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Berlin Hacker News is a community news site for the Berlin tech scene, launched in 2014. It aggregates and discusses stories relevant to hackers, developers, and tech professionals in Berlin. The platform serves as a… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Berlin Hacker News launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

2. 2HN
   Hacker News Classics▲864

   2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →

3. 3TU
   The users behind Hacker News▲193

   2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

4. 4MH
   Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your city▲768

   Hey HN! I just published https://meet.hn, a map to find hackers in your city. How it works? Demo of the signup process: https://x.com/meet_hn/status/1834918518904746329 1. Fill the form: username, city+country 2. Copy the text generated in the box below the form, and paste it in your HN description. 3. Click "Add me on the map" Optionnaly (it's recommended!) you can add links to your socials as well as some tags to showcase your interests. Why does it exist? I created this because, despite its harsh reputation on the internet, I love the HN community. I…

   2024 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News Simulator▲572

   2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hacker News Day▲91

   Best of Hacker News Daily

   2020 · hackernewsday.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IM
   I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367

   2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News Trends▲137

   2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Tagger News▲280

   A smarter version of Hacker News

   2017 · taggernews.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    I Built a “Google Alerts” for Hacker News▲151

    2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    What Is Hacker News Working On?▲229

    I tagged all comments from "What Are You Working On?" (like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45561428) posts and built a simple SvelteKit website, hope it's helpful to find people with similar projects. I'm also thinking of adding some analysis of project types over time to see changes in tech

    Nov 2025 · waywo.eamag.me · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hacking Hacker News▲15

    Analyzing hacker news in real-time with Bytewax and Proton - bytewax/hacking-hacker-news

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13CO
    Code on Hacker News▲45

    2018 · code.hn · its alternatives →

14. 14TH
    This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252

    2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15TP
    Top PDFs Posted to Hacker News in 2018▲411

    2019 · getpolarized.io · its alternatives →

16. 16HN
    Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

    2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HC
    HackerNewsers,com, find other hackers near you▲221

    There's been lots of discussion recently about finding other HNers to talk to / bounce ideas off / work with, some Google spreadsheets were set up to share details but they were soon vandalised. I had a spare afternoon yesterday (which turned into a long day) and here's the result: http://www.hackernewsers.com/ It's only open to people with HN accounts, it lets you post your biography, location, skills etc. Anyway, I hope you like it and find it useful.

    2010 · hackernewsers.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Hacker News API▲317

    Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

    2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hacker News Top Stories▲118

    Save Hacker News stories to Cosmic JS

    2017 · cosmicjs.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node▲167

    Hacker News Delivered to Desktop :dancers:. Contribute to owenthereal/hacker-menu development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21HE
    Highlighting Efforts of Creation from Hacker News▲149

    2013 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News-cli▲82

    Browse Hacker News from your Terminal

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker News implemented using the new API▲90

    2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hacker News TV▲141

    A 24/7 TV station made up from the best HN videos

    2019 · crowdform.studio · its alternatives →

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