Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AF
   A Fast and Lightweight Android App for Hacker News▲9

   2019 · dreambits.net · its alternatives →

2. 2AN
   A new, clean, open source Hacker News reader for Android▲8

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

3. 3VB
   Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links▲6

   2012 · poppin.bencohen.net · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

   2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HackerBuzz▲68

   Hacker News trend visualization

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7HP
   Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

   2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A Hacker News mobile app with crowdsourced images and subtitles▲6

   View stories in a newspaper-style format, with preview pictures and story descriptions chosen by users

   2021 · mclarentimes.com · its alternatives →

10. 10PH
    Pure-hn – Real-time Hacker News UI in AngularJS and Firebase▲8

    2014 · rvikmanis.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hacky – a user-friendly Hacker News reader built in React Native▲7

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hacker News electron app with improved readability▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TM
    Time machine for HackerNews▲9

    2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Non-Hacker News – a Chrome extension to highlight non-technical stories▲6

    2019 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16SH
    See Hacker News submissions while you browse▲6

    2020 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

17. 17YA
    Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

    2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

18. 18
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19EH
    Embeding HackerNews comments on static pages▲8

    2021 · yasircoskun.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20MC
    Mobile consumable HackerNews cards▲8

    2016 · web.cubeit.io · its alternatives →

21. 21HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Newsbar – Get to Hacker News Discussions from the Chrome Omnibox▲5

    2015 · dhatch.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23HT
    HN Timeline - A cool way to read Hacker News Chronologically▲6

    2012 · hntimeline.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    florian▲3

    A desktop client for Hacker News

    2016 · florian.github.io · 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 →