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24 alternatives to Swamp Dragon

Build real-time web applications with Django.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Swamp Dragon launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Coherent UI▲89

   HTML5 GUI designed for real-time applications and games

   2015 · coherent-labs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2GA
   Gondola, a Django like web framework in Go▲7

   2014 · gondolaweb.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Forestry▲187

   A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

   2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hurricane now runs Rails and Django▲5

   Written in Erlang, lots of new features--I hope you find it cool/useful/interesting.

   2012 · icheishvili.github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Urubu▲70

   A micro CMS for static websites

   2016 · urubu.jandecaluwe.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Appliku – Deployment PaaS for Python/Django▲71

   Hey everyone. I have dedicated 4 years of my life to building a solution for easy deployment of [primarily] Python and Django apps. Think of it as an equivalent of Laravel Forge/Hatchbox but for Python apps. For those who are not familiar – Platform as a service on your cloud or on-prem servers. I have posted here 2 years ago and a lot has changed since then. What's new: - New great and easy to use dashboard - backups for databases - cronjobs - stats resources of servers and apps - tons of stability improvements.

   2023 · appliku.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MD
   My Django book, Hello Web App, is now free online▲28

   A couple of years ago I wrote Hello Web App (http://hellowebapp.com) to teach beginner Django web app development. It's aimed at non-programmers and designers, and walks folks through building and deploying a basic web app. I'm working on my third book to teach web design fundamentals to programmers (Hello Web Design: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868398473/hello-web-design-design-basics-for-non-designers), so I've made Hello Web App free online during the Kickstarter campaign for the new book. The full Hello Web App tutorial can be accessed here:…

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   ZakuChess, an open source web game built with Django, htmx and Tailwind▲5

   A while ago I started this side project to test if I could build a rich User Interface that would have about the same level of responsiveness than a "SPA-like" app, but using only htmx[1]... I still have plenty of stuff in my roadmap, but today it's in a playable state and I thought it could be interesting to share it - as it may be a nice demonstration of a relatively rich user interface powered by htmx :-) --> https://zakuchess.com As for the stack: it's built mostly with Django, htmx and Tailwind CSS. It uses a SQLite database, and is hosted (for free) at Fly. The characters'…

   2024 · zakuchess.com · its alternatives →

9. 9DH
   Djangy, Heroku for Django - anyone use this?▲10

   2010 · its alternatives →

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    Argo by Cloudflare▲8

    A “virtual backbone” for the modern Internet

    2017 · cloudflare.com · its alternatives →

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    Forestry.io▲11

    A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

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    REST API service generator for Django▲6

    We build advanced web apps

    2019 · apibakery.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Python 3.5 Async Web Crawler Example▲28

    Python3.5 async crawler example with aiohttp and asyncio - mehmetkose/tangrowth

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    A simple, virtualenv powered Django test and deployment web-app▲21

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Forestry.io▲14

    A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites

    2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Project Jupyter▲9

    Live code notebook as an open source web app

    2016 · jupyter.org · its alternatives →

17. 17IW
    I wrote a book teaching web app development for non-programmers▲16

    Hey HN, I wrote a book teaching beginner web app development using Django, launching on May 4th (successfully Kickstarted last year.) Website: http://hellowebapp.com Highlights: - Aimed at people who have previous HTML/building websites experience. - Template-first development: see the web app as a website first, before setting up databases and models. - Generic “collection of things” tutorial. Readers are encouraged to create something using this rubric that means something to them (a blog, a directory of people, etc.) Adding creativity will make the material stick better. -…

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18FT
    Fast, turnkey static web site recipe (Terraform and Jekyll and AWS)▲6

    2021 · peterkong.com · its alternatives →

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    Twisted and Django = hendrix, a new python web server making async fun▲7

    A python web server focused on async and offbeat network traffic. Named for the thought, "who is a 'twisted' Django R?" (though it works with any WSGI app). - GitHub - hendrix/hendrix at 2.0.0

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sitebrew▲10

    Generate a site and share it with the world, in seconds

    2024 · playscape.gg · its alternatives →

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    djast▲8

    Build Your Django Projects Faster

    2024 · djast.dev · its alternatives →

22. 22
    RocketU▲12

    Build from start-to-finish using Python, Django, & AngularJS

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23KL
    Kufikia - Learn Django or Rails, get help, get paid when you finish.▲5

    2013 · kufikia.com · its alternatives →

24. 24BR
    Build real-time web apps with other people... in real-time!▲8

    2014 · loggur.com · its alternatives →

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