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Cached Hacker News provides offline access to Hacker News content for users without internet connectivity. The service stores snapshots of discussions and articles from the popular tech community site, allowing people… 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 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. Cached Hacker News for when you don't have access to the internet launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1HN
   Hacker News Without News▲146

   Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.

   2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hacker News Stack▲138

   Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.

   2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacker News, without AIfree▲207

   A better Hacker News reader for following stories, filtering noise, and keeping up with discussions.

   Sep 2026 · hcker.news · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hacker News Classics▲864

   2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →

5. 5FT
   Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

   2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

7. 7TU
   The users behind Hacker News▲193

   2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News in real-time▲68

   2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →

9. 9IB
   I built a tool to remove news articles from HN▲131

   2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →

10. 10DT
    Don't forget useful Hacker News articles, retain by ReRead'ing later▲55

    2013 · rereadit.co · its alternatives →

11. 11FA
    Filter and read Hacker News by category▲78

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12. 12
    Hacker News, Without AIfree▲197

    Source: https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai

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13. 13HN
    Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

    2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →

14. 14HH
    Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac▲163

    2013 · hackyapp.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HackerDaily – What if HN updates only once a day?▲90

    A more informative and less addictive Hacker News.

    2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →

16. 16AE
    An Efficient Way to Browse Hacker News▲24

    2014 · xinglab.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HackerDaily▲87

    A less addictive Hacker News

    2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Read.HN▲86

    Read Hacker News with Instapaper

    2018 · readhn.netlify.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    HackerWeb▲189

    A simply readable Hacker News app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker News Instant (3 hour project)▲91

    2011 · hninstant.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News▲140

    Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.

    Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News in your system tray▲91

    :information_source: HackerTray is a minimalist Hacker News app for Linux - captn3m0/hackertray

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Modern for Hacker News▲167

    A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

    2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

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