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24 alternatives to Add a “Share to HN” button to Android via a PWA

A simple PWA (progressive web app) that adds an option for Hacker News in the sharing menu of your Android device.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Add a “Share to HN” button to Android via a PWA launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Send to Things▲110

   Add tasks to Things from your Android device

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PWA 2 APK▲98

   Convert progressive web apps to play store apps for free

   2019 · pwa2apk.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sharingbuttons.io 2.0▲336

   Super fast and easy social media sharing buttons.

   2015 · sharingbuttons.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Sharingbuttons.io – Fast and easy social media sharing buttons▲350

   Super fast and easy Social Media Sharing Buttons. No JavaScript. No tracking.

   2016 · sharingbuttons.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Simple Sharing Buttons Generator▲140

   Easily create mobile-friendly, static sharing buttons

   2015 · simplesharingbuttons.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HackerNews reader on Android▲80

   HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API

   2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7RP
   React PWA – A scalable Progressive Web Application foundation▲125

   An extendable boilerplate built on top of PawJS

   2017 · reactpwa.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacker News Launcher for Android▲72

   Easiest way to know what's trending on Hacker News.

   2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pep▲156

   Turn your site into a fast, installable Progressive Web App

   2021 · pep.dev · its alternatives →

10. 10PR
    Playstore ready PWA app in one click - PWA2APK▲11

    Last week we saw a post on HN, mentioning Google Playstore now accepts PWA apps. We thought this could be automated, so non-devs can easily create and upload APK’s of their PWAs. Hence we decided to make a simple tool to ease up the process. Thus PWA2APK https://appmaker.xyz/pwa-to-apk/ was born. It converts Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to Playstore ready APKs. This was build on top of TWA (Trusted Web Activities), which is available in Chrome version 72 and above. A few days before we shared it on Twitter and got tons of feedback. Many even used PWA2APK to upload their…

    2019 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Reader Mode for Mobile▲213

    Organize your clutter-free articles on mobile

    2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone▲189

    Sharing is a command-line tool to share directory and files with ios and android devices without an extra client app

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    PWA Badge▲93

    Badging for PWA app icons, like native apps

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Creative Kit for Web (Snap Kit)▲109

    Add a Share to Snapchat button to desktop or mobile site

    2019 · developers.snap.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PWA List 2.0▲72

    Find your favorite progressive web apps here

    2022 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Google's Nearby Share▲119

    Share files easily between Android devices and Windows PCs

    2023 · blog.google · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Just Bulletins▲103

    Start your day with the world!

    2022 · just-bulletins.vercel.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ReadHNLater – A HN PWA with a “Read It Later” Feature▲39

    Just another HN PWA but with a "Read It Later" feature. https://brapifra.github.io/readhnlater-pwa/ - brapifra/readhnlater-pwa

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Notefy▲66

    All your notes in one place accessible from any device

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20MF
    My first Android app - Hacker News reader▲40

    2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A simple Hackernews client for iOS and Android▲40

    We at Emerge Tools (YC W21) recently released open source Hacker News apps for both iOS and Android. The apps use the latest SwiftUI and Compose frameworks and are entirely native. Our goal is to help dogfood our products, but more importantly our team just enjoys reading HN every day and wanted an app to hack on and call our own. :) We are still missing some features but should otherwise be pretty solid. And open to any contributions. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hacker-news-by-emerge/id674092... Android:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PWA Inside▲9

    Directory of Progressive Web app resources

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23TO
    This one line of code will make HN usable on mobile devices▲12

    Since the HN devs seem to be in dev-mode, I thought I'd put in one more little request. :) This one line of code, added to the head of HN's html, will make the site actually usable on mobile devices: Here are the before and after pics of the front page: http://imgur.com/rMYfqwN,mwPDMvB#0

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hacker News Android Application▲10

    I was frustrated with current native HN Android apps so I created my own. Very clean. No ads or 'Hire Me' messages. Here's what it does: * Homepage news * Newest * Best * Ask HN * Comments * Home screen Widget * Saving news items for later reading Download here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews

    2011 · market.android.com · its alternatives →

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