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24 alternatives to Filter the web by Hacker News
Filter the web by Hacker News is a tool that lets users browse the internet through the lens of Hacker News discussions. It surfaces web content that has been discussed on the platform, helping people discover pages… 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. Filter the web by Hacker News launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2015 · blog.monkeylearn.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
- 3HN
2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →
- 4HN
The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.
2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →
- 5HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · hackernews.demos.monkeylearn.com · its alternatives →
- 8LB
2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →
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Privacy-preserving Firefox extension linking to Hacker News discussion; built with Bloom filters and WebAssembly - jstrieb/hackernews-button
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.
2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · its alternatives →
- 14AE
2014 · xinglab.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Jonathan and I built Hacker Search (https://hackersearch.net), a semantic search engine for Hacker News. Type a keyword or a description of what you're interested in, and you'll get top links from HN surfaced to you along with brief summaries. Unlike HN's otherwise very valuable search feature, Hacker Search doesn't require you to get your keywords exactly right. That's achieved by leveraging OpenAI's latest embedding models alongside more traditional indexes extracted from the scraped and cleaned up contents of the links. I think there are many more interesting things…
2024 · hackersearch.net · its alternatives →
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Web Extension: Easily find Hacker News discussions about the page you're currently browsing. - pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · deephn.org · its alternatives →
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Hacker News, without AIfree▲207A better Hacker News reader for following stories, filtering noise, and keeping up with discussions.
Sep 2026 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
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2019 · collectoral.com · its alternatives →
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A database of top ranking Hacker News front page posts
2020 · harishgarg.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News, Without AIfree▲197Source: https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai
Sep 2026 · unslop.news · its alternatives →
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2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
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Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.
Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →
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✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better - plibither8/refined-hacker-news
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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