Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Open Cult
A place for people with common interests to meet IRL.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open Cult launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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OpenMat▲78Open your world, talk & meetup with nearby people
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Mobile first open-source RSVP platform. Alternative for meetup.com / eventribe for small companies and groups. If you have a small group and don't want to pay for services you can easily selfhost this solution. Open for improvements and for feedback, ofc. - One-Click Sharing - Each event gets a unique, memorable URL. Share instantly via any platform or messaging app. - No Hassle, No Sign-Ups - Skip registrations and endless forms. Unlike other event platforms, you create and share instantly — no accounts, no barriers. - Effortless Simplicity - Designed to be instantly clear and easy. No…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · holynetr.com · its alternatives →
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Founder Society▲149An invitation-only organization of entrepreneurs
2015 · foundersociety.co · its alternatives →
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Hi, Piotr here I was collecting nice open-source companies for quite some time now. Mostly to take some inspiration and learn from their code. Last week, I though it would be fun to learn this Astro thing everyone's talking about. So I thought building a directory website out of this collection was pretty good idea. After 2 days of building, OpenAlternative was born. It's a community driven list of open source alternatives to proprietary software and applications. Enjoy and thank you for your support!
2024 · openalternative.co · its alternatives →
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Monocle▲71HN-like Community for Tech and Startups (now open source)
2013 · monocle.io · its alternatives →
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Partyherd▲77Discover new people offline via concept parties
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Discourse▲43New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.
2014 · discourse.org · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, For years I’ve missed the feeling of an always-on chatroom without the silos and social overhead of Discord. So I built Together: a single-room, no-signup group chat that you join with one click. No channels, no rules (yet), no onboarding flow. Everyone lands in the same place and can start talking in under a second. Why I made it - Forums and blog comments are great but slow; Discord/Slack feel heavy for casual drop-ins if you aren’t already a member of a community. - I wanted the simplest possible space where ~100 people could idle, share shower thoughts, and keep the…
2025 · together.lol · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm trying to create a community of people that are willing to contribute to the OpenDolphin project. The goal of the project is to build an Open Source _centralized_ social network that would ideally compete with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The main difference between the well established social and this one would be that it is going to be built and managed in the public, in the most transparent way possible. Features will be implemented and requested by the community - and generally speaking everything would be community-centric. If the project takes off, this might become one…
2022 · about.opendolphin.social · its alternatives →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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My friend Tycho, instead of going out for the halloween party created http://startups.org for the startup community, now that's love.
2011 · startups.org · its alternatives →
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