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24 alternatives to A fast way to view Show HN
A fast Show HN online viewer
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A fast way to view Show HN launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.
25d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →
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http://www.hnshowcase.com Moses (nnythm) and I browse Hacker News daily. Show HN posts are some of our favorite parts of HN. We wanted to create a way to browse Show HN articles, even those that might not quite make it to the front page. We created http://www.hnshowcase.com last weekend to make discovering projects posted on HN easier. It searches all "Show HN" posts and generates a thumbnail view for each of them. You can sort by submission date, points, and number of comments, and navigate with left/right or j/k keys. We used the following technologies: HN Search API, Pyramid web…
2011 · hnshowcase.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · glitchclub.com · its alternatives →
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- 6BM
2014 · buzzhn.com · its alternatives →
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- 8SH
- 9AP
2013 · hn-polls.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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- 11MF
2013 · hnchannel.com · its alternatives →
- 12HT
2012 · hntimeline.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · howmo.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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The current HN front-page mix.
Jul 2026 · hnglance.com · its alternatives →
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HN has some of the best discussions on the internet, but I don’t love reading 100 comments to find 10 great insights. This site analyzes top HN threads with LLMs and summarizes the key ideas, disagreements, and resources — while preserving links to the original discussion. Useful for revisiting old threads as well. Updated daily, manual-assisted for quality, no spam, fan project only. Would love thoughts from the community. https://hn-discussions.top
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
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2020 · hn.byroni.us · its alternatives →
- 19RH
2014 · karmalytics.co · its alternatives →
- 20MY
2011 · textchannels.com · its alternatives →
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I am re posting this because when I had made this post the first time there were a few problem with the site that I had to fix and had not anticipated. I got some nice feedback though, so I thought I'd just make one more post because most of the problems have been fixed. HN Live is an alternative interface to Hacker News which provides all of the data on Hacker News in real time. This allows for the real time viewing of what goes into and leaves the trending page as well as the `newest` section. It is just a personal project, and I would like some feedback if you have any. Thanks Site:…
2015 · its alternatives →
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2019 · builtbyhackers.io · its alternatives →
- 23CU
2022 · i-feel-lucky.com · its alternatives →
- 24IM
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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