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24 alternatives to Hacker Beat

Real-time tech news

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker Beat launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HackerBuzz▲68

   Hacker News trend visualization

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · mackernews.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Newscombinator▲115

   Like Google-News, but for hackers

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker News-cli▲82

   Browse Hacker News from your Terminal

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hacker Newsletter▲143

    Best of Hacker News in your inbox every Friday.

    2014 · hackernewsletter.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HN Follow▲69

    Follow your friends on Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hacker News▲19

    precursor to Product Hunt

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13HS
    Hacker Search – real time search for Hacker News▲32

    2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

14. 14
    thenews.im▲116

    Designer News + Hacker News

    2014 · thenews.im · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HNDigest▲61

    Top Hacker News stories in your inbox

    2014 · hndigest.com · its alternatives →

16. 16HN
    Hacker News in real-time▲68

    2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Learnerd▲82

    Get your Hacker News fix inside Facebook Messenger

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HackerWeb▲88

    A simple and readable Hacker News app

    2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    Hacker News Trends▲137

    2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    TechWatching▲71

    Personalized technology news aggregator

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    HackerRank▲114

    Coding challenges. Community. Awesome jobs.

    2015 · hackerrank.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Guess The Twitter Source▲123

    TechCrunch, Hacker News, Onion or Product Hunt?

    2014 · guessthetwittersource.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Venture News▲79

    Hacker News for Venture Capital

    2014 · fundersclub.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    hackster.io▲77

    Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

    2014 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →