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24 alternatives to Tessel 2

Hardware development for software developers.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tessel 2 launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   CircleCI 2.0▲215

   Powerful CI/CD for teams building great things

   2017 · circleci.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Carbide▲164

   A new kind of programming environment

   2016 · alpha.trycarbide.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   LittleBits - the bitLab▲84

   The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware

   2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   BitScoop▲124

   Create software better, faster, smarter.

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Developer Ipsum▲110

   Lorem for nerds

   2021 · developer-ipsum.netlify.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Stack▲88

   A task manager for Devs & Designers

   2015 · macropod.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tesse▲99

   A new interactive search engine with people as results

   2017 · tesse.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Quip 5.0▲225

   Now with project management and a new design

   2017 · quip.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CUBE▲139

    Mobile projector

    2016 · rif6.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Precursor▲227

    A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

    2014 · prcrsr.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Software Daily - 10 Philosophies for Engineers▲71

    Strategies and reflections on software engineering

    2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Littlebits▲93

    Programmable modules that snap together

    2013 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Ello v2▲116

    A top-to-bottom redesign of Ello

    2015 · notongamcasino.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Payola▲83

    A Rails engine for Stripe

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Eve▲79

    Better tools for thought

    2015 · witheve.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TextCraft▲66

    Slack as old-school MUD client

    2015 · textcraft.co · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67

    DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"

    2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Spiral 3.0▲81

    Proximity-based community forum

    2014 · getspiralapp.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Getting2Alpha - Paul Adams▲53

    The future of product design

    2016 · getting2alpha.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Patternry▲65

    A tool for building living UI libraries

    2014 · pathmode.io · its alternatives →

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    RAML▲62

    A Standard for API modeling, documentation and exploration

    2014 · raml.org · 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 →