BeforeYouRent

What it does

BeforeYouRent is a trusted community where renters share honest experiences about the places they’ve lived. Looking for a place to rent? On our website you can view how your potential new home has been rated by real renters who have previously lived there. No one should sign a lease without knowing what others have already experienced. Search, read real reviews, and rent with clarity - not guesswork. Watch the video to learn why we built BeforeYouRent.

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  Good Neighbour2021 · ▲98

  Learn about your future home from the neighbours.

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  NowRenting2018 · nowrenting.com · ▲90

  Everything a landlord or rental agent needs in one web app.

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  Rate Your LandlordMay 2026 · rateyourlandlord.net.in · ▲2

  Know your flat before you sign

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  DoorKnock2023 · thedoorknock.com · ▲91

  Rate, review & research your landlords

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  Prelisted2020 · ▲83

  Get paid to find your apartment's next renter

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  Rental data supplied by tenants in Ireland, searchable by all2023 · howmuchrent.com · ▲119

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

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  Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

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  Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com

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  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  Brila▲1,364

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  AI · Apr 2026 · brila.ai

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  Life & fun · Apr 2026 · jaso1024.com

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  Built a ~9M param LLM from scratch to understand how they actually work. Vanilla transformer, 60K synthetic conversations, ~130 lines of PyTorch. Trains in 5 min on a free Colab T4. The fish thinks the meaning of life is food. Fork it and swap the personality for your own character.

  AI · Apr 2026 · github.com

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  Fathom 3.0▲800

  AI meeting notes: now bot-free, in ChatGPT & Claude + more

  AI · Apr 2026 · fathom.ai

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  Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)▲786

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  Life & fun · Apr 2026 · sam-burns.com

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  I built a frontpage for personal blogs▲783

  With social media and now AI, its important to keep the indie web alive. There are many people who write frequently. Blogosphere tries to highlight them by fetching the recent posts from personal blogs across many categories. There are two versions: Minimal (HN-inspired, fast, static): https://text.blogosphere.app/ Non-minimal: https://blogosphere.app/ If you don't find your blog (or your favorite ones), please add them. I will review and approve it.

  AI · Apr 2026 · text.blogosphere.app