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24 alternatives to Twtxt – Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers
Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers. - buckket/twtxt
Twtxt is a decentralized microblogging service designed for technical users who want a minimalist alternative to traditional social media platforms. Rather than relying on a central server, posts are distributed across… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Twtxt – Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server. Contribute to Gargron/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A cms for absolute minimalists. Contribute to schollz/rwtxt development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A twtxt client with minimal dependencies. Contribute to mdom/txtnish development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Decentralized Twitter: A microblogging service running on the Ethereum blockchain - yep/eth-tweet
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all, I’ve made this bot, it fetches every story that enters the HN Top 10, summarizes it with AI to a tweet-sized textlog note and publishes it. textlog.cc offers these endpoints as RSS/Atom through textlog.cc/u/hn10.rss and textlog.cc/u/hn10.atom so you can subscribe easily. Enjoy!
Aug 2026 · textlog.cc · its alternatives →
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Mastodon▲272Open-source decentralized microblogging platform
2016 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →
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hosted twtxt server (in Go). Contribute to plomlompom/htwtxt development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · gist.io · its alternatives →
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Social networking over static sites
Mar 2026 · satproto.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · git.sr.ht · its alternatives →
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Sociall (Beta)▲216A secure and private decentralised social network for all.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Why not make a useful LLM wrapper for once? Websites are officially over. Teletext is the future? Made at my favourite kind of hackathon - Stupid Hackathon.
Nov 2025 · textable.live · its alternatives →
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TL;DR▲199I love Hacker News but I rarely have time to read full articles / comments, so I built a simple site to summarize the top posts & comments to make it easier to get a big picture. A few implementation details: - It pulls the top stories from the HN Firebase API (`/v0/topstories`) - Filters stories with >200 points - Uses Claude Sonnet for post + comment summaries - Tries to capture the sentiment of the comments (still working on improving this) - Refreshes both posts + summaries hourly It has already helped me I hope it helps you! Please let me know if you have any feedback --…
2025 · tl-dr.tv · its alternatives →
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rettiwt▲84An alternative Twitter interface for hardcore users
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Attached: 1 video Want a prank for a friend with an Android phone (with an opaque case) ? Set up a NFC tag to open the website of your choice then slip it between their phone and the case. Every time they will unlock their phone the website will open. No confirmation, no notification and too thin to
2017 · mastodon.social · its alternatives →
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Edgee▲119A new medium to transcend tweeting, blogging and pinning
2015 · edgee.com · its alternatives →
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