Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. a portal to view HN Polls(prototype) launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1VH
   visualize HN polls by building charts▲5

   2011 · hn-stuff.appspot.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Participoll▲78

   Free audience polling for Powerpoint.

   2015 · participoll.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   An extension that shows you relevant HN comments when you browse▲5

   2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HR
   HN Recommended – a curated list of HN commenters' opinions▲7

   2020 · hnrecommended.com · its alternatives →

5. 5VS
   Very simple tool for creating polls▲6

   2014 · poll.nplol.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HS
   HN-Stats▲9

   2015 · newscombinator.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HC
   HN comments UI experiment▲6

   2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me · its alternatives →

8. 8SS
   Super simple web polling tool▲6

   2015 · question.askqu.co · its alternatives →

9. 9RH
   Reddit + HN Keyword tracker▲8

   2014 · karmalytics.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hypersurface – a modern polling app. (Vue and Socketio)▲6

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AF
    A fast way to view Show HN▲5

    A fast Show HN online viewer

    2012 · showhackernews.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

12. 12MY
    Make your own HN in TextChannels / opinions?▲5

    2011 · textchannels.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HN Offline – HN client for reading comments▲6

    2020 · hn.byroni.us · its alternatives →

14. 14HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    I created a Chrome extension that reveals HN's hidden comment scores.▲5

    2011 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16HT
    HNStats – track stats for HN posts▲5

    2017 · hnstats.info · its alternatives →

17. 17LR
    LivePoll – Real-time anonymous poll▲6

    2021 · livepoll.dishy.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18BM
    BuzzHN – modern alternative of `Show HN`▲6

    2014 · buzzhn.com · its alternatives →

19. 19DH
    Datapeek – HN Debates Explorer. Find debates, add data to them▲5

    2021 · datapeek.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Votely▲7

    Simple beautiful poll/vote system for WordPress

    2016 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →

21. 21IM
    I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SH
    Show HN▲9

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    2024 · labs.refuel.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23SI
    Surveyless – instant web surveys from text/markdown/doc files▲5

    2020 · surveyless.com · its alternatives →

24. 24HD
    HN Document Repository▲5

    2016 · udocz.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →