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24 alternatives to hacker

Hacker News in the Command Line.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. hacker launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Haxor News▲97

   A Hacker News command line interface

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hacker News-cli▲82

   Browse Hacker News from your Terminal

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacker News API▲318

   Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Newscombinator▲115

   Like Google-News, but for hackers

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hacker Typer▲289

   Type as if you're a hacker

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tagger News▲280

   A smarter version of Hacker News

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News, automagically organized▲274

   2010 · metaoptimize.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10HN
    Hacker News in your terminal▲15

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News CLI, written in Go▲98

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12CO
    Code on Hacker News▲45

    2018 · code.hn · its alternatives →

13. 13
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14HN
    Hacker News Comments▲189

    2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HF
    Hackernews for Mac▲35

    2013 · whimsyapps.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    MackerNews▲84

    Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17HN
    Hacker News in your system tray▲91

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Todo for hackers▲101

    CLI Todo app for hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19FA
    Filter and read Hacker News by category▲78

    2015 · blog.monkeylearn.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hello Tech Pros: Hacking for Fun and Proft▲66

    But mostly for fun

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21TH
    The Hacker News Button▲52

    2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    HackerRank▲114

    Coding challenges. Community. Awesome jobs.

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Working The Command Line▲110

    Don’t fear the terminal. No, really.

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    hacker.surf▲89

    All the hacker jobs in one place

    2014 · its alternatives →

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