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24 alternatives to Hacker News Slack Bot

Get Slack notifications for HN mentions

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 Slack Bot launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Get Slack notifications for Hacker News mentions▲15

   A bot that notifies you on Slack whenever your company/product is mentioned on Hacker News. Powered by Vercel Functions & Upstash. - vercel-labs/slacker

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Notify▲791

   Get notified in Slack when your startup is mentioned online

   2015 · timer.now · its alternatives →

3. 3HR
   HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments▲217

   2016 · hnreplies.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HN Notify▲75

   Subscribe to your Hacker News feed, never miss a reply

   2018 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Digest▲72

   Hacker News client for Slack

   2020 · slack.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Google Mentions Slackbot▲201

   Know when the Internet talks about your product

   2022 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Little Birdie▲93

   Get a Slack message when you're mentioned on HN or Reddit

   2017 · littlebirdie.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   HNSlack▲135

   Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10HN
    HN Notifications – Get an email when a HN story matches your criteria▲49

    2015 · hnnotifications.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hazumi News 3.0▲99

    Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    HN buzz▲76

    Telegram bot for Hacker News posts filtered by your keywords

    2021 · t.me · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A Chrome extension to see notifications for comments on your HN threads▲79

    2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    I built an interactive HN Simulator▲538

    Hey HN! Just for fun, I built an interactive Hacker News Simulator. You can submit text posts and links, just like the real HN. But on HN Simulator, all of the comments are generated by LLMs + generate instantly. The best way to use it (IMHO) is to submit a text post or a curl-able URL here: https://news.ysimulator.run/submit. You don't need an account to post. When you do that, various prompts will be built from a library of commenter archetypes, moods, and shapes. The AI commenters will actually respond to your text post and/or submitted link. I really wanted it to feel…

    Nov 2025 · news.ysimulator.run · its alternatives →

15. 15HN
    HN Notify - Email reply notifications for comments and posts.▲32

    Daily original takes and guides.

    2011 · hnnotify.com · its alternatives →

16. 16HG
    HNNotify – Get emailed when a users reply to your HN Posts and Comments▲66

    2018 · hnnotify.xyz · its alternatives →

17. 17
    MailBot▲165

    Get notified of your important emails in Slack

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Mention for Slack▲341

    Real-time monitoring + real-time chat

    2016 · mention.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Salesmachine for Slack▲276

    Get alerted on Slack when your customers need attention

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    HN.watch – Videos of all Hacker News posts▲225

    The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.

    25d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →

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    slalert!▲126

    Get notified in Slack when your company/keyword is mentioned

    2015 · slalert.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hacker News Release Dashboard▲69

    Metrics and tracking for HN Posts

    2020 · failflow.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    I made an open source Chrome extension to notify you of new HN replies▲24

    HN Notifier is a chrome extension that shows the number of unread comments to your HackerNews thread. One of the issues with HackerNews is that it is difficult to know when someone has replied to your post or comment, thus by missing an opportunity to continue the conversation. - meanands/hn-notifie

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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