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Products that do what Chat with HN users while you visit HN does

1. 1QA
   Q&A for HN users▲142

   2012 · askolo.com

2. 2SH
   Show HN Chat▲9

   2016 · discord.gg

3. 3HC
   HN Chat – Minimal Hacker News Chat with User Verification▲180

   2016 · hnchat.com

4. 4HR
   HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments▲217

   2016 · hnreplies.com

5. 5HF
   HN Follow – Follow Your Friends on HN▲76

   2014 · hn-follow.desh.es

6. 6HR
   hackernews.roundtable.audio turns HN posts into live audio discussions▲109

   2021 · hackernews.roundtable.audio

7. 7
   Show HN▲104

   Something you've made that other people can play with

   2014

8. 8CI
   ClapChat – Instant messaging for HN users▲120

   2016 · clap.chat

9. 9LS
   Let's all connect on LinkedIn (deprecated - see new HN post)▲23

   2012 · docs.google.com

10. 10
    HN Cards▲142

    Stay on top of Hacker News, Tinder-style

    2014

11. 11VH
    Visualize how HN/Reddit talk about your company and products▲74

    2019 · brandimage.io

12. 12AH
    A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

    2016 · florian.github.io

13. 13LT
    Listen to HN on the go in a radio format▲38

    2017 · hackerwave.com

14. 14HO
    HN Offline – HN client for reading comments▲6

    2020 · hn.byroni.us

15. 15EH
    Embed HN comments in your website▲137

    2016 · comments.network

16. 16CW
    Chat with people around you▲38

    2018 · oyoy.app

17. 17
    Chatous▲99

    Meet new people and talk about what matters to you.

    2014

18. 18HI
    HN In Your Terminal▲67

    2013 · github.com

19. 19FC
    Founder Chats – Connecting Hacker News Founder Community▲37

    Hi HN community! A huge number of startup founders are reading Hacker News, but it's still very hard to make new personal connections here and help each other with product building, growth, or fundraising. As an experiment to make HN founder community more connected, I've created a system of chat groups, organized by location, industry sector, and priority tasks. We were testing it out for the last couple of weeks, starting with 200+ YCombinator alum companies. Now already have 1000+ startups there, and 80+ venture investors have joined to connect with founders early. Many pitch practices…

    2019

20. 20SH
    Search HN Users By Interest▲10

    2014 · findhn.firebaseapp.com

21. 21GT
    Guide to upcoming HN meetups worldwide. Have we missed any?▲39

    2012 · lanyrd.com

22. 22ES
    Easy search across tech forums – HN, IH, Reddit and more▲16

    2020 · forumsearch.io

23. 23HG
    HN GeoIP Search: Find who and what on HN is near you▲23

    2011 · geoipsearch.jfriedly.dotcloud.com

24. 24WC
    WiFi chat. Chat with people on your Wifi network.▲30

    2012 · wifichat.net

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