamlessly interacting through a decentralized browser!…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made https://linkians.com which is a game where all the action and state is contained in the url. The game involves taking care of little pets (emojis) that live in your url bar. Kind of like tamagotchi or sims. Feed them, play with them, and watch out for enemies! There's no server, just emojis in the url and client-side logic. Any linkians url using the supported emojis is a valid game state so you can save your game, or type out your own url and send it to a friend. I'd appreciate any feedback.
2022 · linkians.com · its alternatives →
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Try it at: ssh krnl.duetbrowser.com No sign up, totally free - no download. Let me know what you think. Prior art exists (brow.sh) but I wasn't satisfied with their graphical take. I wanted the raw, old skool terminal days of the early internet - BBS, and old green phosphor library comptuers - but running the modern web, with all the bells and jingle jangle whistles (JavaScript, etc). No funding, no VC, just 100% raw terminal fun. Not sure how long the demo will last, but try it out.
Jul 2026 · its alternatives →
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:bookmark: Personal mini-web in text. Contribute to jarun/buku development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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So I'm a junior Go dev and I made a small site that allows me to share images with someone privately and securely, and give me control over how many times the private link can be shared and how long the image will be accessible for. There are similar services to this one, but they are either convoluted with ads, or require sign-up, or expect you to fill out a survey or something. picburn is small, safe, and has no interest (nor the code or the server space) for storing your uploads. give it a try if it fits your usecase and let me know what you think. Note: there was a typo in the url
Aug 2026 · picburn.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hey Hacker News, I'm the maker of Kopage, a free & self-hosted Website Builder. While working on new, cool features (AI, of course), it would be great to hear some HN feedback :) Thanks, Simon
2024 · kopage.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, My co-founders and I have been working on a project for the last month or so, and we'd like to get your input on it. We wanted to hear your thoughts on what we're doing - so check out our landing page, and let us know what you think/understand. Does it sounds like something you guys would want to use? http://www.thesharedweb.com/alpha/intro We'll tell you guys more about exactly what we're doing as the conversation evolves, but we just wanted to see what the initial reaction is, and what you understand (i.e. are we describing it in a way that makes sense). Really excited to hear your…
2010 · thesharedweb.com · its alternatives →
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