Alternatives and competitors

Sites like NTP

The 20 closest open source time synchronization alternatives to NTP, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to NTP? The closest matches are ntppool.org, Syncthing and Netnod. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About NTP

NTP ntp.org

NTP: Network Time Protocol

The NTP Project conducts Research and Development in NTP, a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks of computers over a network to a common timebase.

Wikidata: standard protocol for synchronizing time across devices

Top 100 · #86 English 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit NTP

Summary by Claude

Home of the NTP Project, which develops and maintains the open source reference implementation of the Network Time Protocol for synchronizing computer clocks, with downloads, documentation, security notices and public time server lists.

Who it’s for
System administrators, network engineers, developers
Business model
Donations

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to NTP’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

NLnet Labscurltimeanddate.comFAST.comIETFNational Institute of Standards and Technologyint08h.comNetnodSyncthingntppool.org

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to NTP

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to NTP, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    ntppool.org Top 10K English

    pool.ntp.org: the internet cluster of ntp servers

  2. 02
    Syncthing syncthing.net Top 10K English

    Syncthing

    open source continuous file synchronization software

  3. 03
    Netnod netnod.se Top 10K English

    Start | Netnod

    internet exchange in Sweden

  4. 04
    int08h.com Top 10K English

    int08h

  5. 05

    National Institute of Standards and Technology

    NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

  6. 06
    IETF ietf.org Top 1K English

    IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force

    The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open processes.

  7. 07
    FAST.com fast.com Top 1K

    Internet Speed Test | Fast.com

    How fast is your download speed? In seconds, FAST.com's simple Internet speed test will estimate your ISP speed.

  8. 08

    website with databases of time and time zones, calendars, holidays

  9. 09
    curl curl.se Top 10K English

    curl

    command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

  10. 10
    NLnet Labs nlnetlabs.nl Top 10K English

    NLnet Labs - Home

    Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.

  11. 11

    squid : Optimising Web Delivery

    proxy server and web cache daemon

  12. 12
    Wireshark wireshark.org Top 10K

    network traffic analyzer

  13. 13
    Tor Project torproject.org Top 10K English

    Tor Project | Anonymity Online

    Anonymity Online | Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

  14. 14
    PTT Bulletin Board System ptt.cc Top 10K Chinese

    首頁 - 批踢踢實業坊

    bulletin board system based in Taiwan

  15. 15
    RFC Editor rfc-editor.org Top 1K English

    RFC Editor

    The official home of RFCs. RFCs outline computer networking and Internet foundations, including Internet Standards and historical or informative content.

  16. 16
    SSRN ssrn.com Top 10K

    Content Blocked

    online digital archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers and related content

  17. 17
    Node.js nodejs.org Top 10K English

    Node.js — Run JavaScript Everywhere

    Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

  18. 18
    doxygen.org Top 10K English

    Doxygen homepage

    Source code documentation and analysis tool

  19. 19
    NetBird netbird.io Top 10K English

    NetBird - Open Source Zero Trust Networking

    WireGuard®-based overlay network and Zero Trust Network Access in one platform for reliable and secure connectivity

  20. 20
    FreeTDS.org freetds.org Top 10K

    FreeTDS.org

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to ntp.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones NTP uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What NTP is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

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  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=O60kZMoa5mBPIKKqd9FSRXcGUhU6s3rzZHzWN…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=1BTIwQr05WxuBXsED2L-cWc-cC7_8NDYKoWMsmAyR3g

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