Alternatives
Products that do what x.md does
change the host, read the post
- 1
- 2XT
I just built XYMake (https://xymake.com), a tool that lets you convert any X (Twitter) thread into clean markdown, making your conversations accessible for LLMs, MCPs, or any API. ## What it does: - Transforms any X thread URL into markdown by simply changing "x.com" to "xymake.com" in the URL - OAuth2 login to "free your data" and make your threads available - Auto-generates OG images with token counts and participant info for easy sharing - Serves different content types based on whether the request is from a crawler, browser, or agent ## Why I built it: I believe people should…
2025 · xymake.com
- 3
- 4PA
- 5
- 6AM
I recently saw a post from the Vercel CEO pointing out that LLMs understand websites much better when they can request: `Accept: text/markdown` Most websites today are built for humans. When AI agents try to consume them, they get complex HTML instead of clean, structured content. So I built *accept-md* – a simple open-source package for Next.js that helps solve this. Getting started is intentionally minimal: ``` npx accept-md init ``` After that, your existing Next.js routes can automatically respond with Markdown whenever an AI agent (or any client) requests it. No redesigns, no CMS…
Feb 2026 · accept.md
- 7MF
2021 · github.com
- 8CM
Here's something I realized: the most AI-native knowledge base isn't a SaaS product with an API. It's a folder of markdown files on your disk. Obsidian stores everything as plain .md files. That means Claude Code (or any AI tool) can grep, read, write, and traverse your entire knowledge base with zero setup. No API keys. No OAuth. No middleware. Just local file I/O. The only missing piece was sync. I wanted my vault on iPhone (iCloud), on Mac (local), and on GitHub (backup + version history) — without paying $4/mo for Obsidian Sync. cc-md is ~400 lines of bash. iCloud handles Apple…
Feb 2026 · github.com
- 9X1
2025 · xwiki.org
- 10YA
Hey HN, I'm a heavy Obsidian user. I recently got tired of the two usual sync tradeoffs: 1. File-based sync (iCloud/Dropbox/Syncthing) that leaves you waiting for changes to propagate, or hands you a "conflicted copy." 2. Self-hosted setups (like CouchDB) that need touching VMs and dockerized databases to sync markdown. So I built YAOS: a local-first, real-time sync engine for Obsidian. Self-hosting OSS should have better UX. You can deploy the backend to your own Cloudflare account in one click. It fits comfortably in Cloudflare's free tier (costing $0/month for normal…
Mar 2026
- 11SH
Three months ago I shared OpenPanel with you all. Got so many encouraging comments then but one feature that was missing/undocumented was self-hosting. I just released it today and thought I would share it here. Keep hosting! Old post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40432213
2024 · docs.openpanel.dev
- 12CS
Hi HN, Alexey from Chainstack here. We built Chainstack Self-Hosted to package everything we’ve learned from 8+ years of running blockchain nodes into a single control panel. The goal we’re building this product around is to make blockchain infrastructure boring to operate. The software is free to install. You only pay for the infrastructure you run it on. The quickest way to get hands-on with it is through the Vultr Marketplace or one of the other providers listed in the docs. The current release supports Ethereum Mainnet, Sepolia, and Hoodi with Reth + Prysm full nodes. We’ll be adding…
Jun 2026 · docs.chainstack.com
- 13AI
Hey HN! First post btw I want to share a product we are developing right now. It's a thing to gather your data from LinkedIn, GitHub, StackOverflow (and a couple more things in the future) and we obviously use LLMs under the hood :D So the idea of using it is that you don't need to share 69 links and docs and can use one link (or download PDF) now. When you connect all the stuff you will see your profile with a radar chart, which represents your "domains". The next thing will be a section with ai-generated-summary-bio + section with things you're open to. Then a section with work experience…
2024 · hackerpulse.io
- 14OP
2021 · github.com
- 15IM
I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.
2024 · github.com
- 16CA
My sister asked me if I can set up a site similar to jack.ventures for her a month ago. She said it was open source (https://github.com/Jack000/Expose) and should be easy and I just need to run a script (rolls eyes). I did that and two weeks later her friends saw it and want me to run the same script for them. So I decided to take some weekends to build something similar using nodejs/redis/mysql, put up a user registration page, user profile page and add some editing features. So now everyone can sign up without me having to run any 'script'. Just push the first…
2017
- 17ZC
I have been dogfooding this npx tool to build all my markdown content sites. It allows me to start a site within minutes. As it's just `npx zenmd && netlify deploy` without downloading any framework starter kit, cloning any repo, or generating any folder structure with configs. It's built on remark.js, supports images, [[wikilinks]], and raw html in markdown, as well as custom layout.html customizations. Once the site is built, you can open the output `.html` pages without a server to preview. Demo: here is a post expanding on the "whys" on my personal site (built with ZenMD) -…
2024 · npmjs.com
- 18FQ
Today, we're launching Flowershow Cloud – a quick, easy, and free way to publish your markdown to the world – no coding required. And it’s specifically built with Obsidian users in mind. Getting started is easy and takes 2 minutes: just sign up, add your vault and you’ll have your site online in a few minutes! Learn more: https://flowershow.app/blog/announcing-flowershow-cloud
2025 · flowershow.app
- 19HO
Hi HN! Ben here from hyprsqrl, and I just open-sourced something we’ve been quietly running in production: *hyprsqrl is a self-hostable bank. Think Revolut (if you know it), but every line of code is MIT/AGPL, you can run it on your own box, and the crypto bits stay hidden under the hood. --- ### Why we built it Moving money between USD and EUR still means wire fees, surprise freezes, and “call your bank” hoops. Fintechs like Revolut help—until their pricing changes or a regulator knocks. hyprsqrl aims for the resilience of self-hosting *without* forcing users to study crypto. Two…
2025 · github.com
- 20SP
Morning HN. I had an issue recently where I wanted to share some private Github repositories with a larger audience than usual (25k+) on Youtube and was simply considering making my code public. Came up with an idea to build a middleman service that handles user access/management, generate share links and even paywall individual repos. Thought I might as well share here in case there's another dev out there who might be interested in sharing a private repo. Keen to get any feedback as I'm currently building
2024 · repobear.com
- 21AH
So this question https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35198563 prompted me to revisit the framework demo'ed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35033368 Just like reddit lets you go to what might be a 404 page /r/anything-you-want and you can then create that subreddit, I added this feature to remoterenters so you can make /rr/anything-you-want and be the mod of that sub. To get the ball rolling with some content I made these two AI based subs: https://remoterenters.com/rr/amazing-ai-understanding/…
2023
- 22
- 23GA
Hi everyone, i just develop an engine to allow you to render your blog using github directly, by just using html, json, markdown. Here's the demo: https://porfolio-one-rust.vercel.app/revskill10/porfolio-tem... and the source: https://github.com/revskill10/porfolio-template/tree/main/bl... Currently you can use it as the starting point template and hack on it. Would love to hear your feedback.
2025
- 24MY
Hi HN, I'm Andras, one of the founders of YourSitee (yoursit.ee), a link-in-bio tool. We recently added optional native Markdown versions of public profiles. The same profile is available as a visual page at /{username} and, - if enabled by its owner -, as structured Markdown at /{username}.md Demo: https://yoursit.ee/showhn https://yoursit.ee/showhn.md I'm curious about two things: would you prefer explicit .md endpoints or accept: text/markdown? And should we eventually let agents create their own clearly labeled public profiles, or is that more…
25d ago
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Refine with a description →