Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Sociables: The community platform for content creators and niches
Hey HN. We've been working on a community platform/Reddit alternative with a focus on building a place for people to create communities instead of just buckets of posts. We want communities to feel like a place where you want to hang out instead of just scroll. At a high level, our platform is like a Reddit/Discord/Patreon hybrid. We took all of the best features from each of those platforms and combined them under one umbrella. Here's a list of the core features of each community: 1. Customizable discussion boards: Community owners can set up threaded discussion boards for…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sociables: The community platform for content creators and niches launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Sociables▲81The all-in-one community platform for creators and niches
2023 · sociables.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, A buddy and I have been working on a side project in the online community space in our free time over the past few years. Our platform is a sort of Discord/Reddit/Patreon hybrid. Decided to do a soft launch today in light of all the recent Reddit news. Community features: 1. Customizable discussion boards. Community owners can setup threaded discussion boards for different topics related to their niche. Say a user creates a community for a niche like "Cars", under that community they could create different discussion boards for sub categories like "Car-mods", "Car-photos",…
2023 · sociables.com · its alternatives →
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Comradery▲291Threaded discussions and real-time chat for your community!
2020 · comradery.com · its alternatives →
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Heya HN, I've been working on a reddit-like platform as my primary side project for the last few years. Doing a (very) soft launch today, mainly because I want to use it to encourage discussion of alternatives. How non.io works: 1. Free to browse, paid to interact. 2. Minimum subscription is $2 (though you can choose more). I take $1 to run the servers, everything left gets split evenly between everything you upvote that month. It's a simple model, but I hope it's a better one than the freemium model we've been relying on for the last few years. Fundamentally I feel like any ad-supported…
2023 · non.io · its alternatives →
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Indie Hackers Community▲1,095Work together to build profitable businesses & side projects
2018 · indiehackers.com · its alternatives →
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A new experience connecting subscribers and creators
2024 · blog.youtube · its alternatives →
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2023 · flingup.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, this is a platform (Discuit, pronounced "diskette") I've been working on for about two years. I initially built it for a niche demographic (my native country). But now with Reddit going dark and people looking for a new place to migrate to, I'm doing a quick launch today. A few quick things: 1. I don't believe federated platforms will ever become mainstream. They have a whole host of problems, not the least of which is that they're too complicated for most people to use. This platform is not, therefore, federated. 2. I don't know what the best way of monetizing a thing like this is. I…
2023 · discuit.net · its alternatives →
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CommunityScout▲223Get the right community platform based on your needs
2022 · bettermode.com · its alternatives →
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Commune▲262Community platform built for customer success teams
2022 · commune.us · its alternatives →
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2019 · holynetr.com · its alternatives →
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squabbles▲247A new kind of social media, a community powered platform
2023 · squabbles.io · its alternatives →
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I previously did a Show HN late Dec 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25470672 That was a great experience and in the past year I continued to develop the site to bring it to a level of stability and maturity that I felt necessary for it to have a chance to succeed. Sqwok is all about answering the question: Can we have better open conversations on the internet? I wasn’t satisfied with the existing means of discussing topics such as culture, history, politics, and technology through threaded comments, and was simultaneously impressed with Slack bringing the IRC…
2022 · sqwok.im · its alternatives →
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Buzz▲161Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place
Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz · its alternatives →
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The community platform for e-commerce and DTCs
2022 · trypeers.com · its alternatives →
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Slack for daily life -- channels for any group
2017 · soch.at · its alternatives →
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2014 · whoaverse.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · reggit.bubbleapps.io · its alternatives →
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