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24 alternatives to RGB – #15: Snap, Kernel and Port

Ports, unencrypted kernels and a chilly new mobile plan

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. RGB – #15: Snap, Kernel and Port launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MO
   Minoca OS – A new lightweight kernel, completely from scratch▲168

   2016 · minocacorp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3XA
   xOS – a 32-bit OS for the PC▲115

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4T2
   Tinkersynth 2.0 (now with color and open-sourced)▲52

   2019 · joshwcomeau.com · its alternatives →

5. 5MA
   Monodraw, an ASCII Art Editor for Mac▲141

   2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →

6. 6SS
   Stray Scanner – Collect RGB-D Datasets on iPhone and iPad▲7

   2021 · keke.dev · its alternatives →

7. 7CA
   Colors – A data-driven collection of beautiful color palettes▲89

   2017 · klart.co · its alternatives →

8. 8MA
   Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux▲124

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9OT
   On the fly color scheme selection for rxvt-unicode▲32

   2019 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

10. 10GA
    Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming▲66

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 115A
    5iler – a repurposable minimalist notepad▲46

    2014 · 5iler.com · its alternatives →

12. 12PI
    Pixelator.io – Secure data in pictures▲29

    2015 · pixelator.io · its alternatives →

13. 13SS
    Styli.sh – A wallpaper switcher for most Linux desktop environments▲8

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AT
    A theme color extracting library implemented in C▲25

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15TA
    TWGL – A tiny WebGL helper library▲33

    2015 · twgljs.org · its alternatives →

16. 16GA
    gls, a graphical “ls” for iTerm2▲10

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17MP
    MAME-PSGS – A MAME's GLSL Shader capable of color palette customization▲19

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18KA
    Ksm – a lightweight hypervisor for Windows (eptp vmfunc+idt shadow)▲12

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19BM
    BeardedSpice: Mac Media Keys for the Masses▲15

    2014 · beardedspice.com · its alternatives →

20. 202R
    24bit RGB "AnsiArt" Terminal Image Viewer▲23

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21UA
    Ugly: A Universal Graphics Library▲5

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SS
    Snappy, Secure, On-Device OCR for macOS▲9

    2020 · frankbyte.com · its alternatives →

23. 23PA
    PyTill: A Python Package for Till Mobile▲9

    2018 · blog.manifold.co · its alternatives →

24. 24GA
    Glyphs – an API for finding, manipulating, and embedding CC0 photos▲17

    2016 · glyphs.co · 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 →