Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to LWN.net

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Cloud Hosting Code Collaboration Code Coverage Developer Tools Entrepreneurship Forums Knowledge Sharing Programming Programming Tools Social Networks Social News Text Editors

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to LWN.net are Hacker News, Lobsters, and GitHub. 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 498 social mentions
Lobsters Landing Page
2

Lobsters

Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by ...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 120 social mentions
GitHub Landing Page
3

GitHub

Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Code Collaboration #Git #Version Control 2038 social mentions
CodeSandbox Landing Page
4

CodeSandbox

Online playground for React
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #Programming #Code Collaboration 300 social mentions
Standard JS Landing Page
5

Standard JS

DevOps, Build, Test, Deploy, and Code Review
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Code Coverage #Code Collaboration 26 social mentions
JS Bin Landing Page
6

JS Bin

Sample of the bin:
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming #Programming Tools #Text Editors 23 social mentions
Glitch Landing Page
7

Glitch

Glitch is the friendly community where everyone builds the web. Simple, powerful interface for creating web apps.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
- Free Trial
#Text Editors #Cloud Hosting #Code Collaboration 112 social mentions
Echo JS Landing Page
8

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
SaidIt.net Landing Page
9

SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions
4chan Landing Page
10

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
Eloquent JavaScript Landing Page
11

EJS

Eloquent JavaScript

Free ebook for the JS Beginners
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Text Editors #Productivity 210 social mentions
Aether Landing Page
12

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