Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Prometheus

The Desktop PCB Milll For Rapid Hardware Prototyping

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

1. 1
   Precursor▲227

   A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

   2014 · prcrsr.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Proto.io▲135

   Fast, fully-interactive, high-fidelity mobile prototypes

   2014 · proto.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Chipsetter ONE▲73

   A desktop pick-and-place machine

   2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   LittleBits - the bitLab▲84

   The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware

   2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Voltera▲80

   Electronics prototyping right from your desktop!

   2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Mosaic▲161

   The app for ideas

   2015 · baronfig.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Flinto▲52

   Super easy tool for prototyping

   2014 · flinto.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Prott▲89

   Rapid Prototyping for Mobile Apps

   2014 · prottapp.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PewCB▲67

   Vibe-routing is coming. Desktop PCB Factory is here.

   Sep 2026 · pewcb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Tessel 2▲75

    Hardware development for software developers.

    2013 · bairesdev.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HyperDev▲181

    A new rapid prototyping tool from Fog Creek

    2016 · hyperdev.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Evrybo▲150

    Free design collaboration and prototyping tool

    2017 · evrybo.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ProtoExchange▲69

    Work with the world's best hardware engineers.

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Tinycon▲197

    A small library for manipulating the favicon

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Feedbag▲131

    A super lightweight design collaboration tool.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Origami▲109

    A free design prototyping toolkit for Quartz Composer

    2013 · facebook.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Keynotopia▲150

    Prototyping straight into Keynote or Powerpoint

    2015 · keynotopia.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    CUBE▲139

    Mobile projector

    2016 · rif6.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Citus Cloud▲89

    A database for building real-time apps on billions of events

    2016 · citusdata.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Piper▲80

    A DIY Minecraft computer to build gadgets

    2015 · playpiper.in · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Limitless▲90

    A productivity companion for Chrome

    2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Littlebits▲93

    Programmable modules that snap together

    2013 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    CircuitHub▲63

    AWS for hardware startups and makers.

    2014 · circuithub.com · 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 →