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24 alternatives to Hacker News electron app with improved readability

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 electron app with improved readability launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AF
   A Fast and Lightweight Android App for Hacker News▲9

   2019 · dreambits.net · its alternatives →

2. 2AN
   A new, clean, open source Hacker News reader for Android▲8

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

   2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5YA
   Yet another Hacker News Reader for Android.▲6

   Hopefully doesn't suck.

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AS
   A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

   2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

7. 7YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

8. 8
   "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

   2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9AN
   A News App for Geeks▲6

   2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10HA
    HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News▲6

    2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →

11. 11MH
    My Hacker News clone (redesigned)▲9

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

12. 12PH
    Pure-hn – Real-time Hacker News UI in AngularJS and Firebase▲8

    2014 · rvikmanis.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13TM
    Time machine for HackerNews▲9

    2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    A simple Google news reader for the Gopher protocol▲6

    2022 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Ruby Wrapper for the Hacker News API▲6

    2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hacky – a user-friendly Hacker News reader built in React Native▲7

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hacker News Articles Subscription and Notification Chrome Plugin▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18HN
    Hacker News in Audio for Android▲9

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CF
    Cheddar for Hacker News, a Free and Lightweight Hacker News Reader▲6

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20NA
    Non addictive and pinnable Hacker News reader▲5

    2019 · 8hrs.xyz · its alternatives →

21. 21BH
    Beautiful Hacker News client written under an hour▲8

    2017 · beta.mustak.im · its alternatives →

22. 22RA
    ReadHN, A Hacker News reader with some nice little functionalities:)▲5

    A Hacker News client with a clean, mobile friendly UI. Features : - bookmark stories. follow discussions / read them later at your convenience. - quickly search for articles using keywords. No more scrolling through the website. - easily managable nested comments. I love the current Hacker News experience and I don't believe my client is in any way a substitute to the original website. Built it over a few days for fun and found myself coming back to it once in a while for some of the features. Wanted to share this with the community. Let me know what you folks think :)

    2022 · read-hn.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker news for science▲9

    2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

24. 24
    florian▲3

    A desktop client for Hacker News

    2016 · florian.github.io · its alternatives →

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