hackster.io

Hackster

Who runs Hackster, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest maker community alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Couldn’t check
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
Hackaday.io

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Hackster

Hackster hackster.io

Wikidata: hacker/maker social network

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive

02 · Privacy

What Hackster tracks

We couldn’t read hackster.io’s homepage (robots.txt disallows our crawler), so we can’t say what it loads.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Hackster

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Hackster, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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We can’t read hackster.io’s homepage (robots.txt disallows our crawler), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    Hackaday.io hackaday.io English 2 trackers

    Hackaday.io | The world's largest collaborative hardware development community.

    Discover. Get inspired. Repeat. Hack things for the better. Learn and grow from the example of others. Pass it on by showing off your own hardware adventures.

    Compare Hackaday.io with Hackster →
  2. 02
    Instructables instructables.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Yours for the making

    Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

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  3. 03
    makezine.com English 1 tracker

    Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers |

    Make: celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your will.

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  4. 04
    DEV Community dev.to Top 10K English 1 tracker

    DEV Community

    A space to discuss and keep up software development and manage your software career

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  5. 05
    Product Hunt producthunt.com Top 10K English

    product discovery website

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  6. 06
    Indie Hackers indiehackers.com

    podcast

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  7. 07
    CNX Software cnx-software.com English 3 trackers

    CNX Software - Embedded Systems News

    Reviews, tutorials and the latest news about embedded systems, IoT, open-source hardware, SBC's, microcontrollers, processors, and more

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  8. 08
    clien.net Korean 2 trackers

    클리앙

    모두의 커뮤니티 클리앙

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  9. 09
    CSDN csdn.net Top 10K

    network of software developers in China

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  10. 10
    500px 500px.com Top 10K English No trackers

    photo sharing website

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  11. 11
    Habr habr.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Publications / My feed / Habr

    collaborative blog

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  12. 12
    cnblogs.com Top 10K Chinese 1 tracker

    博客园 - 开发者的网上家园

    博客园是一个面向开发者的知识分享社区。自创建以来,博客园一直致力并专注于为开发者打造一个纯净的技术交流社区,推动并帮助开发者通过互联网分享知识,从而让更多开发者从中受益。博客园的使命是帮助开发者用代码改变世界。

    Compare cnblogs.com with Hackster →
  13. 13
    DeviantArt deviantart.com Top 1K English No trackers

    DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community

    DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.

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  14. 14
    dogdrip.net Top 10K Korean 2 trackers

    DogDrip.Net 개드립

    유머, 이슈, 정보 커뮤니티. 개드립

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  15. 15
    MetaFilter metafilter.com

    general-interest community weblog

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  16. 16
    Reddit reddit.com Top 1K

    American social news aggregation website and discussion portal

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  17. 17

    Главная - прикольные картинки, мемы, комиксы, гифки на JoyReactor

    Главная страница JoyReactor - это смешные картинки, арты, игровой юмор и гифки (с котами). Но стоит копнуть чуть глубже, и можно найти больше постов и разделов, интересных именно вам, и подписаться на них. Полезно каждый день поглядывать в разделы Тренды и Наши любимые теги на главной странице, можно повстречать много неожиданного и, как минимум, занятного.

    Compare прикольные картинки, мемы, комиксы, гифки на JoyReactor with Hackster →
  18. 18
    Meetup meetup.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You

    Find Meetup events, join groups, or start your own. Make new friends and connect with like-minded people. Meet people near you who share your interests.

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  19. 19
    GameBanana gamebanana.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001

    Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games

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  20. 20
    Ruliweb ruliweb.com Top 10K Korean 3 trackers

    루리웹

    들어올 땐 마음대로인 루리웹 메인으로 들어오도록 해

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Hackster’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Hackster uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Hackster adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 5 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
26 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Hackster’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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