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24 alternatives to Hacker News

precursor to Product Hunt

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

1. 1PH
   Product Hunt – Hacker News for Products▲360

   2014 · producthunt.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The News 2▲313

   Product Hunt + Hacker News + Designer News

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Filter News▲152

   Filter Product Hunt, Hacker News and Designer News

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker Hunt▲488

   If Product Hunt and Hacker News had a baby

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   MackerNews▲84

   Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   GrowthHackers▲259

   Hacker news for growth hackers

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HackerHunt▲21

   ProductHunt for Hackers

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Scoop▲86

   HackerNews, DesignerNews, & ProductHunt in One Place

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    HackerBracket▲219

    A community for sharing hacks

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Venture News▲79

    Hacker News for Venture Capital

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Maker Hunt▲268

    The knowledge-sharing community for Product Hunt makers

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Guess The Twitter Source▲123

    TechCrunch, Hacker News, Onion or Product Hunt?

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Yo PRODUCT HUNTED▲246

    Get a Yo whenever there's a Product Hunt with > 150 upvotes

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Product Hunt Radio▲274

    A podcast about products (surprise!)

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Product Hunt /jobs▲195

    Hire awesome people

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ǝlƃooפ▲269

    Flipping search on its head

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hacker News API▲318

    Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The News (iOS)▲232

    Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Product Hunt Activity▲160

    New activity feed! (login to try it out)

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Tagger News▲280

    A smarter version of Hacker News

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    thenews.im▲116

    Designer News + Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    App Marketing Daily▲103

    Hacker News for App Marketing

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →