Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to H

Tech news & discussion from Hacker News

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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

1. 1
   Hazumi News 3.0▲99

   Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   hn.▲78

   Yet another client to browse Hacker News

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

   2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HT
   HN Trends - like Google Trends, but for Hacker News▲355

   2011 · hntrends.jerodsanto.net · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News for Messenger▲128

   Interact, search and follow the latest HN posts on Messenger

   2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HackerNews reader on Android▲80

   HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API

   2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7ID
   I Designed this HN Mac App – Should I develop it?▲86

   2013 · hackernewstab.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacker News API▲317

   Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

   2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Digest▲72

    Hacker News client for Slack

    2020 · slack.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HC
    HN Chat – Minimal Hacker News Chat with User Verification▲180

    2016 · hnchat.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Modern for Hacker News▲167

    A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

    2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News Comments▲189

    2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HackerWeb▲189

    A simply readable Hacker News app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15IB
    I built a tool to remove news articles from HN▲131

    2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HackerDaily▲87

    A less addictive Hacker News

    2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →

17. 17QA
    Q&A for HN users▲142

    2012 · askolo.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AD
    A discovery-focused search engine for Hacker News▲193

    We (Nick, Dens, Denzell, Fede, Drew, Aaryan, and Daniel) have been building HN Discovery, a discovery-focused search engine for Hacker News, in our spare time for the past 6 months and are excited to show it! It adds the following features relative to the existing keyword search interface and preserves the existing ones: - no-JS version (hnnojs.trieve.ai) - site:{required_site} and site:{negated-site} filters - public analytics - LLM generated query suggestions based on random stories - recommendations - dense vector semantic search - SPLADE fulltext search - RAG AI chat - order by…

    2024 · hn.trieve.ai · its alternatives →

19. 19
    H News▲6

    iOS app for Hacker News

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker News for mobile devices▲49

    2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    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 →

22. 22
    I Built a “Google Alerts” for Hacker News▲151

    2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Slack-HN▲99

    Read Hacker News right from Slack

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015 · its alternatives →

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