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24 alternatives to textlog

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. textlog launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Jot▲187

   Ever write yourself notes and/or emails? Enter Jot

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   JotDown▲80

   Share your articles anonymously with a rich text editor

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Penflip▲119

   A social writing platform

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Prose▲81

   CMS-free content manager w/ Jekyll & markdown support

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   FoldingText▲83

   Plain text productivity for geeks

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Onword▲158

   Just Write

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7GI
   gist.io, blogless writing for hackers▲286

   2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   TextCraft▲66

   Slack as old-school MUD client

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Blot▲84

   The simplest way to blog

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Unread▲68

    An RSS Reader

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Jot▲1

    …

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Writer's BLAHk▲89

    You talk, we write (love letters, sassy tweets, apologies..)

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    One Thing Well▲95

    A weblog about simple, useful software

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Codecrap▲93

    Where developers go to laugh and cry

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Programmar▲88

    A place for developers to read and write

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Littlelogs▲145

    A social journal of progress on your projects

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Help Me Write▲94

    Get your audience to help you decide what to write about.

    2013 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Heyday▲129

    Personal auto journal

    2013 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Technology Bullshit Generator▲138

    Create fancy tech jargon in seconds

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ghost▲123

    Blogging and Publishing. Free. Open. Simple.

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Forget Me▲108

    Exercise your Google "right to be forgotten" easily

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Slack▲85

    Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

    2014 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Memo▲77

    Anonymous Office Messenger

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hi▲62

    A real-time writing community.

    2014 · 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 →