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Clone Wars: Open-source clones of popular sites

185 points by feross 6y ago

ronsor 6y ago
A good portion of these don't seem to work, for example the "iOS Homescreen" or "Fakebooker" ones.
- carstenhag 6y ago
  I think this is mostly about partly UI clones.
- richardwhiuk 6y ago
  Depending on your value of work, most of them appear to not "work".
- jerrygoyal 6y ago
  thanks for the info on dead links, will try to find and replace these with working demo url. sometimes the project author takes down the live demo url like in the case of fakebooker.
peter_d_sherman 6y ago
Related: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars Also: From HBO's "Silicon Valley": "Jian Yang, are you copying all of those companies for the Chinese market?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw (Jin Yang erases "New Pied Piper" from the whiteboard... <g>)
RodGodKiller 6y ago
What is the advantage of these versus the regular versions?
- BasedInfra 6y ago
  Airbnb has around 7 million listings vs the clone with 0 listings. It’s an apples-oranges question, these are just examples of OSS code not actual products.
kbenson 6y ago
A missed opportunity, for Slack they could have put IRC. :)
- zxcvbn4038 6y ago
  Bah! I wish Slack had cloned IRC! Slack is more the crappy knock off from the bargain bin at microcenter.
Communitivity 6y ago
Looks like an interesting list. I'm not a fan of the scrolling frame though. Also, I see a number of pseudo-clones missing. For example PeerTube as a replacement for YouTube. However, that could be argued to not be a clone, as PeerTube is distributed.
- loceng 6y ago
  What would be even more useful would be a full Feature Matrix - ideally including the feature list of the comparable(s). And perhaps even more useful may be a quick way to see how the data is organized.
- SirLotsaLocks 6y ago
  The list is also on their readme.md which isn't a scrolling frame if that's what you like.
marban 6y ago
Often replicated, never duplicated.
slg 6y ago
It might be helpful to have a clear definition of "clone" on the site. This seems to be mixing a variety of different projects from straight clones of existing services into a new language to new front ends to existing services to completely new and independent apps that fall more into an "inspired by" category.
chungy 6y ago
Would be nice if the scrollbar weren't replaced by a worse one.
- deleted 6y ago
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vekker 6y ago
It's unfortunate there are so many React open source projects and so few with Angular!
- dalu 6y ago
  Because no one likes RXjs
  - vekker 6y ago
    I think that has more to do with the learning curve than with RxJS itself. Once you learn how to use it, it becomes an incredibly powerful tool.
- gremlinsinc 6y ago
  Yeah, what about jQuery too?
  - vekker 6y ago
    Apples & oranges. Angular (web app platform) can't really be compared with jQuery (JS lib) I think. Angular had a rough, chaotic history which hurt its popularity, but if you check out the latest version I think you'd find a very mature, batteries-included framework. Especially for enterprise settings with lots of developers I find it the superior choice. It's just not the coolest kid on the block for all the indie developers.
pedrogpimenta 6y ago
It seems none of the commenters opened any of the "clones" in the list. These are only UI clones, at least from the 5 I clicked to try to understand what I was seeing. They are not clones, alternatives or replacemente, only exercises in UI design and Front-end development. It is not a bad list but I hate it because the title (and description) teels a differente story. They say they're clones but they are not.
- judge2020 6y ago
  Well, with the exception of the 2048 clone.
- vonwoodson 6y ago
  What is a clone of not only a superficial copy of a man; without the experiences of life required to build his character?
jerrygoyal 6y ago
@feross thank you for submitting my project. I've been a huge fan of your work in open-source community.
- feross 6y ago
  No problem!
eh9 6y ago
I just randomly clicked on this and my game is listed in the first ten. Nobody told me I’m on a list?? What a nice surprise. (Battleship is mine!)
m000 6y ago
"Great for learning purpose!" And your phishing campaign too!
chovybizzass 6y ago
add upvotocracy, a reddit clone
ChrisArchitect 6y ago
fix the language / naming of this - it's cloned designs geez. Ridiculous to call this a product also? Clickbait spam almost also posted two days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26406598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26406598
JoshGlazebrook 6y ago
I've yet to find anyone clone the netflix carousel properly. A someone trying to do it myself in React it has proven tedious.
longnguyen 6y ago
If you hate scrolling frame, here is the github repo: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars
sbkg0002 6y ago
Does anyone know of a reddit/hn clone that supports Oauth2?

185 points by feross 6y ago

ronsor 6y ago

A good portion of these don't seem to work, for example the "iOS Homescreen" or "Fakebooker" ones.

carstenhag 6y ago
I think this is mostly about partly UI clones.
richardwhiuk 6y ago
Depending on your value of work, most of them appear to not "work".
jerrygoyal 6y ago
thanks for the info on dead links, will try to find and replace these with working demo url. sometimes the project author takes down the live demo url like in the case of fakebooker.

peter_d_sherman 6y ago

Related: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars Also: From HBO's "Silicon Valley": "Jian Yang, are you copying all of those companies for the Chinese market?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw (Jin Yang erases "New Pied Piper" from the whiteboard... <g>)

RodGodKiller 6y ago

What is the advantage of these versus the regular versions?

BasedInfra 6y ago
Airbnb has around 7 million listings vs the clone with 0 listings. It’s an apples-oranges question, these are just examples of OSS code not actual products.

kbenson 6y ago

A missed opportunity, for Slack they could have put IRC. :)

zxcvbn4038 6y ago
Bah! I wish Slack had cloned IRC! Slack is more the crappy knock off from the bargain bin at microcenter.

Communitivity 6y ago

Looks like an interesting list. I'm not a fan of the scrolling frame though. Also, I see a number of pseudo-clones missing. For example PeerTube as a replacement for YouTube. However, that could be argued to not be a clone, as PeerTube is distributed.

loceng 6y ago
What would be even more useful would be a full Feature Matrix - ideally including the feature list of the comparable(s). And perhaps even more useful may be a quick way to see how the data is organized.
SirLotsaLocks 6y ago
The list is also on their readme.md which isn't a scrolling frame if that's what you like.

marban 6y ago

Often replicated, never duplicated.

slg 6y ago

It might be helpful to have a clear definition of "clone" on the site. This seems to be mixing a variety of different projects from straight clones of existing services into a new language to new front ends to existing services to completely new and independent apps that fall more into an "inspired by" category.

chungy 6y ago

Would be nice if the scrollbar weren't replaced by a worse one.

deleted 6y ago
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vekker 6y ago

It's unfortunate there are so many React open source projects and so few with Angular!

dalu 6y ago
Because no one likes RXjs
- vekker 6y ago
  I think that has more to do with the learning curve than with RxJS itself. Once you learn how to use it, it becomes an incredibly powerful tool.
gremlinsinc 6y ago
Yeah, what about jQuery too?
- vekker 6y ago
  Apples & oranges. Angular (web app platform) can't really be compared with jQuery (JS lib) I think. Angular had a rough, chaotic history which hurt its popularity, but if you check out the latest version I think you'd find a very mature, batteries-included framework. Especially for enterprise settings with lots of developers I find it the superior choice. It's just not the coolest kid on the block for all the indie developers.

pedrogpimenta 6y ago

It seems none of the commenters opened any of the "clones" in the list. These are only UI clones, at least from the 5 I clicked to try to understand what I was seeing. They are not clones, alternatives or replacemente, only exercises in UI design and Front-end development. It is not a bad list but I hate it because the title (and description) teels a differente story. They say they're clones but they are not.

judge2020 6y ago
Well, with the exception of the 2048 clone.
vonwoodson 6y ago
What is a clone of not only a superficial copy of a man; without the experiences of life required to build his character?

jerrygoyal 6y ago

@feross thank you for submitting my project. I've been a huge fan of your work in open-source community.

feross 6y ago
No problem!

eh9 6y ago

I just randomly clicked on this and my game is listed in the first ten. Nobody told me I’m on a list?? What a nice surprise. (Battleship is mine!)

m000 6y ago

"Great for learning purpose!" And your phishing campaign too!

chovybizzass 6y ago

add upvotocracy, a reddit clone

ChrisArchitect 6y ago

fix the language / naming of this - it's cloned designs geez. Ridiculous to call this a product also? Clickbait spam almost also posted two days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26406598 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26406598

JoshGlazebrook 6y ago

I've yet to find anyone clone the netflix carousel properly. A someone trying to do it myself in React it has proven tedious.

longnguyen 6y ago

If you hate scrolling frame, here is the github repo: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars https://github.com/GorvGoyl/clone-wars

sbkg0002 6y ago

Does anyone know of a reddit/hn clone that supports Oauth2?