Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Sshush
Private chatrooms for founders that disappear in 24 hrs
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sshush launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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#Startup Chat▲358The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · hashtagstartup.co · its alternatives →
- 3FI
2015 · niltalk.com · its alternatives →
- 46M
2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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AgentSea▲439Today we’re excited to introduce AgentSea, a private AI chat built for sensitive work. When you use closed-source AI models, your data can: – be stored – pulled into training pipelines – shared with third parties That might be fine if you’re making memes or drafting LinkedIn posts. But it becomes a serious risk when you’re pasting contracts, health info, financial data, or business secrets. That’s why we built AgentSea. In Secure Mode, all chats run on open-source models or models hosted on our own servers. Your data never leaves, is never used for training, and is never leaked. Agentsea…
2025 · agentsea.com · its alternatives →
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Telegram private groups for founders without noise
2019 · its alternatives →
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Self-hosted chat for small teams.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I wrote a custom SSH server in Go, give it a try. It uses your terminal user and SSH keys to authenticate implicitly. Instead of getting a shell, you get an IRC-style chatroom with everyone else. $ ssh chat.shazow.net If you're getting "Permission denied (publickey)", please use ssh-keygen to create a keypair. Instructions here: https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/ SSH is a really cool protocol; it's a lot like HTTP2. This is a demo of one thing you can do with it, but I plan to factor out the code into libraries that will let you build all…
2014 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN community! A huge number of startup founders are reading Hacker News, but it's still very hard to make new personal connections here and help each other with product building, growth, or fundraising. As an experiment to make HN founder community more connected, I've created a system of chat groups, organized by location, industry sector, and priority tasks. We were testing it out for the last couple of weeks, starting with 200+ YCombinator alum companies. Now already have 1000+ startups there, and 80+ venture investors have joined to connect with founders early. Many pitch practices…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Create a private chat room, share messages and media.
2022 · rooms.saklani.dev · its alternatives →
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Stop trying to be grandiose. Start small and go deep.
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Spidr▲87Join and start conversations that disappear after 24hrs
2021 · spidrapp.com · its alternatives →
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Burn Room is a simple, disposable chat built on SSH. There are no accounts to create and nothing to install. There’s no database behind it, no logs, no cookies, and no tracking. Messages exist only in memory, encrypted end-to-end, and disappear on their own. When a room’s timer runs out, everything in it is gone for good. You can jump in right away: ssh [email protected] -p 2323 password: burnroom Or just open https://burnroom.chat in your browser. It runs in a web terminal and works on mobile too. How it handles encryption Private, password-protected rooms are fully end-to-end…
Mar 2026 · burnroom.chat · its alternatives →
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Venue-based social app - Check-in, make friends & date IRL
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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How startups can win with cold calling
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Quick startup content every 30 minutes from 100+ publishers
2019 · t.me · its alternatives →
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This is not a binary “yes” or “no” answer.
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Hide Out▲1Secret chat rooms with no names, just conversations
2025 · hideout-sigma.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Chat with millions of people. Meet new people and enjoy the most fun way of chatting :)
2012 · connected2.me · its alternatives →
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2015 · roomchat.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, For years I’ve missed the feeling of an always-on chatroom without the silos and social overhead of Discord. So I built Together: a single-room, no-signup group chat that you join with one click. No channels, no rules (yet), no onboarding flow. Everyone lands in the same place and can start talking in under a second. Why I made it - Forums and blog comments are great but slow; Discord/Slack feel heavy for casual drop-ins if you aren’t already a member of a community. - I wanted the simplest possible space where ~100 people could idle, share shower thoughts, and keep the…
2025 · together.lol · its alternatives →
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Startup’s social media & discord setup – in 72 hours
2025 · socialclicks.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Real-time anonymous chatroom with no login needed
2025 · 666.rinuo.com · its alternatives →
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