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24 alternatives to Project Mosul

Crowdsource digital preservation of cultural heritage

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Project Mosul launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Curious Minds - Digital information preservation & future archaeology▲71

   A lesson about data preservation and its pitfalls.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pocket Explore▲351

   A human curated version of the web

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine▲217

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   WeWrite▲90

   Crowdsourced Storytelling

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Roojoom▲68

   A visually engaging content curation platform

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Reissued▲66

   A curated social marketplace for vintage goods

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   CrowdHall▲55

   An online town hall

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hackpad▲114

   The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   The Sketchbook Project▲87

   A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Archive.org▲123

    The new archive.org

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Thematic▲71

    A new photo-based storytelling platform

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Leap.it▲76

    A visual search engine for the web

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Tesse▲99

    A new interactive search engine with people as results

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    backstitch▲90

    A content curation platform for individuals and teams

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    See | Me▲78

    The Future of Online Creative Communities

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Probs▲78

    Free crowd-sourced problem solving

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Data for Good▲62

    Share data-driven projects for social good.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Sociable▲93

    Documenting how technology transforms societies

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Mini Mammoth▲87

    Powerful research companion from Mammoth

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Fraym▲67

    A new open-source CMS

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Panda▲76

    Keeping designers inspired and informed

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Swarmize▲82

    Data journalism platform from The Guardian

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    OpenStreetMap▲63

    Global community of mappers crowdsourcing local data

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →