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24 alternatives to BuzzHN – modern alternative of `Show HN`
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BuzzHN – modern alternative of `Show HN` launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1SHShow HN▲1,302
2014 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · glitchclub.com · its alternatives →
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A fast Show HN online viewer
2012 · showhackernews.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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PixelBlock▲117Just got around to updating this to support MV3. Has been featured on HN a few times. I make this in my spare time to support user privacy. Free extension (has been for years). Mods: Would be awesome if this could hit front page so people can benefit
2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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http://www.hnshowcase.com Moses (nnythm) and I browse Hacker News daily. Show HN posts are some of our favorite parts of HN. We wanted to create a way to browse Show HN articles, even those that might not quite make it to the front page. We created http://www.hnshowcase.com last weekend to make discovering projects posted on HN easier. It searches all "Show HN" posts and generates a thumbnail view for each of them. You can sort by submission date, points, and number of comments, and navigate with left/right or j/k keys. We used the following technologies: HN Search API, Pyramid web…
2011 · hnshowcase.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · builtbyhackers.io · its alternatives →
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2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me · its alternatives →
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HN Beautify▲75For any HN fan, this makes it just a little more presentable
2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 13MY
2011 · textchannels.com · its alternatives →
- 14AP
2013 · hn-polls.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 15SHShow HN▲14
Hi, i was wondering what the HN community thinks of this email tone check application? Do you think this can be done better with open-source? Disclaimer: I am neither a founder or an employee at the company. Just someone who had a similar idea.
2011 · tonecheck.com · its alternatives →
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This is a project I just launched - would love to get any feedback and see how/if it would be useful for people. Thanks! http://ribbot.com
2011 · ribbot.com · its alternatives →
- 17HR
2018 · hnrecommends.com · its alternatives →
- 18IM
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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Fifteen years of Show HN: the thirty-four repeat fliers and the top ten of every year. Volume 2 of 2.
Sep 2026 · artifactbin.dev · its alternatives →
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linkrdr (www.linkrdr.com), a personal link aggregator, was directly inspired by http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3555923 I read while browsing on HN. It's still a bit rough, but the concept is an interesting one and people have already shown interest. Let me know what you think. Also, if anyone knows a good UX designer, email me :)
2012 · its alternatives →
- 21SH
2013 · showhen.me · its alternatives →
- 22HB
2017 · hnbot.co · its alternatives →
- 23HR
2020 · hnrecommended.com · its alternatives →
- 24CU
2022 · i-feel-lucky.com · its alternatives →
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