Lobsters
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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.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Online
- Ruby on Rails
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DMS-NET added Lobsters as alternative to Dead Men SocietyA punch in the face is better than using reddit. Lobsters far exceeds this
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Takfe Dev added Lobsters as alternative to Aladin Network
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AI Slopfree Software Catalog
A more optimistic homage to the slopware catalog https://alternativeto.net/lists/44427/slopware/, this list is designed to showcase projects, both FOSS and proprietary, which reject contributions from Generative AI LLM slop machines. The most pessimistic thing about this list is how short it is and how so many commonly used software solutions and websites are not included.
I have to give it up to the following sites for providing references:
https://codeberg.org/brib/slopfree-software-index
https://github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
There are a lot more projects on this list which I didn't include because they aren't on AlternativeTo (yet). I'll be adding more entries to this site (and removing those who fold to the AI overlords) on a regular basis. I'm including references, which are all first-hand declarations from the development teams for each entry to ensure items aren't included based on hearsay or conjecture.
Updated 10-2-2026
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Software I wish they implement ActivityPub protocol or to be cloned as fedi software
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A punch in the face is better than using reddit. Lobsters far exceeds this
I would very much appreciate an invite to lobste.rs if possible. If anyone has a membership.