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SurfSense alternatives

Curated alternatives to SurfSense — and why you'd switch.

last30days-skill

The /last30days skill: researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, TikTok and Polymarket in parallel, scores by real engagement, and synthesizes one grounded brief. 50+ agent hosts.

Why switchSame signal sources (Reddit, YouTube, social, search), different shapes: SurfSense is a self-hosted platform where scheduled agents build a cited knowledge base; /last30days is a skill inside your own agent — on-demand briefs, BYO keys, no infrastructure.
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Horizon

Your own AI news radar: monitors the sources you choose and generates daily briefings in English and Chinese — self-hosted, personal, scheduled.

Why switchBoth watch live sources and produce briefs; SurfSense is the platform play (connectors, API/MCP, cited knowledge base for agents), Horizon the personal radar — one human, one daily briefing.
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Agent-Reach

One CLI gives agents read/search access to Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, GitHub, Bilibili and XiaoHongShu with zero API fees — multi-backend routing the maintainers repair when platforms break.

Why switchSame sources, different altitude: SurfSense is a full platform running scheduled agents over Reddit/YouTube/TikTok connectors to produce cited briefs; Agent-Reach is a low-level CLI toolbox any agent shells out to. Product vs plumbing.
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Crucix

Self-hosted OSINT terminal: 27 open feeds — satellite fires, flights, radiation, sanctions, markets, conflict data — polled in parallel onto one Jarvis-style dashboard. LLM turns it two-way.

Why switchBoth watch external sources and produce briefs. SurfSense aims at competitive intelligence (Reddit/YouTube/search into a cited knowledge base); Crucix aims at geopolitical/situational awareness with real-time feeds and alert tiers.
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