Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 22 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. We'll be live streaming ourselves building a product in a weekend launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Welder Live▲141

   Simple online live streaming

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Periscope Producer▲155

   A new way to broadcast live video

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

3. 3AP
   A platform to host paid live streaming events▲5

   2020 · airtab.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Making Live▲77

   Watch how people make cool things in real time.

   2015 · makinglive.com · its alternatives →

5. 5RO
   Review our weekend project, The URLD▲8

   2011 · theurld.com · its alternatives →

6. 6CL
   Caster, live stream video as you record it from your mobile browser▲7

   2015 · caster.link · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Glober▲15

   Marketplace for live streaming were any one can get payed.

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8OE
   Occupy Everything; a weekend project▲6

   2011 · market.android.com · its alternatives →

9. 9OW
   Our weekend project – isexdb▲9

   2014 · isexdb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10WR
    We're building a cloudspotting app at StartupBus, tell us your thoughts▲8

    2013 · cloudspotting.co · its alternatives →

11. 111W
    1 week to crowdsource an idea, 1 week to make it▲9

    2021 · oneweektomake.com · its alternatives →

12. 12OS
    Our startup just launched on Kickstarter▲6

    2011 · kck.st · its alternatives →

13. 13
    We spent the last 18 months building an interactive live video stream▲7

    Hey HN!! Many of us enjoyed the "If YouTube had actual channels" Show HN post last week. As developers of a similar project, we wanted to share our approach to building a simulated live experience. We’ve spent around 18 months working on this and have managed to add some advanced features, including content-based interactivity. We are super excited to be releasing both the live stream and the code behind it. Our idea was to combine the communal watching experience of television with the modern trappings of the interactive web. If you go to the stream, you will be watching along with everyone…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TS
    The second month building a tiny product in public▲5

    2022 · tinysnap.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    devv.tv▲3

    A live streaming platform dedicated to code

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16BA
    Build a full product with AngularJS and Firebase (7 hrs of HD video)▲6

    2014 · angularcourse.com · its alternatives →

17. 17WJ
    We just launched a kick-ass Media API for the Web▲6

    2014 · media-api.com · its alternatives →

18. 18QS
    Quick Site, an easy way to make a website you can own▲5

    2020 · quicksite.stavros.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Product Launch Lab▲4

    Bring Products to Market Faster

    2016 · eluminate.substack.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SR
    Stream, Record, Edit and Repurpose Video Content in a Single App▲5

    2021 · dontletyourstreamdie.com · its alternatives →

21. 21BT
    Build the app or bot of your dreams▲5

    2016 · gomix.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Beam.pro▲3

    The next generation in live streaming

    2015 · 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 →