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24 alternatives to Solving the data application front end trilemma

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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. Solving the data application front end trilemma launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A proof-of-concept FoundationDB based network block device backend▲192

   A totally proof-of-concept FoundationDB based network block device backend - dividuum/fdb-nbd

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Tessel 2▲75

   Hardware development for software developers.

   2013 · bairesdev.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dremio▲67

   The missing link in modern data

   2017 · dremio.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Purely Functional Data Structures▲61

   A guide to functional programming

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   DataStories▲83

   Clear solutions to complex problems

   2015 · datastories.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Datomic▲73

   Distributed immutable transactional database for the cloud

   2014 · datomic.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Frictionless Open Data▲11

   A clean layout of data sets, simple, easy to access

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fritzing▲5

   Open Source Hardware layout design for hardware prototyping

   2016 · fritzing.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Agile Data Solutions▲5

   Searching, without the guesswork

   2015 · agileds.net · its alternatives →

10. 10MF
    Minim – Fast, Flat and File-Based BMS▲8

    2017 · minim.one · its alternatives →

11. 11AA
    Acorn – a back end design tool/low-code platform▲5

    2020 · wiki.squirreltechnologies.nz · its alternatives →

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    Designing Data-Intensive Applications▲7

    Big ideas behind reliable, scalable and maintainable systems

    2017 · amazon.in · its alternatives →

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    Prometheus▲9

    The Desktop PCB Milll For Rapid Hardware Prototyping

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

14. 14SA
    SOSML – An online interpreter for SML▲6

    2019 · sosml.discourse.ps.uni-saarland.de · its alternatives →

15. 15DI
    Datarow.io – an easy to use data integration platform▲7

    2019 · datarow.io · its alternatives →

16. 16DT
    Dixer – tool for execute data transformation and data migration tasks▲5

    2020 · dixer.stgo.do · its alternatives →

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    Gesedels, an specific data storage API▲6

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dispy▲8

    A python module for distributed and parallel computing

    2017 · dispy.sourceforge.net · its alternatives →

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    The League of Moveable Type▲7

    An open-source type foundry

    2015 · theleagueofmoveabletype.com · its alternatives →

20. 20PD
    progLipsum, Dead Simple Test Data Generation For Developers▲9

    2012 · proglipsum.com · its alternatives →

21. 21BU
    Building USoC Part 1: The Wishbone Bus▲6

    Radical Minimalism Built from Scratch

    Aug 2026 · axiomfactory.co · its alternatives →

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    PatternEQ▲11

    Data Science Simplified

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23RR
    RDBTools – Redis Memory Analyzer▲9

    2018 · rdbtools.com · its alternatives →

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    bild▲5

    Parallel image processing algorithms in pure Go

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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