Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to blacklight

Hack the system. Expose the truth. Save the world.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Lighthouse▲76

   A hacker news for community builders.

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Blacken Slash▲61

   A minimalist tactical ARPG fusing Diablo and Into the Breach

   2022 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Word Hack▲14

   Enter the terminal. Engage your mind. Exploit the language.

   Nov 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Darkness▲269

   Dark themes for Google, Facebook and more

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5HP
   HackerThings - Products for hackers▲364

   2011 · hackerthings.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Warlight▲87

   Customizable risk-like strategy game

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Hack▲239

   A typeface designed for source code

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Enlight 2.0▲238

   Learn to code by building fun projects 💻

   2018 · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News Dark Mode▲119

   2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Playlight▲15

    A discovery platform, built into your browser game.

    2025 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Darkness v2▲219

    Beautiful dark themes for your favorite websites

    2018 · its alternatives →

12. 12LA
    LightCycle, a FOSS game in Rust based on Tron▲49

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13PT
    Play the front page of Hacker News as interactive text games▲109

    Hey HN, I hacked together this fun project that lets you play any article on the front page of Hacker News as an interactive text game. You can create a game about anything by going to infinityarcade.com/ You can also use a URL, which is what this page uses. The whole thing is open source: https://github.com/themaximal1st/InfinityArcade

    2023 · infinityarcade.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Blighted World▲77

    Save the pigs and their home

    2023 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HackGATE▲128

    Empowering ethical hacking with visibility and control

    2024 · its alternatives →

16. 16HL
    Hacker League – Open-Source Rocket League on Linux▲192

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    hack.css▲174

    The CSS framework for hackers

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    O.MG Cable▲120

    Covert web server and wifi in a cable

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    ENHANCE.COMPUTER▲82

    Voice-based crime solving game. Yell at your computer.

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20DD
    DarkHN – Dark Mode Mirror for Hacker News▲110

    2021 · darkhn.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hackerloop▲124

    New way to experience Hacker News

    2022 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hack-O-Lantern: Pumpkin Smash▲63

    A haunting new online game for Halloween 2021

    2021 · its alternatives →

23. 23LO
    Lights Out: my 2D Rubik's Cube-like Game▲82

    "Lights Out" is a mathematical puzzle that lives on an grid where each cell of the grid is one of two colors: either red or white. The goal is to eventually get all the cells in the grid to be red. What's the catch? Clicking a cell will not only flip its color, but also that of all cells sharing the same row or column as it. To me, this game feels like playing with a Rubik's cube --- every time you think you are fixing one cell, you mess up its neighbors! There are many ways to arrive at a solution... some mathematical (linear algebra, or combinatorics), others more logical,... and yet…

    Oct 2025 · raymondtana.github.io · its alternatives →

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    HackerStash▲114

    Community-led micro finance for hackers and entrepreneurs.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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