SP ALTERNATIVES MASTERLIST
Many of these I know about thanks to @/systemprojects on tumblr. Though I’ve written my own original words on most of this or linked back to her tumblr.
IF I HAVE MISSED ANYTHING: reblog / comment in correction. I likely do not have energy to edit the post so please follow community driven advice.
italics = what i recommend / seem to be the safest for the time being
im also including ones that do have some cons just to like. get everything out there.
*Notion* - heres a really in depth and customizable template, duplicate + edit to your needs: https://misty-enemy-3fa.notion.site/System-Database-Template-147ffb73a6e5806b8a03f3d4cd3fe4cb
Pros: can do all the stuff SP and Obsidian can, basically. allows for internesting. Cons: lags for larger systems (over 300 members, something like that)
Hivemind - pros: No malware that I can find at the moment, seems to be offline and secure.. cons: is on a hiatus last I checked bc dev is burnt out. lags rly easily due to subsystems and system map. https://hmsdp.carrd.co/#
*Pronouns.cc* - cons: doesn't track fronts, urls of members are all public if they visit the web page so some things might need to be vague. Pros: website, and does not take up a lot of resources.
Twinote - most ppl know this app but its the faux twitter notes app, might be helpful for communication? Iirc there’s one for instagram too. Cons: not really a streamlined front tracking system, really just good for communicating.
*Good ol' PK and Tupperbox*... + discord servers. saw someone using *[forum channels]* in a priv server. Cons are when the bot or discord is offline, so is your logging.
Any Notes app. Pro: Completely offline.
*Obsidian* ('sp' template here: https://www.tumblr.com/simplydecor/810662543948480512/obsidian-things-google-drive?source=share). Cons is that it’s not quite as streamlined and you cannot import.
[Project 4 Plurals](https://p4p.crd.co/)
Gacha Life 2? similar limitations to twinote i guess and is more for visuals.
[/plu/ral] - it's a discord bot, likely similar to PK. but it can be used within DMs and via slash commands, as well as in ANY discord server, you can import from PK and Octo.
*[Ampersand]* -> this can be downloaded on android and pc easily, for IOS you need “sidestore” and need to keep dev mode enabled on ur ios device. cons: this disables some features on the iphone. It does not have internesting afaik. pros: its the most longstanding app other than lighthouse and SP. Recently updated to handle larger systems.
Google Sheets and Docs (perhaps using a way with JSONS and CSS / converting it to another format. Don't know much about it personally.)
*Lighthouse* is being started up again as well, it’s a stable website, only con is no front tracking.: https://www.writelighthouse.com/
PLURALSPACE: https://pluralspace.app/space - cons: pro endo from what it seems if that matters? And kinda laggy, due to the system map thing, similar to hivemind. Pros: very in depth. Systemprojects posted about it here so I won’t just reword what they say -> https://www.tumblr.com/systemprojects/812647945603268608/system-app-pluralspace?source=share
Florality: https://www.tumblr.com/onismsys/811137577741582336?source=share - con: currently in closed beta. But is upcoming.
*Pluralog*, currently on both android and IOS!! Importing is a bit of a hassle, you need to upload pk/sp json to their website in their tumblr bio. It’s got similar UI to simply plural, and is completely offline. Currently has a bug where pfp’s won’t import and there’s no current “member search” option. Also doesn’t seem to sort alphabetically.: https://www.tumblr.com/plurallog/811358094644887552/hello-plurallog?source=share
Pluralswitch: https://pluralswitch.com/login . dev’s carrd; https://elioraloves.carrd.co/
Have not tried this site. Cannot give much info.
upcoming projects / their tumblrs are:
Systemality ( @/systemality-app ) - con: really weird privacy concerns
The Concordia Project ( @/theconcordiaproject )
*Asterism App* ( @/asterism-app ) - this one looks the strongest to me? they seem to have an actual team n are taking their time. Release is planned for July.
Hivemind will be getting updates as well, it's just on hiatus as i said
*Implural*, https://plural.im/ - similar to SP, and has friend features.