Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

OpenMHz is a platform for recording and sharing police and fire radio communications. It captures live scanner feeds from emergency services across different regions and makes these broadcasts available for listening… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Record and share police/fire radio systems launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   superlog▲497

   Hey HN, we’re Nico and Arseniy, co-founders of Superlog (https://superlog.sh). We're building a self-installing, self healing observability tool meant not to be opened. It has a wizard that daily sets up proper logging and an agent that investigates errors and opens PRs. Super short demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhU9Mk247M. In our earlier startups, we tried Sentry, Datadog, Grafana, Dash0, and nothing was good enough. Proper telemetry and alerting still requires a ton of manual setup. We struggled with adding good logs, so debugging was tough, especially as…

   Jun 2026 · superlog.sh · its alternatives →

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   cmd.fm▲256

   Command-line radio for geeks

   2014 · cmd.fm · its alternatives →

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   Built a Hacker News radio web app I can listen to▲315

   2013 · soundgecko.com · its alternatives →

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   Real-time emergency incident maps from police/fire/EMS radio▲29

   AI powered Police, Fire and EMS alerts

   2025 · alertpage.ai · its alternatives →

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   Listen to HN on the go in a radio format▲38

   2017 · hackerwave.com · its alternatives →

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   Riverside.fm▲299

   Record a radio-like podcast and let your listeners call in🎙

   2020 · riverside.com · its alternatives →

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   m-Station▲66

   Listen to live radio and broadcasting

   2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   focusmusic.fm▲317

   Music for work, productivity, and flow.

   2016 · focusmusic.fm · its alternatives →

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   Dash Radio ▲95

   A curator-led digital broadcasting MCN, redefining radio

   2015 · dashradio.com · its alternatives →

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    You Are Listening To▲126

    Police Radio & Ambient Music - oddly relaxing

    2014 · youarelistening.to · its alternatives →

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    Crystal▲116

    RateMyProfessor for police officers & departments

    2020 · clarity.onrender.com · its alternatives →

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    Distributed Tracing Using OpenTelemetry and ClickHouse▲105

    Open source APM: OpenTelemetry traces, metrics, and logs - uptrace/uptrace

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    lrkFM▲67

    Archive capable, open source file manager for Android.

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Radio LLM▲141

    Off-grid, disaster-proof LLM platform using Meshtastic

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    hackernews.roundtable.audio turns HN posts into live audio discussions▲109

    2021 · hackernews.roundtable.audio · its alternatives →

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    FoundrRadio▲101

    Pick a frequency, launch your radio station and go on air

    23d ago · foundrradio.live · its alternatives →

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    Super Trunking Scanner▲42

    2011 · scanner.rachelbythebay.com · its alternatives →

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    Rdio – an open-source internet radio control suite▲27

    Schedule programs, manage media, hand off to live broadcasts, and keep a single internet radio station running from your own server.

    Aug 2026 · rdio-docs.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Police Scanner Radio ▲6

    The only police scanner radio with a live chat

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Radiolab - Los Frikis▲54

    Punk rock. Cuba. Aids. RadioAmbulante. Topnotchstorytelling

    2016 · radiolab.org · its alternatives →

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    LogDNA – Embed server logs onto any web page▲37

    Build, optimize, and act on telemetry data with Mezmo.

    2017 · docs.logdna.com · its alternatives →

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    Radio Slack▲93

    Collaborative jukebox for Slack

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FM Radio▲109

    65,000+ Live radio stations for free

    2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    BetterCast Background Radio▲73

    Free streaming music for live-streamed events and more

    2023 · bettercast.io · its alternatives →

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