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24 alternatives to Hacker Chat

The Hacker News community in a private Slack chat.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker Chat launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerX▲83

   Hacker and Maker community on Slack

   2014 · typeform.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Slackroulette▲122

   Chat with Slackers

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Designer Chat▲148

   The Designer News community in a private Slack chat.

   2014 · designerchat.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Slack Chats▲362

   A place to discover and join private Slack groups

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Kindly▲218

   Chat with helpful strangers. Private, anonymous, & safe.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hackers Chat▲80

    A new experiment in online communities

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News Comments▲189

    2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Slack▲93

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · slack.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Anonyfish▲104

    Chat anonymously with another Secret user

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    DevChat▲6

    The Slack community for Hackers

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hackers Unite▲9

    Slack based community for software engineers.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HNSlack▲135

    Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hacker News-cli▲82

    Browse Hacker News from your Terminal

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Metachat▲76

    A news feed for unread Slack messages

    2016 · metachat.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    HackerBuzz▲68

    Hacker News trend visualization

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    WUT▲117

    Anonymously chat with friends

    2014 · wutwut.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    hackster.io▲77

    Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

    2014 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Gitter▲131

    free public chat rooms for open source projects on GitHub

    2014 · gitter.im · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Reveal▲130

    Simple, safe, and fun anonymous chat

    2014 · revealchat.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Streetchat▲70

    Anonymous local message boards

    2014 · 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 →