Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Smol Pub
Your journal on the small net
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smol Pub launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2021 · smol.pub · its alternatives →
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Branchable computing by using a portable, lightweight, self-contained virtual machine - smol-machines/smolvm
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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With social media and now AI, its important to keep the indie web alive. There are many people who write frequently. Blogosphere tries to highlight them by fetching the recent posts from personal blogs across many categories. There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ If you don't find your blog (or your favorite ones), please add them. I will review and approve it.
Apr 2026 · text.blogosphere.app · its alternatives →
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smol site ▲15Tiny AI-generated sites for your ginormous ideas
2024 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm Daniel Nguyen. In June, I quit my job to start indie hacking full-time. The idea of KTool first came to my mind when I was reading "Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?"[0] I've been wearing glasses since I was 5. My right eye is basically blind. Doctors said there is no chance to cure it. I was genuinely scared. Like holy shit, if my left eye stops working, my life is done. Since then I've been very conscious about time spent on computer screens. That's when I started using Kindle-related products: to offload as many reading materials as possible to…
2022 · ktool.io · its alternatives →
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Hey! I've been really intrigued about small, on device models recently. This project was to explore that a small base model running in the browser as a Co Pilot-like writing assistant. You can check out the demo here: smol-complete.vercel.app. Smal, on device models have a lot of advantages with low latency, cost, privacy (a big one), and being task specific. The demo will definitely repeat itself and hallucinate sometimes, but let me know what you think!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ZenJournal is a minimalist private journaling app for quick logging, search, and discreet writing. Open, type, done. No prompts, titles, or reminders.
2021 · thezenjournal.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, Really excited to share what I've been working on. Rapidpages is a prompt-first online IDE, think midjourney for front-end developers. I've been working on this for a while and it's great to see some interest from companies like Vercel in this space. All you need for self-hosting is an OpenAI key and a GitHub oauth app. Simply clone the repo and play with it. It's also available on the cloud at www.rapidpages.io Please give it a try and let me know if you have any feedback, and if you like what I'm doing with Rapidpages, please give it a star on GitHub. Thanks!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The quieter social microblogging platform.
Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →
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Smol Maker▲11a platform to discover and upvote the best tech products
Jul 2026 · smolmaker.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · littlelogs.co · its alternatives →
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errsole▲133First open-source Node.js logger with a built-in log viewer
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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