Life & fun · 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. paleorecipes.io: For Geeks, By Geeks launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

   2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Thwipster▲94

   The marketplace for nerds

   2015 · thwipster.com · its alternatives →

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   Addr▲98

   A collective and annotation-focus ePub reader

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   TrapCrunch▲126

   "Someone Made A TechCrunch Parody Site And It’s Hilarious"

   2014 · hobokencityfc.com · its alternatives →

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   Word Geeks▲133

   A curated marketplace of on-demand writers

   2016 · wordgeeks.co · its alternatives →

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   Mini Mammoth▲87

   Powerful research companion from Mammoth

   2015 · mammothhq.com · its alternatives →

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   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

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   Pointer▲95

   A reading club for developers

   2015 · pointer.io · its alternatives →

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   Peggsite▲103

   A one-page board to express yourself

   2014 · peggsite.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    eex▲138

    A collection of web experiments

    2016 · tofuness.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Nerd Lingo▲66

    Stickers for Silicon Valley jargon, buzzwords and holy wars!

    2017 · apps.apple.com · 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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    Tung▲96

    A social podcast player

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Irregardless.ly▲85

    A crowdsourced style guide for writers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Gamurs▲77

    A social network for hardcore gamers

    2015 · gamurs.group · its alternatives →

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    Doubleblinded▲93

    Subscription based self-experimentation

    2015 · doubleblinded.com · its alternatives →

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    FoldingText▲83

    Plain text productivity for geeks

    2014 · foldingtext.com · its alternatives →

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    TidePool▲63

    Personality insights via scientific games

    2014 · tidepool.co · its alternatives →

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    Neckbeard Republic▲90

    free bite-sized python screencasts

    2014 · realpython.com · its alternatives →

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    Librify▲76

    Reading with friends

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Fluky▲105

    A friendly randomiser

    2014 · fluky.io · its alternatives →

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    A Geek in Japan▲87

    Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    ZenPen▲125

    The minimal writing tool of web

    2014 · zenpen.io · its alternatives →

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    Eve▲79

    Better tools for thought

    2015 · witheve.com · its alternatives →

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