Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Squall – A microblogging platform that replaces tweetstorms
Squall is a microblogging platform designed as an alternative to Twitter's tweetstorms, allowing users to post connected series of short messages. Launched in 2015, it targets people who want to share longer thoughts… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Squall – A microblogging platform that replaces tweetstorms launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to Gargron/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey guys, I made a post about this about a week ago and was told to create a Show HN post. So here we are! Squabblr is a hybrid that takes Twitter style posting and combines it with Reddit style commenting. It came up from a personal want where I liked using Twitter to see what people I'm interested in are up to, but found that the reply system left a lot to be desired. It's very hard to have or follow conversations with their UI. While Reddit provided a great commenting system but didn't support following people very well (or had much usage of it at all). So I decided to create Squabblr.…
2023 · squabblr.co · its alternatives →
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Hey all, I’ve made this bot, it fetches every story that enters the HN Top 10, summarizes it with AI to a tweet-sized textlog note and publishes it. textlog.cc offers these endpoints as RSS/Atom through textlog.cc/u/hn10.rss and textlog.cc/u/hn10.atom so you can subscribe easily. Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →
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Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers. - buckket/twtxt
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Caramella▲398A clean, modern blogging platform without the fuss
2018 · caramel.la · 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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Greetings, creator here! I've been working on a new blogging platform specifically for lists on and off for a few months now and I'm excited to officially announce its launch. After seeing https://charm.sh a few months ago, I've been enamored by the idea of SSH apps. I decided that a blogging platform focused on developers could be the perfect use case for an SSH app. Also, I love writing lists. I think restricting writing to a set of lists can really help improve clarity in thought. The goal of this blogging platform is to make it simple to use the tools you love to write and…
2022 · lists.sh · its alternatives →
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2015 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →
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2021 · dynablogger.com · its alternatives →
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Melt▲74Twitter for short audio recordings (aka micro-podcasting)
2014 · meltapp.com · its alternatives →
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Decentralized Twitter: A microblogging service running on the Ethereum blockchain - yep/eth-tweet
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Edgee▲119A new medium to transcend tweeting, blogging and pinning
2015 · edgee.com · its alternatives →
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A twtxt client with minimal dependencies. Contribute to mdom/txtnish development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Also compare
- Sqwok – A social chat alternative to Twitter and Reddit alternatives
- A new decentralized microblogging platform alternatives
- Squall alternatives
- Squabblr – A Twitter/Reddit hybrid platform alternatives
- tw-rl alternatives
- textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS 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 →