Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hacker News Times
I built a newspaper-style Hacker News reader where you can read articles and comments in one view. Sites that block iframes (Substack, Medium, BBC) get a clean reader mode automatically. It's a PWA, has dark mode, and there's a weekly newsletter. Open source: https://github.com/terryds/hackernewstimes
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
- 1HN
2024 · yourhackernews.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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Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis! To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout! Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass…
2024 · hackerherald.com · its alternatives →
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Curated daily list of blog posts posted on Hacker News. Click to read HackerNews blogs newsletter, by Paul, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
2020 · hnblogs.substack.com · its alternatives →
- 6IB
2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
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Hacker News, without AIfree▲207A better Hacker News reader for following stories, filtering noise, and keeping up with discussions.
Sep 2026 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
- 9HN
2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →
- 10RH
2017 · hnews.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
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The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.
24d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →
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A newspaper-style front page for Hacker News.
May 2026 · thefrontpage.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I'm excited to share a tool I've been working on - a native Hacker News reader built with Rust and egui. Here's a screenshot: https://github.com/haojiang99/hacker_news_reader/blob/main/s.... As a daily HN reader, I've always struggled with keeping track of interesting posts I want to read later. Browser tabs pile up, bookmarks get forgotten, and I lose track of what I've already read. I needed a way to: 1. Browse HN efficiently (across all sections - hot, new, show, ask, jobs, best) 2. Quickly mark posts as "todo" for later reading 3. Mark posts as…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I love HN but always felt the search with algolia is okay but does have some limitations. Since I work at Vectara I decided to try and create a better search for HN. It's based on data from roughly the last 6 months of HN stories and comments. Would love to hear feedback and how useful this is relative to the existing search.
2024 · hackernews.demo.vectara.com · its alternatives →
- 16HN
Dec 2025 · dosaygo-studio.github.io · its alternatives →
- 17AE
2015 · chancancode.github.io · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
- 19FT
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
- 20HN
The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.
2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →
- 21HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
- 22DD
2021 · darkhn.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 23AD
2011 · moeffju.github.com · its alternatives →
- 24RL
2019 · collectoral.com · its alternatives →
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