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24 alternatives to Stellarium

An Open Source Planetarium

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Stellarium launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   PixelSpace▲68

   A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Telescope – News and RSS Reader▲166

   2018 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   GitHub Desktop▲252

   The New Native

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Telescope, an open-source social news app built with Meteor▲222

   2012 · telesc.pe · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Scopemount▲106

   Beautiful themes for Telescope

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Mattermost▲126

   Open source, on-premises, Slack alternative

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Space Monkey▲71

   Everything in one place

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Planet Explorer▲150

   Interactive global satellite images

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Space Age▲137

   A wonderful, kooky, and mysterious space adventure

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10AO
    An open science community▲70

    2011 · science.io · its alternatives →

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    Somewhere▲101

    See how the world works.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Tab Pics▲101

    Beautiful /r/EarthPorn of our planet in every new Chrome tab

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Vamos▲167

    Local Event Discovery

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Paperspace for Teams▲135

    Desktops in the cloud, now launched and great for teams

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Space Lounges▲87

    The next generation coffee lounge (pre-launch)

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Authorea▲94

    GitHub for scientific works

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    CUBE▲139

    Mobile projector

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SpecOut▲151

    Tech research engine

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Matterhorn▲163

    Simple and light-weight project management tool

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    OpenMCT by NASA▲86

    A web based mission control framework

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    SpaceNeovim – Spacemacs for Neovim▲105

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Planet Hunters▲106

    Help astro-scientists search for life in our galaxy & beyond

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    ScienceBox ▲88

    Simple data science collaboration & productivity on the web

    2015 · its 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 →