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24 alternatives to A Modern Hacker News Client
A fast, keyboard-friendly Hacker News client. Browse Top, New, Show HN, Ask HN, and jobs, read comment threads, and sign in to vote, comment, and submit.
A Modern Hacker News Client is a web-based reader for Hacker News launched in 2019. It provides an alternative interface to browse technology and startup news, comments, and discussions from the Hacker News community.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A Modern Hacker News Client launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Hacker News design. I previously launched Modern for Wikipedia [1] here back in December, and it seemed like the obvious next choice to build one for HN too! So I've taken what I learned from building that, and have spent all my spare time this year building Modern for HN. I realize this won't be for everyone, but it was a fun project to work on, and I'm really happy with the result so far. Hope you like it too! Lots more planned for future updates, and suggestions welcome :) [1]…
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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A different way to browse the discussions on hackernews. Control everything intuitively with your keyboard.
2021 · haxplore.pabue.co · its alternatives →
- 5HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
- 6HN
2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
- 7HN
2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →
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Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
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The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.
24d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →
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macOS HackerNews client that aims to be a Mac-assed Mac app. Written in Swift + AppKit. - goranmoomin/HackerNews
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote this small client to read hackernews from my favorite editor. It's currently using an external HTTP API [0] but I'm working on my own proxy [1]. I'd love to actually scrape and cache all the info I need using lisp. However, my time constraints are keeping me away of that goal. I could definitely use some help here! :) I'm also planning to add support for comments and posting new things. Any feedback is highly appreciated! Thank you! [0] http://api.ihackernews.com/ [1] https://github.com/clarete/rhn
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 13HN
2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →
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Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 15HN
2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, sharing my weekend project. I'm a fan of retro GUIs and fan of HN, so I built an alternative HN front end that resembles a Window XP desktop with an old Outlook email client. Archive and github links if you get 500 errors: https://web.archive.org/web/20220122190454/https://hackerxp.... https://github.com/assemblylanguage/hacker-xp
2022 · hackerxp.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · moeffju.github.com · its alternatives →
- 20HN
2011 · hninstant.com · its alternatives →
- 21ST
2020 · hndex.ml · its alternatives →
- 22HN
The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.
2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →
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iOS Hacker News client to not get lost in big discussions
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 24TH
2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →
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