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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. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. An extension that shows you relevant HN comments when you browse launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Web Extension: Easily find Hacker News discussions about the page you're currently browsing. - pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    cmmntsfree tier, from $19/mo▲162

    Add a powerful comment section to any website

    Sep 2026 · cmmnts.in · its alternatives →

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    Watch YouTube videos and read comments at the same time

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Open the top 10 non visited links for PH, HN, Reddit & more

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Contribute to marcosnils/orange-juicer development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A web-extension that takes the URL you're visiting and searches submissions on other websites. - viorelsfetea/commenter

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hacker News comments sidebar bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    A web-extension that takes the URL you're visiting and searches submissions on other websites. - viorelsfetea/commenter

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    2013 · hn-polls.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Machine learning engineer. Five years at Uber. PhD in Management Science & Engineering, Stanford.

    2011 · mfairley.com · its alternatives →

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    HN Notifier is a chrome extension that shows the number of unread comments to your HackerNews thread. One of the issues with HackerNews is that it is difficult to know when someone has replied to your post or comment, thus by missing an opportunity to continue the conversation. - meanands/hn-notifie

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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