Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1HS
   Hacker Search – real time search for Hacker News▲32

   2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

2. 2SF
   Solve for All – customizable, private, hackable search engine▲7

   2016 · solveforall.com · its alternatives →

3. 3TS
   The Social Search Engine, A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search tool▲9

   2021 · thesocialsearchengine.com · its alternatives →

4. 4NF
   New, Fast, Anonymous, Tor-First Search Engine▲9

   2019 · search4tor7txuze.onion · its alternatives →

5. 5AN
   A new, clean, open source Hacker News reader for Android▲8

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

   2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7FK
   Free Keyword Tool Using Google, YouTube, Amazon and Other API Hacks▲9

   2016 · freekeywordtool.net · its alternatives →

8. 8AF
   A Fast and Lightweight Android App for Hacker News▲9

   2019 · dreambits.net · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

10. 10HI
    HackerSearch.io – GitHub search that supports RegExp▲9

    2015 · hackersearch.io · its alternatives →

11. 11HA
    HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News▲6

    2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →

12. 12BA
    Built Anonymous Search Engine for Facebook Pages▲5

    2013 · facebookpagesearch.apoorv.pro · its alternatives →

13. 13BW
    Bb – Windows API viewer for hackers, in the browser▲5

    Apr 2026 · cristeigabriela.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14TV
    The Virtual Assistant for Hackers▲8

    2021 · josunday.com · its alternatives →

15. 15VB
    Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links▲6

    2012 · poppin.bencohen.net · its alternatives →

16. 16AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

17. 17AG
    Anti-Growth Hacking Websites▲8

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

18. 18HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

19. 19FS
    First security bounty with Google:Knowing who is interviewing with them▲5

    2017 · www-tnhh-net.cdn.ampproject.org · its alternatives →

20. 20LB
    Location-based webhooks for hackers▲5

    2017 · geohooks.io · its alternatives →

21. 21UM
    Unskew My Search, a web extension for peaking into the Google black box▲6

    2020 · unskewmysearch.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BR
    Built RealTime Search for Google Chrome▲6

    2013 · apoorv.quora.com · its alternatives →

23. 23RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

24. 24
    hackersearch▲9

    search in google bing by simple way

    2025 · wangjianhao222.github.io · its alternatives →

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