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24 alternatives to RootBadger – a modern Usenet-style discussion platfor

Check out RootBadger. A nice alternative to Reddit

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   DeckHub▲221

   A TweetDeck style desktop client for GitHub.

   2016 · getdeckhub.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Comit for Reddit▲89

   A better way to browse reddit.

   2016 · comitapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Discourse▲43

   New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.

   2014 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Spiral 3.0▲81

   Proximity-based community forum

   2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Spacy.io▲86

   Semantic analysis of the Reddit hivemind

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

   2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Feedworthy▲72

   A beautiful way to experience Reddit

   2014 · yapstudios.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Gitter▲131

   free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

   2014 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

10. 10
    betaForBeta▲68

    Follow for follow? Beta for beta - early stage beta testing.

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Frankly▲101

    A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Maslow▲78

    A new social opinions platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Flowhub▲85

    Let's Make Code More Playful (Beta Open)

    2014 · 12bet.review · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Shlack▲75

    Whoa, a bash shell inside Slack!

    2016 · shell.playplay.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Unhangout▲79

    An open source platform for running unconferences online

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hello Tech Pros: GitHub's Anti-Harassment Tools▲61

    and the open source Codes of Conduct

    2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Gogs▲56

    A self-hosted Git service written in Go

    2014 · gogs.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    RancherOS▲59

    A minimalist distribution of Linux

    2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Linkforest▲6

    An online discussion platform

    2025 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    bndr for Slack▲16

    The open community for Slack commands

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    FlockerHub▲7

    FlockerHub—think GitHub, but for data.

    2016 · king138.asia · its alternatives →

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    Disqus (relaunch)▲12

    Turn your comments into a Reddit like community

    2015 · disqus.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 →