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24 alternatives to Simple self-hosted voting for posts
I built this after launching a blog site with Hugo and wanting a simple solution for adding support for upvotes and downvotes on posts. For the database, I was initially leaning towards using a key-value database like LevelDB to store the votes but chose SQLite because it has widespread support and gives me the ability to add other features later (e.g. comments).
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Simple self-hosted voting for posts launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1TUThis up votes itself▲3,531
2012 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I've found my SQL knowledge to be lacking, so I made a project that uses SQLite as a backend. As it is intended for self-hosting I aim to make it easy to set up and maintain. Getting it up & running takes no more than a few commands (bar setting up a proxy such as nginx, which is out of scope). I've set up a "demo" site at https://forum.agreper.com/ if you want to try out the UI.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Clickvote takes the hassle of building your own reaction components around your content. Showing real-time updates of likes, upvotes, and reviews between clients. Learn about your members through deep analytics. Deal with an unlimited amount of clicks per second. You can read the full article here: https://links.github20k.com/click-vote The open-source Library is here: https://github.com/clickvote/clickvote Please let me know your thoughts! Am I building something useless?
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Settle It▲327I built Settle It to make small group decisions easier. You type something like “Dinner: Pizza or Thai?” and it turns into a shareable poll. No accounts, no setup. Just a quick way to settle everyday decisions.
Jan 2026 · settleit.now · its alternatives →
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Crowd-voting for elections. Turn your one vote into many
2016 · openvote.com · its alternatives →
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PageVote▲65Ever felt like hitting the like button multiple times?
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I've spent about the past 6 months or so working on what I think of as 'database as a service'. Essentially hosted Sqlite with CORS support so users can post from anywhere, and execute queries saved on the backend. One of the things I'm going for is a completely in browser development experience, so there's nothing to install, the user simply uses the UI to create and edit queries and admin their database. One of the most basic uses would be posting form data from a static HTML page: https://www.lite-engine.com/blog/post_form.html I've posted it here before and didn't get…
2016 · its alternatives →
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Upvoted.▲245Upvoted is a collaborative feedback platform that transforms how product teams understand and prioritize user needs. By enabling communities to vote, comment, and track feature requests through intuitive public and private boards, the tool eliminates guesswork and provides clear, data-driven insights into what users truly want. With seamless sharing, visual roadmaps, and flexible collaboration features, Upvoted bridges the gap between product teams and their users, ensuring that the most valuable features get built first.
2020 · upvoted.io · its alternatives →
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Openvote▲131Crowd-voting platform, running a test for SF Election
2015 · openvote.com · its alternatives →
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Upvotics▲95Hey HN! I spent way too much time manually searching Reddit for mentions of problems my SaaS solved. I'd search keywords daily, miss conversations by hours, and get buried when I finally showed up. So I built Upvotics to automate the listening part. It monitors subreddits for keywords, tracks mentions as they happen, and surfaces conversations where people are already asking for what you're building. What it does: - Real-time keyword tracking across subreddits - User/subreddit engagement analytics (karma, post frequency, sentiment) - Rule checker (catches common removal triggers before…
Apr 2026 · upvotics.com · its alternatives →
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RankedVote▲82SurveyMonkey if it only did ranked-choice voting
2022 · rankedvote.co · its alternatives →
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Reddit-alike where submissions and voting use Bitcoin - fisher-lebo/updn
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PartyVote▲78Vote for your fav Music, on your parties & events
2025 · partyvote.ciac.me · its alternatives →
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The easiest way to create Live polls for Facebook
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I recently launched my first web app, polls.io. It's a super simple polling app that doesn't require sign-up. In my opinion, this is the most simple/social polling app out there. There are certainly many similar apps out there, but I think this one stands out as it straight-forward and doesn't have any unnecessary "mess" getting in the way of the actual poll. From idea to inception this took about a week. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. We'll be listening to feedback in the coming days/weeks in order to make the proper changes. I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts and feedback!…
2012 · polls.io · its alternatives →
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I figured, "what better way to look at a list of (hopefully) inspiring projects?" The upvotes work and are globally synced.
2024 · guycombinator.net · its alternatives →
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