The Best 16 LWN.net Alternatives

  • Slashdot icon

    Slashdot

    News for nerds, stuff that matters. Slashdot (aka /.) is a technology-related news and discussion site with a focus on Linux, free and open source software and information freedom and privacy issues.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Lobsters icon

    Lobsters

    lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. the site is driven by ruby on rails with the source code being freely available for those seeking to create a site similar to reddit or hackernews.

    Free Open Source Web Ruby on Rails

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    Snapzu

    Snapzu is basically reddit alternative. It is a bit better looking, and the community is rather small so far, but growing.

    Free Web

  • StartupHack icon

    StartupHack

    A community where startups share on-topic links with each other and upvote the best ones to the top.

    Free Web

  • Empeopled icon

    Empeopled

    Empeopled is a content-sharing community that Pays a dividend when people up-vote your posts and comments Gives you more influence based on the amount of up-votes...

    Free Android iPhone Web

  • Linkibl icon

    Linkibl

    Linkibl is where you can discover and share the Internet's most interesting content every day.

    Free Web

  • demcra icon

    demcra

    The democratic reddit alternative.

    Free Open Source Web

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    Criticl

    We wanted to offer a totally open and level publishing platform for decentralized grassroots journalism and general political discourse.

    Free Windows Web

  • SoylentNews icon

    SoylentNews

    News aggregation site that deliver articles about technology, science, and general interest.

    Free Open Source Web

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    duno.com

    Discussion forum alternative to Reddit.

    Free Windows Linux Android

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    ForumPromotion

    ForumPromotion.com; a bookmarking & social networking curation hub, but also the easiest way to discover new and interesting forums across the Web. Anyone can...

    Free Personal Web

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    Twincl

    Twincl is characterized by forum (including link sharing), Q&A, review and blog sites, using CommonMark as its writing format. Twincl features innovative Markdown...

    Freemium Web