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24 alternatives to Packet.com with Drones, IoT, OpenFaaS and 5G, from CES
An IoT showcase for the power of bare metal compute and Sprint Curiosity 5G Network - equinix-labs/metal-iot
Packet.com is a cloud infrastructure platform that combines bare metal servers with support for drones, IoT devices, OpenFaaS functions, and 5G connectivity. It serves developers and organizations needing direct… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Packet.com with Drones, IoT, OpenFaaS and 5G, from CES launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi everyone, I recently published a small open-source project. It’s a minimal network packet analyzer written in Go — designed more like a learning toy than a replacement for Wireshark. It currently supports parsing basic protocols like TLS, DNS, and HTTP, and includes a tiny fuzzing engine to test payload responses. You can inspect raw packet content directly from the terminal. The output is colored for readability, and the code structure is kept simple and clear. The entire program is very small — just about 400 lines of Go code. I know it’s not anywhere near Wireshark’s level, and I still…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I am Krishna Thota. I am building an open source integration and data platform(https://cptn.io). The product is MIT licensed and the repo is at https://github.com/cptn-io/el-cptn. I have started on my startup journey an year ago and launched a monitoring platform called DevRaven. Unfortunately the product did not takeoff as expected. That story is for another day. But during the course of building the product, I have built several integrations leveraging MQs and Cloud Functions. While building and deploying Cloud Functions for happy paths is easy, I had to…
2023 · cptn.io · its alternatives →
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2020 · ouroboros.rocks · its alternatives →
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Cellular IoT development board with a simple data plan
2016 · store.particle.io · its alternatives →
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Packet▲3The promise of the cloud delivered on bare metal
2017 · docs.equinix.com · its alternatives →
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A library on a chip: knowledge for those w/o internet access
2015 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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I've decided to open source the project I've been working on called Hyperspace. Hyperspace is a suite of software implementing a wireless mesh network for IoT devices. My main requirements are listed on my repo but I'll copy them here. 1. The mesh shall enable nodes to route packets amongst themselves. 2. The mesh shall allow nodes with limited power to participate in routing packets. 3. The mesh shall be IPv6 based. 4. The mesh shall be local. I.E. not require connection to a remote server. 5. The mesh should provide 3D location to nodes in the network. Nodes use the Decawave DW1000 UWB…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Frame.IoT▲70An Arduino-compatible dev kit for wi-fi projects
2020 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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A self-contained wifi sandbox for inspecting your own IoT devices - ABGEO/mezz
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We built any-llm because we needed a lightweight router for LLM providers with minimal overhead. Switching between models is just a string change : update "openai/gpt-4" to "anthropic/claude-3" and you're done. It uses official provider SDKs when available, which helps since providers handle their own compatibility updates. No proxy or gateway service needed either, so getting started is pretty straightforward - just pip install and import. Currently supports 20+ providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and AWS Bedrock. Would love to hear what you think!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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balenaCloud: Manage fleets of IoT Linux devices with balena’s cloud platform. First 10 devices are free. Develop, deploy, and scale your IoT fleet.
2015 · resin.io · its alternatives →
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Axis One▲78I’ve been building a small hardware box that runs local LLMs like Mistral, Qwen and Llama, and exposes an OpenAI compatible API on your local network. There’s no cloud, no login system and no telemetry. I built it because a lot of small firms want ChatGPTbstyle tools but can’t use cloud AI for privacy or compliance reasons, and most don’t want to deal with GPU servers, drivers, Docker or model configs. The aim is to make local AI feel as simple as plugging in a router. Right now the box boots into a very simple web UI where you choose a model and start using it. The API follows the OpenAI…
Nov 2025 · axis-one-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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An Internet Powered By You; Not A Central Server
2014 · bittorrent.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, we build an open-source operating system extension for orchestrating robot swarms fully decentralized. This first beta version allows you to create fully decentralized robot swarms. The system will set up a wireless mesh network and run a p2p networking stack on top of it, such that nodes can interact with each other through various abstractions using our SDKs (Rust, Python, TypeScript) or a CLI. We hope this is a step toward better inter-robot communication (and a fun project if you have a few Raspberry Pis lying around). Our mesh network is created by B.A.T.M.A.N.-adv and we’ve…
2025 · docs.p2p.industries · its alternatives →
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2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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