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Products that do what Create ultra shortcut like hn/ to Hacker News does

1. 1HS
   HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

   2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

2. 2IW
   I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript▲433

   HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…

   Jul 2026 · github.com

3. 3FT
   Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

   2016 · hackernewsfilter.com

4. 4HD
   HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

   2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

5. 5HG
   hncynic – Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles▲114

   2019 · hncynic.leod.org

6. 6
   HN Search (Experimental)▲112

   A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

   2015

7. 7IB
   I built a tool to remove news articles from HN▲131

   2020 · hn.luap.info

8. 8VY
   Visualize your Hacker News activity▲132

   2020 · showcase.metamate.io

9. 9HE
   Highlighting Efforts of Creation from Hacker News▲149

   2013 · medium.com

10. 10HB
    Hackernews-Button – Bloom Filter-based, private HN browsing extension▲74

    2021 · github.com

11. 11
    HNSlack▲135

    Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

    2015

12. 12HH
    HNLive – Hacker News in Real Time▲51

    2016 · hnlive.cf

13. 13HT
    hackernews_tui – A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News discussions▲160

    2021 · github.com

14. 14AD
    A different interface for reading Hacker News▲36

    2011 · moeffju.github.com

15. 15
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

    2015

16. 16CO
    Code on Hacker News▲45

    2018 · code.hn

17. 17HF
    Hackernews for Mac▲35

    2013 · whimsyapps.com

18. 18HN
    Hacker News in real-time▲68

    2011 · hackerstream.com

19. 19TH
    The Hacker News Button▲52

    2013 · hn-button.com

20. 20AH
    Augmented Hacker News Reader▲44

    2020 · hacker-news.news

21. 21FA
    Filter and read Hacker News by category▲78

    2015 · blog.monkeylearn.com

22. 22HR
    hackernews.roundtable.audio turns HN posts into live audio discussions▲109

    2021 · hackernews.roundtable.audio

23. 23AE
    An Efficient Way to Browse Hacker News▲24

    2014 · xinglab.com

24. 24HM
    HN Mail – A topic-based newsletter service for Hacker News▲27

    2018 · hnmail.io

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