Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Lobsters

Product categories

Bookmark Manager Bookmarks Code Collaboration Code Coverage Community Management Community Platform Decentralized Social Network Forums Knowledge Sharing Social Networks Social News Startups

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Lobsters are Hacker News, SaidIt.net, and Jerboa for Lemmy. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Hacker News Landing Page
1

Hacker News

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Startups 500 social mentions
SaidIt.net Landing Page
2

SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions
Jerboa for Lemmy Landing Page
3

Jerboa for Lemmy

Lemmy
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 613 social mentions
Aether Landing Page
4

Aether

Aether is a free app that you use to read, write in, and create community moderated, distributed...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 100 social mentions
4chan Landing Page
5

4chan

4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 61 social mentions
Standard JS Landing Page
6

Standard JS

DevOps, Build, Test, Deploy, and Code Review
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Code Coverage #Code Collaboration 26 social mentions
Dissenter Landing Page
7

Dissenter

Dissenter is the comment section of the internet. It creates a digital public square on every URL.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Bookmark Manager 4 social mentions
Flarum Landing Page
8

Flarum

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Forums And Forum Software #Forums #Community Platform 34 social mentions
X (Twitter) Landing Page

9

X (Twitter)

Connect with your friends and other fascinating people. Get in-the-moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, in real time, from every angle.

#Social Networks #Social Network #Microblogging 883 social mentions
Echo JS Landing Page
10

Echo JS

Echo JS is a community-driven news site entirely focused on JavaScript development, HTML5, and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Forums 1 social mentions
Pinry Landing Page
11

Pinry

NOTE: Pinry has been discontinued.

Pinry is a private, self-hosted, Pinterest inspired by Wookmark and built on top of Django.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Social Networks 4 social mentions
Pythonic News Landing Page
12

Pythonic News

A social news aggregator for the Python community
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Email Newsletters #Social News 2 social mentions