Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hacker Tab
Replace Browser new tab with GitHub trending projects. ✨
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker Tab launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Devo▲122GitHub Trending, Hacker News and Product Hunt on new tab!
2018 · burakkarakan.com · its alternatives →
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GitNews Web▲265Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit
2019 · git.news · its alternatives →
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Track GitHub trending repositories in your favorite programming language by native GitHub notifications! - vitalets/github-trending-repos
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Git Random▲65Chrome extension to replace new tab with random github user
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Chrome extension to experience GitHub in night mode.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An experimental Github/trending user interface
2018 · github-trending-plus.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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Gitly▲94Discover what's trending on GitHub for specific languages
2014 · gitly.co · its alternatives →
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Get your old GitHub back and revert the dark header.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub Dark▲122🔦 GitHub Dark - Browse GitHub in nighttime mode 🌚
2016 · cquanu.github.io · its alternatives →
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2018 · github-trending-plus.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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GitNews▲296Trending repositories from GitHub, HackerNews & Reddit
2018 · gitnews.learn.uno · its alternatives →
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GitStars▲110Trending github repos without any distraction
2019 · git-stars.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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Browse and search GitHub like an IDE
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Display the trending repositories of the day/week/month.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension to display handles on Github
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Human-curated Hacker Noon stories in your new tab.
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Explore your GitHub repositories with ease
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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404 New Tab▲125Discover interesting 404 pages in New Tab
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Over the past few weeks I've been working on a small application to view trending repos on GitHub. I built the PWA[1] with React, Next.js and GraphQL .. but what's interesting is the application is only using React server side, meaning the client side javascript is only a few lines code adding some event listeners and registering a service worker for offline capability. This helped me achieve a perfect google chrome performance audit I learned a ton working on it and would love to talk about it if anyone has any questions! Application Link: https://trends.now.sh Source code on…
2018 · its alternatives →
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