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 simple extension to auto refresh HN via AJAX launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1RT
   Rebound – turn webhook requests into REST calls▲8

   2015 · reboundx.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2RB
   Reusing browser JavaScript code on server▲7

   2012 · blog.elastic.io · its alternatives →

3. 3HJ
   Hook.js Pull to refresh. For the web.▲5

   2013 · usehook.com · its alternatives →

4. 4ST
   Service to redirect to HN thread▲5

   2016 · discuss-on-hn.xyz · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Auto Refresh Page▲6

   Extension for auto reloading tabs

   Dec 2025 · autorefresh.page · its alternatives →

6. 6
   RecapJS – Record and Replay Browser Sessions Without Leaking User Data▲9

   2018 · recapjs.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   A desktop HN reader client in Rust/egui▲9

   A little toy HN client for the desktop that I've been playing around with this week.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LI
   LambdaNews.io, an HN client built with Vue▲9

   2018 · lambdanews.io · its alternatives →

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   Auto Reload Backend▲12

   Auto-reloading for Node and browser effortless development

   2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

10. 10LH
    Live HN with SocketIO+Redis▲5

    2016 · hnlive.xyz · its alternatives →

11. 11OE
    Optimize existing websites automatically with just a click▲7

    2014 · snapmobl.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HC
    HN comments UI experiment▲6

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

13. 13AH
    Autosummarized HN (With GPT-3)▲6

    2022 · danieljanus.pl · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Auto Refresh PRO▲7

    Automatically reload web pages with smart random intervals

    2025 · autorefresh.netlify.app · its alternatives →

15. 15AF
    A fast way to view Show HN▲5

    A fast Show HN online viewer

    2012 · showhackernews.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16SA
    Smokex, automatic scheduled HTTP requests▲5

    2020 · smokex.io · its alternatives →

17. 17HF
    HN Firehose▲7

    Pulling the latest comments and submissions from the HN API every 30 seconds.

    2024 · shithnsays.pages.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HN Offline – HN client for reading comments▲6

    2020 · hn.byroni.us · its alternatives →

19. 19RH
    Reddit + HN Keyword tracker▲8

    2014 · karmalytics.co · its alternatives →

20. 20HW
    Hmpl – work with server-side HTML with ease▲8

    2024 · hmpljs.github.io · its alternatives →

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    The simplest tool to test website latency from multiple locations▲7

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    I've created a Google chrome extension for HN▲6

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Rehnply Auto Refresh Timer▲2

    Automatically refresh websites and never miss updates

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hmpl – work with server-side HTML with ease▲7

    2024 · github.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 →