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24 alternatives to HackerNews Tab
Default tab on Chrome = HackerNews
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HackerNews Tab launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2014 · chrome.google.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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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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Infozzy▲64Browse through social media from your default Chrome Tab
2015 · infozzy.tumblr.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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Pigeon▲81The 'new tab' that shows you headlines from the web
2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · hackercards.launchaco.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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A protip by sergiotapia about css, html, and hackernews.
2012 · coderwall.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
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Rocket Dashboard▲120A powerfull new tab page for Google Chrome
2017 · rocketdashboard.com · its alternatives →
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An inspiring new look for your Chrome browser
2014 · newsroom.pinterest.com · its alternatives →
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