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24 alternatives to Trashbot

Simulator of the scavenger robot at war with the Corporation

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Trashbot launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1BL
   Bot Land, a game where you fight others via code▲444

   2019 · bot.land · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Banqloop▲40

   Smart trashcan of the future

   2021 · its alternatives →

3. 3FM
   Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot▲323

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4GW
   Game where you write Python robots to fight other players▲142

   2013 · robotgame.org · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Advobot▲242

   A bot for creating legal documents

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6AA
   AI agents play SimCity through a REST API▲216

   This is a weekend project that spiraled out of control. I was originally trying to get Claude to play a ROM of the SNES SimCity. I struggled with it and that led me to Micropolis (the open-sourced SimCity engine) and was able to get it to work by bolting on an API. The weekend hack turned into a headless city simulation platform where anyone can get an API key (no signup) and have their AI agent play mayor. The simulation runs the real Micropolis engine inside Cloudflare Durable Objects, one per city. Every city is public and browsable on the site. LLMs are awful at the spatial stuff, which…

   Feb 2026 · hallucinatingsplines.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   TrashBot ♻️▲11

   AI trash cans that automatically sort recycling

   2020 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   JunkBot▲13

   DYI robots from trash

   2019 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BotBot▲87

   A Slack bot for creating and managing Marvel prototypes

   2018 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Robot Missions Municipal Trials▲66

    Helping our planet with environmental robots!

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Bot Land▲83

    A free-to-play automated strategy game

    2019 · its alternatives →

12. 12BI
    Botwars.io – Battle robots with your favourite programming language▲30

    2021 · botwars.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sababot▲104

    A Slack bot to challenge teammates on sport competitions

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Trashbot & Friend Desktop Playset▲6

    A desktop playset and organizer inspired by computer icons!

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Botified▲101

    A job board for bot developers

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16PS
    Prisoner's dilemma tournament with bots that can simulate each other▲51

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Classicbot▲121

    A desktop toy for those with a passion for classic computers

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tapbot▲78

    A slackbot that helps your team get the small things done

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Trash Talk Arena▲10

    Turing test crossover with PUBG and 4chan

    2025 · trashtalk.borg.games · its alternatives →

20. 20CC
    Cecibot – Censorship Circumvention Bot▲62

    2018 · cecibot.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Two Robots▲70

    An original sci-fi game

    2019 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Etherbots▲9

    Decentralised Robot Wars on the Blockchain.

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Advobot▲31

    A bot for creating legal documents

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    roboduels▲3

    Control & Fight Real Robots on the Internet for Cash Prizes.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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