AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to a tabloid auto-generated from Hacker News
Hi All, I just released Hacker Herald: http://kolinko.github.io/herald/ It's a tabloid that is auto-generated (via GPT-4) from Hacker News stories. What's cool about it: - there are multiple virtual journalists, each with their own style and interests - they pick the stories according to what they like the most - it's open source, so anyone can create their own variant of a daily paper with other journalist bios The source code is available here: https://github.com/kolinko/herald
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. a tabloid auto-generated from Hacker News launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis! To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout! Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass…
2024 · hackerherald.com · its alternatives →
- 2HN
2024 · yourhackernews.com · its alternatives →
- 3HN
Dec 2025 · dosaygo-studio.github.io · its alternatives →
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7M – Trang tin tức bóng đá uy tín, cập nhật kết quả bóng đá (KQBĐ) và bảng xếp hạng (BXH) mới nhất theo từng trận đấu.
2023 · paperlist.io · its alternatives →
- 5TP
2019 · hackernewspapers.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News front page in the style of a print newspaper
2020 · wolfgangfaust.com · its alternatives →
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We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Mar 2026 · huggingface.co · its alternatives →
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I built a newspaper-style Hacker News reader where you can read articles and comments in one view. Sites that block iframes (Substack, Medium, BBC) get a clean reader mode automatically. It's a PWA, has dark mode, and there's a weekly newsletter. Open source: https://github.com/terryds/hackernewstimes
Mar 2026 · hackernewstimes.com · its alternatives →
- 9TH
2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →
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List of Public Blogs of Hacker News users. Contribute to outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11HB
Hey guys, I love HN! I wanted to extend the same aesthetic and community towards things beyond tech-related news. I thought it would be cool to get the same quality of community gathered around the latest and greatest research coming out. Let me know what you guys think of what I have so far. It's still early so there are probably bugs and other quality issues. If there's any features missing that you'd want let me know. ALSO, if any of you are familiar with the map of the territory of any particular field, please let me know! Would love to pick your brain and to come up with a 'most…
2024 · papertalk.xyz · its alternatives →
- 12FH
Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…
2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →
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It's been 2 years since the initial release [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36102610). The initial version was a very basic prototype which was not available anywhere beyond the GitHub repo. You had to install it as a userscript or load the extension manually. Since then, it remained simple but better, new features include: - Improved accuracy by also using comments to help gauge the topic of discussion and the right keywords. - Published as plugin for more browsers: Chrome, Firefox (including android), and more recently Microsoft Edge. - Support for narrow screens…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 14HG
2019 · hncynic.leod.org · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I build this bot to automate the process of going to wayback machine (or archive.ph) to find the archive link for posts with articles that have subscription blocks The idea was to have this run on a server and then I wouldn’t have this daily annoyance, the bot was banned, so its not currently active, but I still wanted to show it off and get some feedback Disclaimer : HN doesn't allow bots, so please don’t use this to run your own HN bot.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The first newspaper that is entirely run by AI
2023 · thegenerativepress.com · its alternatives →
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My personal itch to scratch just recently has been the umpteen formatting foibles of HackerNews. So, in the spirit of making the web more personal again, I knocked up a TamperMonkey userscript to fix up the worst of my personal bugbears. This isn't an attempt at a complete rebrand/redesign of the site, instead it's just fixing up what I think are the biggest design/readability issues whilst trying to remain true to the site's existing aesthetic. Key features: * Base font size increased * A little more room around headings * Top menu bar is full-width and with a little more padding…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm excited to share a tool I've been working on - a native Hacker News reader built with Rust and egui. Here's a screenshot: https://github.com/haojiang99/hacker_news_reader/blob/main/s.... As a daily HN reader, I've always struggled with keeping track of interesting posts I want to read later. Browser tabs pile up, bookmarks get forgotten, and I lose track of what I've already read. I needed a way to: 1. Browse HN efficiently (across all sections - hot, new, show, ask, jobs, best) 2. Quickly mark posts as "todo" for later reading 3. Mark posts as…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A newspaper-style front page for Hacker News.
May 2026 · thefrontpage.dev · its alternatives →
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A Hacker News Reader in Vanilla JavaScript. Contribute to k2052/vanilla-hn development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I literally type the headline into DALLE and pick the best image. Welcome to the future of news. Enjoy!
2022 · twitter.com · its alternatives →
- 22AE
2015 · chancancode.github.io · its alternatives →
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Random Hacker News front page generated with AI
2025 · thishackernewsdoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →
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HackerNews 4chan-style
2021 · hnchan.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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