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24 alternatives to Share what you make (the 2-day app I launched at an HN meetup)

Share what you make is a life and fun app launched in February 2012. It allows users to document and share their creative projects and work. The app was created as a quick project and unveiled at a Hacker News meetup… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Share what you make (the 2-day app I launched at an HN meetup) launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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SWYM - Share what you make▲50
Hi guys, I launched a two-day app at a Hacker News London meetup last year. It's called SWYM: Share What You Make. Check it out here - http://swym.me The idea is simple and in a way inspired from Show HN posts. Every time someone posts something cool here, someone asks how did you make it? So Swym provides a simple way to share the tools and people you built your projects with. I put it on the shelf after presenting it last year, but it's one of those things that kept coming back at me. So, I decided to bring it back to life. Here's the full back story - http://swym.me/story If there's…
2012 · swym.me · its alternatives →
2WM
We made 1 app this year▲69
2014 · lentor.io · its alternatives →
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Make This Year▲301
Grow your core business by launching side projects
2016 · makethisyear.com · its alternatives →
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Maker.rocks▲387
A shareable profile that sums you up as a maker 👨‍💻🛠👩‍💻
2018 · maker.rocks · its alternatives →
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launching.today▲528
A place to launch and share your project
2024 · its alternatives →
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Makers by Product Hunt▲816
A place for Makers to share, connect, and reach their goals
2018 · its alternatives →
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Clips by Apple▲621
A new iOS app for making and sharing fun social videos 📸
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8SA
Share and Discover Side Projects▲52
2022 · sideprojects.fazier.com · its alternatives →
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Just For Fun▲227
Showcasing creative side projects
2019 · justforfun.io · its alternatives →
10
Creators Log▲258
Share your product creation journey
2015 · creatorslog.com · its alternatives →
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Something pointless I made▲747
2015 · dn.ht · its alternatives →
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Women Make▲405
Connect with other women makers 👱🏻‍♀️👩🏾‍🦱👩🏻
2020 · womenmake.com · its alternatives →
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A platform to share your side project▲53
A daily launchpad where indie makers show what they built, collect reactions, and climb the leaderboard.
2019 · sideprojects.net · its alternatives →
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share.link▲238
A fast and easy way to organize and share your links
2019 · share.link · its alternatives →
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Merge▲355
To-do list app for couples living together
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers▲345
2020 · womenmake.com · its alternatives →
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Stencil▲342
The fastest way to create and share visual content
2016 · getstencil.com · its alternatives →
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MakerWidget▲359
An embeddable portfolio for your (side) projects
2018 · makerwidget.com · its alternatives →
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Hobbi▲134
A new photo sharing app from Facebook
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Paste by FiftyThree for iOS▲336
Collaborative decks for creative teams
2017 · its alternatives →
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Makerz▲136
Pitch your side-projects and meet your co-founders
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Share.do▲78
Group schedule reminder
2021 · serene-mirzakhani-2aa3ef.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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Share My Stack▲174
Share your stack with the world
2023 · sharemystack.com · its alternatives →
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Yourstotell▲11
Everyone has a story to tell - Build, share & preserve it.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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