Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

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 in Python-vision launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1PN
   Pythonic News – A Hacker News Clone for the Python Community▲6

   2023 · news.python.sc · its alternatives →

2. 2HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ruby Wrapper for the Hacker News API▲6

   2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cleaver▲71

   30-second slideshows for hackers

   2014 · jdan.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News Threshold▲8

   2011 · userscripts.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   SwiftyNews – A hacker news clone written in Swift [WIP]▲7

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

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

8. 8HN
   Hacker news for science▲9

   2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Hacker News Puzzle▲5

   Aug 2026 · pzlgames.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

11. 11YA
    Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

    2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

12. 12HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AP
    a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TM
    Time machine for HackerNews▲9

    2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

15. 15ML
    My Leeds Hack Day project, a language detection API▲9

    2010 · polyglossy.com · its alternatives →

16. 16CF
    Cheddar for Hacker News, a Free and Lightweight Hacker News Reader▲6

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HA
    HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News▲6

    2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →

18. 18AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20VB
    Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links▲6

    2012 · poppin.bencohen.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    HNGuessr – Guessing the missing words in HN stories▲6

    Guess the Hacker News titles

    2022 · hnguessr.ggerganov.com · its alternatives →

22. 22MH
    My Hacker News clone (redesigned)▲9

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

23. 23
    Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

    2020 · hackernews-kappa.vercel.app · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Facebook Messenger Bot for Hacker News▲6

    2016 · m.me · its alternatives →

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