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24 alternatives to Hacker News Stack
Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
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 Stack launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2013 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 2UH
2013 · blog.tommoor.com · its alternatives →
- 3HN
2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →
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2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →
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✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better - plibither8/refined-hacker-news
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 8HN
Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.
2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
- 10FT
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News commenting improvement extension for Google Chrome - j-clark/hacked_hacker_news
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Highlight new comments, mute users & tweak UI on Hacker News
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello everyone! This is a browser extension that attempts to enhance Hacker News user experience, while your data is kept secure, and private (never leaves the browser). Browsers have evolved significantly since doing a v1 back in 2010, which was one of the contributing factors, for attempting a complete re-take few months ago. Personally, I was surprised how useful it turned out to be when browsing around HN. On the linked page you can find install link(s) from web-browser stores, and demo video/screenshots of the features[1] What do you think ? [1] including, browsing content with…
2023 · carina.app · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 17HN
2017 · jazzytomato.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →
- 19IB
2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
- 20HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
- 21HN
2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →
- 22TU
2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
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Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.
Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →
- 24FH
Hide deeply threaded comments in hacker news.
2014 · sagargv.blogspot.com · its alternatives →
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