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24 alternatives to Progressive Punctuation

A collection of lost punctuation marks

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Progressive Punctuation launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1RF
RegEx for Regular Folk – A visual, example-based introduction▲502
2020 · refrf.shreyasminocha.me · its alternatives →
2
Just The Punctuation▲7
Your Writing, With All The Words Removed
2021 · just-the-punctuation.vercel.app · its alternatives →
3
Copy Arrow▲183
An organized set of arrows for your copying pleasure
2020 · copyarrow.com · its alternatives →
4
CSS Puns▲181
A stylish website full of hilarious CSS puns
2015 · saijogeorge.com · its alternatives →
5
A hand-picked selection of the worst computer puns on the Internet▲58
A curated selection of the worst computer puns from around the Internet
2019 · puns.dev · its alternatives →
6
The Pun Off▲59
ProducHunt for puns.
2014 · its alternatives →
7PL
Phrasing – learn every language, to any level▲127
Hey there HN - Today I'm sharing a demo of my our language learning tool, Phrasing. It's a tool born from the language acquisition hypothesis, too many hours in an anki slog, and a strange desire to always be learning obscure languages. The method is simple: 1. type in a show 2. learn the most important words 3. watch the show/acquire the words 4. review the words when needed in the future. On top of that, we're trying to: - do some novel things with spaced repetition (no more anki slog) - expand the sort of content you can learn from (I want to to refresh my French by reading The…
2024 · phrasing.app · its alternatives →
8
CSS Puns v2.0▲148
Hilarious CSS puns - now with merch! Get them on 👕 and ☕.
2019 · saijogeorge.com · its alternatives →
9
Semantic Grep – A Word2Vec-powered search tool▲356
Much improved new version. Search for words similar to the query. For example, "death" will find "death", "dying", "dead", "killing"... Incredibly useful for exploring large text datasets where exact matches are too restrictive.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
10FP
Finding puns computationally▲24
2016 · puns.samueltaylor.org · its alternatives →
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Pure Paste▲164
Paste as plain text by default
2022 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →
12
Pun Finder▲189
Enter any word and get 'hilarious' puns to share
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Phrasion▲85
Instant drafts of high quality blog posts, using AI
2023 · its alternatives →
14MA
Margin – A lightweight, flexible markup language for structured thought▲210
2020 · margin.love · its alternatives →
15
Plain Clip▲135
Remove the formatting from copied text.
2016 · bluem.net · its alternatives →
16
Paraphrasingtool.site▲122
The best paraphrasing tool for writers
2021 · its alternatives →
17
Chunks▲138
A new way to write a whole bunch of stuff
2018 · chunks.app · its alternatives →
18
Write a Joke▲66
Write jokes.
2019 · writeajoke.com · its alternatives →
19
Marked.cc▲106
📝 Create and share beautiful images of your notes and prose
2019 · its alternatives →
20
Punc.▲4
Learn punctuation by playing with classic literature
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
PunPics▲70
Guess the visual pun
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
RawStr Notes▲78
The missing notetaking tool for developers
2021 · rawstr.com · its alternatives →
23
Writing in Markdown▲71
Write faster and more efficiently
2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →
24
ApostropheCMS: Project Workspaces▲63
Create and upgrade Apostrophe projects with a few clicks
2024 · apostrophecms.com · its alternatives →

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