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24 alternatives to slashrocket

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. slashrocket launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

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

4. 4
   Codecrap▲93

   Where developers go to laugh and cry

   2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tech Threads▲80

   Developer T-Shirts

   2014 · techthreads.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Frontends▲93

   A community for front-end developers

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Gamurs▲77

   A social network for hardcore gamers

   2015 · gamurs.group · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Slashdot▲24

   News for nerds

   2015 · slashdot.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Viaduct▲66

   The ultimate hosting platform for developers

   2015 · viaduct.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    AppBotX▲102

    Helping mobile developers get better reviews

    2014 · app.appbot.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    #developers▲13

    The global developers community, on Slack

    2015 · hashtagdevelopers.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    TechSpiked▲151

    Entertainment for Techies

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HackerX▲83

    Hacker and Maker community on Slack

    2014 · typeform.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · programmar.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HackerRank▲114

    Coding challenges. Community. Awesome jobs.

    2015 · hackerrank.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Blockstack▲128

    A new internet for decentralized apps

    2016 · blockstack.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Appcrawlr.com▲70

    The App Discovery Engine

    2014 · en.softonic.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Code Mill▲85

    A marketplace for pull requests

    2016 · codemill.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Thwipster▲94

    The marketplace for nerds

    2015 · thwipster.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Spiral 3.0▲81

    Proximity-based community forum

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fosshub▲79

    An open source for free and open source tools

    2015 · fosshub.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66

    HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online

    2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Marketplace Hacks▲86

    A slack community of marketplace founders & operators

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Pointer▲95

    A reading club for developers

    2015 · pointer.io · 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 →