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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacker News For Ideas▲6

   2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

2. 2HS
   Hacker Search – real time search for Hacker News▲32

   2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

   2014 · hn-tldr.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AP
   a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News for Busy People▲5

   2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

6. 6YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News, by the numbers▲9

   2015 · arnauddri.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8HR
   HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

   2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

9. 9HP
   Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

   2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

10. 10PN
    Pythonic News – A Hacker News Clone for the Python Community▲6

    2023 · news.python.sc · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker news for science▲9

    2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

12. 12MH
    My Hacker News clone (redesigned)▲9

    2021 · hacker-news-dj.netlify.app · its alternatives →

13. 13AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Hacker News Puzzle▲5

    Aug 2026 · pzlgames.com · its alternatives →

15. 15RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

16. 16HN
    Hacker News for Social Impact Work▲5

    2018 · spane.org · its alternatives →

17. 17HN
    Hacker News Threshold▲8

    2011 · userscripts.org · its alternatives →

18. 18HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ruby Wrapper for the Hacker News API▲6

    2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

21. 21TH
    The "Hacker News Status" Twitter account▲6

    2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HN
    HackNews – Not an Ugly Hacker News Reader▲6

    2018 · hacknews.launchaco.com · its alternatives →

23. 23TM
    Time machine for HackerNews▲9

    2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

24. 24AH
    A Hacker News for Marketers▲5

    2012 · inbound.org · its alternatives →

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