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1. 1TB
   The Brutalist Report – A rolling snapshot of the day’s headlines▲232

   Hi HN. I was inspired by so many other folks also longing for a return to the old web that I put together a service to scratch my own itch: An extremely fast headline aggregator done in 1990s style HTML. Sharing it with you all for those of you that also would enjoy this now esoteric style.

   2022 · brutalist.report

2. 2BJ
   Brutal.js – a small framework for building brutalist web applications▲62

   2018 · github.com

3. 3BH
   Brutalist Hacker News – A HN reader inspired by brutalist web design▲101

   I've developed a Hacker News reader that draws inspiration from Brutalist Web Design, the open web, Cyberpunk Aesthetics, and glitch art. The entire project is crafted in Vanilla JavaScript, contained within a single index.html file, eschewing any external libraries. It features support for theming, including the use of third-party themes. Additionally, users have the capability to create and apply their own themes directly within the site. Moreover, the application is designed as a Progressive Web App (PWA), enabling it to be downloaded and used as an app on most devices. I'm eager to…

   2024 · brutalisthackernews.com

4. 4IA
   Ieddit – A minimalist, Reddit-like site with anonymous posts/comments▲220

   2019 · ieddit.com

5. 5BJ
   Brutal.js – A crazy-small framework for building brutalist web apps▲6

   2022 · github.com

6. 6NP
   New Punchd website (like foursquare for the masses)▲52

   2011 · getpunchd.com

7. 7HD
   Hipster Domain Finder▲237

   2014 · hipsterdomainfinder.com

8. 8PA
   Punch - A Fun and Easy Way to Build Modern Websites▲91

   2012 · laktek.com

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   Brutal Teardowns▲107

   Get honest feedback and actionable advice for your website

   2018

10. 10PY
    PageDash, Your Personal Web Archive▲116

    2017 · pagedash.com

11. 11AR
    Art Resources and Tutorials Website▲109

    2019 · artres.xyz

12. 12WA
    Webwide – a discussion community for web designers, devs and makers▲90

    2019 · hello.webwide.io

13. 13BC
    Bunklist – Collect and discover useful websites through lists▲65

    2021 · bunklist.com

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    Karmalytics▲92

    Track keywords on Reddit and Hacker News

    2014

15. 15AC
    A Curated List of Rabbit Holes on the Internet▲45

    2016 · github.com

16. 16NI
    Native iOS version of The Brutalist Report to clean up reading news▲6

    Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com

17. 17LW
    Light Web-Pages, a “free” alternative to AMP, Instant Articles et al▲26

    2017 · github.com

18. 18HN
    Hater News – Find trolls and anyone's hater level on Hacker News▲50

    2014 · haternews.herokuapp.com

19. 19MO
    My one month project, Statsgram.com: Website Optimization Tool▲48

    2013 · statsgram.com

20. 20AW
    Alarmism.watch – I made a website that tracks alarmist predictions▲16

    2020 · alarmism.watch

21. 21BA
    Beautiful and Ridiculously Fast Websites With Static Blogging▲28

    2013 · store.statiq.io

22. 22NC
    Notforest - cleaning up the Web one page at a time▲25

    2013 · notforest.com

23. 23AW
    A weekly curated list of links from around the web▲28

    2017 · thedialtone.com

24. 24MS
    My side project that searches the web for technologies▲22

    Hello HN! I've been working on http://underthesite.com for the last month and now think it is ready for some full strength HN feedback. What do you guys think? It crawls up to 10 pages of a given site while you wait, looking for community-provided CSS / XPath selectors and regular expressions. Additionally, I'd like to appeal to you to submit matchers for technologies that you care about. Technologies are easy to add, so add your favorite jQuery plugins, analytics tools, client-side node.js wrappers, what have you. I'm going to be running a large crawl in the next few days and want to make…

    2011

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