Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The Hideoutv2
Your private space on the internet.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, I’m building Hideout, a small web-based chat app inspired by Discord-style rooms, but stripped down to the minimum. I started this project because I was curious about one specific problem: how do you make a real-time chat app feel alive with very few users? Right now: Hideout has ~35 users One main room Text chat only No moderation tools, bots, or servers to configure The app is intentionally simple. When someone joins, they’re dropped directly into the active room so conversations aren’t fragmented. The hardest issue so far has been the cold start problem — users joining at different…
2025 · joinhideout.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Hallway v2▲91Hang out in spontaneous video break-rooms in Slack
2020 · hallway.chat · its alternatives →
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floors.js▲215Hey HN, I'm Vincent. I built floors.js to bring back social interactions on the web. You paste one script tag. Your pages become isometric 3D rooms. Visitors show up as avatars, see each other, and chat in real-time. Three.js handles the isometric rendering, and a Bun WebSocket server manages presence, rooms and chat. The whole thing runs without touching the host site's DOM or styles beyond its own container. It works on any static site and is also optimised for SPA navigation (clicking on a door lets you navigate to another page). The landing page itself is the live demo, and I'm in the…
Feb 2026 · floorsjs.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! https://flat.social is a web video meeting app for organising fun online meetings & social events. Each participant can move around and talk with others in their proximity. Here is a quick demo if you wanna see it in action: https://youtu.be/Y2yH3twjrx4 I’ve been on it solo for around a year right now. Tech used is Next.js, Typescript, PIXI.js on the front-end and Node, Mediasoup, Socket.io and Matter.js (physics engine) on the backend. Feel free to jump in into the demo room (https://flat.social/f/Flat.Social-Demo) to say hi, I’ll be…
2022 · flat.social · its alternatives →
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Teooh▲98Meet, work or just hang out in virtual spaces as avatars.
2020 · teooh.com · its alternatives →
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Mozilla Hub▲90Meet, share and collaborate in private 3D virtual spaces
2022 · support.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Breakroom▲84The 3D social hub for remote teams & virtual events
2020 · breakroom.net · its alternatives →
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~spaces~ V2▲64virtual universe w/ you can create worlds and meet friends
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Couch▲98Your online couch for movies, games, and good times
Apr 2026 · couchspace.live · its alternatives →
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A general/lifestyle forum to chat your heart away!
2022 · socialhideouts.com · its alternatives →
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Chat with millions of people. Meet new people and enjoy the most fun way of chatting :)
2012 · connected2.me · its alternatives →
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I created a pet project to see if it is of use and interesting to people. The idea is on-demand real-time chat rooms for trending topics and for personal use. You can go to the main page at www.urshoutbox.com to create your own room then share it across your social networks/email, etc. I created a hacker news specific "shoutbox" at http://www.urshoutbox.com/bLmYAL/hacker-news . If nobody is in there, please be patient and (I hope) people will join soon to start talking. The idea is to have trending topics on facebook/twitter/etc and have chat rooms to get…
2014 · urshoutbox.com · its alternatives →
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