Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Slashdot

Product categories

Blogging Blogging Platform CMS Community Management Community Platform Decentralized Social Network Education Email Newsletters Forums Knowledge Sharing Social Networks Social News

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Slashdot are Hacker News, SaidIt.net, and Lobsters. 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
Lobsters Landing Page
3

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
4chan Landing Page
4

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
Aether Landing Page
5

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
Jerboa for Lemmy Landing Page
6

Jerboa for Lemmy

Lemmy
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 613 social mentions
X (Twitter) Landing Page

7

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
Tumblr Landing Page

8

Tumblr

A feature rich and free blog hosting platform offering professional and fully customizable templates, bookmarklets, photos, mobile apps, and social network integration.

#Social Networks #Blogging Platform #CMS 32 social mentions
Pythonic News Landing Page
9

Pythonic News

A social news aggregator for the Python community
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Email Newsletters #Social News 2 social mentions
Reddit Enhancement Suite Landing Page
10

Reddit Enhancement Suite

The Definitive Reddit Add-on
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 1302 social mentions
WriteFreely Landing Page
11

WriteFreely

Write Freely is free and open source software for starting a minimalist, federated blog — or an entire community.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Blogging #Blogging Platform #CMS 33 social mentions
Flarum Landing Page
12

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