Social Projects

Social and communication projects from Show HN — messaging apps, social networks, and community platforms.

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380 projects

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s@: decentralized social networking over static sites

Social networking over static sites with no servers or relays.

Zero to OneWizardryBold Bet

remywang

4142183mo ago

Social

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ssh late.sh - a cozy command-line Clubhouse for computer people

Collaborative ASCII artboard where each cell remembers its author — genuinely novel.

CozyRabbit HoleZero to One

bl4ckbe4r

1849d ago

Social

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Smithereen – an early-Facebook-style Fediverse server

Chronological feeds only reject the algorithmic engagement model dominating the Fediverse.

Zero to OneBold Bet

grishka

15322d ago

Social

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I built a map where anyone can rename anything

Crowdsourced place-naming reaches 40k renames without turning into total chaos.

Crowd PleaserRabbit HoleZero to One

kafked

733mo ago

Social

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I Was Here – Draw on street panoramas, others can find your drawings

Draw on street panoramas and others find your marks—genuinely new collaborative canvas.

Rabbit HoleZero to OneEye Candy

mrktsm__

503mo ago

Social

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GladAITor – Judge AI Products for Free

LMSYS Arena for products instead of models, with savage roast comments.

Crowd PleaserRabbit Hole

Enjoyooor

522mo ago

Text Post

built a social network you connect to over SSH. no signup, no browser, just open your terminal and you're in. channels, profiles, guestbook, shared blackboard, Top 8. your identity is your SSH key fin

Social

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Jelly – SSH Social Hangout

MySpace Top 8 over SSH with key-based auth—privacy-first social without algorithms.

Zero to OneRabbit HoleCozy

jellyshelly

462mo ago

Social

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Hashiverse, an open-source decentralized social network in Rust

Proof-of-work Sybil resistance without central gatekeepers actually works.

Big BrainBold BetZero to One

jamesjardine

301mo ago

Social

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Puffermind – a social network where only AI agents can post

Agents-only social network—humans watch, AI posts. Genuinely never seen this before.

Zero to OneRabbit HoleBold Bet

blurayfin

202mo ago

Social

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I replaced Substack's algorithm with a chronological feed of new posts

Chronological Substack feed with 130k pubs, no algorithmic slop.

Solve My ProblemDark Horse

meander_water

222mo ago

Social

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A 2000s-style web forum where AI agents and humans hang out

AI agents and humans posting together in a 2000s forum optimized for chaos.

Rabbit HoleBold BetNiche Gem

treadon

103mo ago

Social

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I Was Here – Draw on street panoramas, others can find your drawings

3D stroke projection on panoramas beats flat overlays — global canvas nobody's built before.

Zero to OneWizardryRabbit Hole

mrktsm__

103mo ago

Social

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I built an AI that forgets things when people leave the room

AI participant that reads the room and decides when to speak.

Zero to OneBold Bet

mtrifonov

112mo ago

Social

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Duo – AI Matchmaking over iMessage

Ditching the swipe deck for conversational modeling directly inside iMessage is a brilliant UX pivot.

Zero to OneBold Bet

gsibble

101mo ago

Social

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I built a translator for SPANGLISH and mixed-language text

Persona-based tone switching captures cultural nuance better than Google Translate ever could.

Crowd PleaserCozyZero to One

Odeh13

101mo ago

Social

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Bitemap – See where everyone would bite a sandwich

Heatmap of sandwich bites creates genuine social curiosity you'll want to share.

Rabbit HoleCrowd PleaserZero to One

adsigel

103d ago

Social

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Rip.so – a graveyard for dead internet things

Nostalgic eulogies for dead tech like ICQ and MySpace hit harder than a Wikipedia list.

CozyRabbit Hole

bozdemir

1871201mo ago

Social

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Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol

Last.fm API drop-in replacement on AT Protocol when centralized scrobbling feels fragile.

Niche GemShip It

tsiry

1174427d ago

Social

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I Was Here – Draw on street view, others can find your drawings

3D stroke projection onto panorama geometry beats flat 2D overlays.

Eye CandyRabbit Hole

mrktsm__

67523mo ago

Social

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Open Notes – Community Notes-style context for Discord

Community Notes for Discord, but requires critical mass to detect tensions.

Big BrainBold Bet

anateus

2043mo ago

Social

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#1 On This Day

HN archive nostalgia that's fun to browse but mostly a novelty.

Rabbit HoleCozy

starzmustdie

1811mo ago

Social

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Pincer – Twitter/X for bots. No humans allowed

Twitter clone where humans are banned and bots fight emus via REST API.

Rabbit HoleNiche Gem

johnpolacek

1182mo ago

Social

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Social network where inviting someone makes you accountable for them

TrustChain makes you accountable for who you invite — architectural moderation, not policy.

Bold BetZero to One

Chirpper

11212d ago

Social

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Real-Real-Time Chat

Live keystroke visibility beats Discord's typing indicators, but privacy tradeoffs remain unclear.

Ship ItNiche Gem

levmiseri

10101mo ago

GitHub

A feature-rich TUI client for Discord

727Rust

Social

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Concord – Discord in Terminal

Voice chat and Sixel image previews in a terminal Discord client - technically impressive.

CozyNiche Gem

n3ozz

1028d ago

Social

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Snowbin – A Mindmap-Based Social Platform Built with Lisp

Lisp backend is the interesting part; the mindmap UX is unproven against Reddit.

Big BrainNiche GemShip It

rrepo

753mo ago

Social

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I built GeoQuests where people can request photos of a place

Real-time ground truth beats stale Street View, but network effects make or break it.

Solve My ProblemCrowd Pleaser

Swain123

503mo ago

Social

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Browsing forgotten digicam photos from early Flickr (2000–2012)

Browsing forgotten 2000s digicam photos from Flickr before smartphones took over everything.

Rabbit HoleCozy

lockwestern

511mo ago

Social

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Friendly prediction markets to turn trips into a running tournament

Prediction markets for friend trips, but fake money keeps it from being actual gambling.

CozyNiche Gem

k0rm

501mo ago

Social

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Book Corners – A map to discover and share free little libraries nearby

Maps 11k+ free little libraries, but Little Free Library already dominates discovery.

CozyCrowd PleaserSolve My Problem

andreagrandi

403mo ago

Social

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Hallucination Daily – AI newspaper where every writer is a named bot

Nine bots generating daily satirical news; novelty concept with polish, but premise wears thin fast.

Rabbit HoleEye CandyCozy

ArchieDotEXE

473mo ago

Social

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Website lets you post only once for life

One post for life constraint creates genuine tension no other platform has.

Zero to OneRabbit Hole

faustoct

412mo ago

Social

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For You – AI art floats down a river for strangers to find

LLM agents developing their own taste and pricing with real money is genuinely fascinating.

Rabbit HoleBold BetEye Candy

arclegger

482mo ago

Social

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Open Source TikTok Alternative on AT Protocol

AT Protocol TikTok clone with custom feeds competing against Bluesky.

Bold BetSlick

knotbin

402mo ago

GitHub

AT Protocol client where every request is blessed, classified, and scored for politeness by real INTERCAL programs. Ada carries the packets. INTERCAL carries the meaning

1Ada

Social

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