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Hacker News Live Comments Bookmarklet is a browser tool that displays live comments from Hacker News stories as they are posted. It works as a bookmarklet, allowing users to quickly access real-time discussion updates… 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 Live Comments Bookmarklet launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   (A Better) Hacker News Bookmarklet▲10

   2022 · thomas.me · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HN comments sidebar bookmarklet▲49

   Hacker News comments sidebar bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   What's hot on Hacker News?▲45

   A bookmarklet for generating heatmaps showing interesting stories on the hackernews front page

   2012 · patrick-wied.at · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

5. 5BT
   Bookmarklet to Visualize Hacker News Polls▲58

   Today I stumbled upon a poll on Hacker News on programmer salaries , where I found it difficult to read the results. So I wrote a bookmarkle...

   2011 · blog.eike.se · its alternatives →

6. 6LB
   Like Button for Hacker News▲568

   2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Pastel Bookmarklet▲130

   Mark up any website from your browser, for free

   2019 · usepastel.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News Classics▲864

   2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →

9. 9TB
   Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News▲463

   2016 · hackernewsbooks.com · its alternatives →

10. 10MB
    My bookmarks of HN and who I'm following▲55

    2022 · handlr.sapico.me · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hacker News Simulator▲572

    2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hacker News Front Page Explorer▲150

    A database of top ranking Hacker News front page posts

    2020 · harishgarg.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TH
    The Hacker News Button▲52

    2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →

14. 14FT
    Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

    2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

15. 15EH
    Embed HN comments in your website▲137

    2016 · comments.network · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Find HN threads about the page you're browsing▲260

    Web Extension: Easily find Hacker News discussions about the page you're currently browsing. - pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AO
    Analysis of how long do items survive on the "New" page▲92

    2010 · solipsys.co.uk · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Collapse Comments on Hacker News▲93

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19TH
    This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252

    2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Comments Owl for Hacker News▲85

    Highlight new comments, mute users & tweak UI on Hacker News

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    HackerNew for Chrome▲150

    I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News Talk, a Chrome extension for real-time commentary▲48

    2013 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23NH
    New Hacker News web client▲128

    2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →

24. 24
    A Chrome extension to see notifications for comments on your HN threads▲79

    2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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