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24 alternatives to Stenon

Portable soil monitoring device

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Stenon launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1AL

    Hi HN! I’ve been working on an air quality measuring device called Air Lab for the past three years. It measures CO2, temperature, relative humidity, air pollutants (VOC, NOx), and atmospheric pressure. You can log and analyze the data directly on the device — no smartphone or laptop needed. To better show what the device can do and how it feels like, I spent the past week developing a web-based simulator using Emscripten. It runs the stock firmware with most features available except for networking. Check it out and let me know what you think! The firmware will be open-source and available…

    2025 · networkedartifacts.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2WO

    I'm from a compost tech startup (Monty Compost Co.) focused on making composting more efficient for households and industrial facilities. But our tech isn’t just for composting— it’s a versatile system that can be repurposed for a wide range of applications. So, we’ve made it open source for anyone to experiment with! One of the exciting things about our open-source compost monitoring tech is its flexibility. You can connect it to platforms like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, or other single-board computers to expand its capabilities or integrate it into your own projects. Our system includes…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Intelligent auto-monitoring for your data warehouse

    2023 · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    OpenMeter▲459

    Usage metering for engineers

    2023 · its alternatives →

  5. 5EF
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    Fields and crops detected by machines 🤖

    2018 · its alternatives →

  7. 7AT

    Hi everyone, I recently published a small open-source project. It’s a minimal network packet analyzer written in Go — designed more like a learning toy than a replacement for Wireshark. It currently supports parsing basic protocols like TLS, DNS, and HTTP, and includes a tiny fuzzing engine to test payload responses. You can inspect raw packet content directly from the terminal. The output is colored for readability, and the code structure is kept simple and clear. The entire program is very small — just about 400 lines of Go code. I know it’s not anywhere near Wireshark’s level, and I still…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8DT
  9. 9

    A beautiful professional smart plant sensor

    2017 · its alternatives →

  10. 10AU

    Howdy HN! I find myself testing my ping from time to time, especially when my internet seems wonky while WFH. It feels like there should be an easier way test my ping than puling up a terminal or a complex web app - especially when I'm on my phone or any other device that doesn't have a terminal. I figured I should be the change I wish to see in the world and created this super light ping test. I also created a latency monitoring solution (https://github.com/cjjeakle/network-monitor), feel free to clone and try it out! I know there are a lot more mature monitoring…

    2022 · ping.projects.chrisjeakle.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Domain health monitoring tool

    2024 · kit.domains · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Count people, bikes, & cars in real-time. Now shipping.

    2015 · its alternatives →

  13. 13FA
  14. 14

    $99 sensor uses data to help you grow better veggies or weed

    2020 · its alternatives →

  15. 15MS
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    A fitness tracker for your sourdough starter

    2020 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Keep your website thriving with unmatched monitoring

    2023 · its alternatives →

  18. 18YD

    If you've built any web-based app in the last 15 years, you probably used something like Datadog, New Relic, Sentry, etc. to monitor and trace your app, right? Why should it be different when the app you're building happens to be using LLMs? So today we're open-sourcing OpenLLMetry-JS. It's an open protocol and SDK, based on OpenTelemetry, that provides traces and metrics for LLM JS/TS applications and can be connected to any of the 15+ tools that already support OpenTelemetry. Here's the repo: https://github.com/traceloop/openllmetry-js A few months ago we launched…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Grounded Sensing: Enabling Smarter Irrigation Decision

    2020 · its alternatives →

  20. 20SM
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    Revolutionize soil analysis with SmartSoils

    2023 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    See how busy places are in real time

    2014 · its alternatives →

  23. 23MI
  24. 24

    Advanced digital agro-platform for effective farm management

    2019 · its alternatives →

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