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24 alternatives to Hacker News Classics

Hacker News Classics is a web tool that curates notable posts from Hacker News archives. Launched in 2018, it helps users discover significant discussions and articles that shaped conversations on the platform. The… 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 Classics launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Hacker News Simulator▲572
2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →
2HN
Hacker News Comments▲189
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
3LB
Like Button for Hacker News▲568
2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →
4FT
Filter the web by Hacker News▲146
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
5TH
The Hacker News Button▲52
2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →
6HN
Hacker News 2018, Year in Review▲87
2019 · chart.ly · its alternatives →
7HN
Hacker News Redesign▲380
2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →
8TP
Top PDFs Posted to Hacker News in 2018▲411
2019 · getpolarized.io · its alternatives →
9IM
I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367
2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Stack▲138
Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Trends▲137
2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →
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I made a modern web UI for Hacker News▲308
Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Hacker News design. I previously launched Modern for Wikipedia [1] here back in December, and it seemed like the obvious next choice to build one for HN too! So I've taken what I learned from building that, and have spent all my spare time this year building Modern for HN. I realize this won't be for everyone, but it was a fun project to work on, and I'm really happy with the result so far. Hope you like it too! Lots more planned for future updates, and suggestions welcome :) [1]…
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker Search – A semantic search engine for Hacker News▲233
Hi HN! I'm Jonathan and I built Hacker Search (https://hackersearch.net), a semantic search engine for Hacker News. Type a keyword or a description of what you're interested in, and you'll get top links from HN surfaced to you along with brief summaries. Unlike HN's otherwise very valuable search feature, Hacker Search doesn't require you to get your keywords exactly right. That's achieved by leveraging OpenAI's latest embedding models alongside more traditional indexes extracted from the scraped and cleaned up contents of the links. I think there are many more interesting things…
2024 · hackersearch.net · its alternatives →
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Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News▲140
Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.
Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →
15IB
I built a tool to remove news articles from HN▲131
2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
16HN
Hacker News Instant (3 hour project)▲91
2011 · hninstant.com · its alternatives →
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I Built a “Google Alerts” for Hacker News▲151
2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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Updated Hacker News Chrome Extension▲59
2013 · blog.tommoor.com · its alternatives →
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Code on Hacker News▲45
2018 · code.hn · its alternatives →
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Modern for Hacker News▲167
A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
21AD
A different interface for reading Hacker News▲36
2011 · moeffju.github.com · its alternatives →
22TU
The users behind Hacker News▲193
2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
23HD
Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers▲199
2018 · hackerdaily.co · its alternatives →
24TH
This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252
2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

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