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24 alternatives to Hacki for Hacker News

A highly customizable, open-source Hacker News client. - Livinglist/Hacki

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacki for Hacker News launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacker News client with a twist▲603

   A different way to browse the discussions on hackernews. Control everything intuitively with your keyboard.

   2021 · haxplore.pabue.co · its alternatives →

2. 2YA
   Yet another Hacker News client▲10

   Hi there everybody, I have been working on this Hacker News client recently and just want to share it here and hopefully gather some feedbacks!, thanks! GitHub link: https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki?test

   2022 · its alternatives →

3. 3IM
   I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367

   2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   OPML list of Hacker News Users Personal Blogs▲281

   List of Public Blogs of Hacker News users. Contribute to outcoldman/hackernews-personal-blogs development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News Redesign▲380

   2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →

6. 6TH
   This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252

   2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   HackerDaily▲87

   A less addictive Hacker News

   2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacker News API▲317

   Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

   2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News implemented using the new API▲90

   2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    A site that lets you search and subscribe to “Who is hiring?”▲255

    Search trough and subscribe to Hacker News

    2018 · whoishiring.me · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hackero▲148

    An unbiased reader for Hacker News

    2019 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Modern for Hacker News▲167

    A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

    2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →

13. 13NH
    New Hacker News web client▲128

    2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →

14. 14
    HackerWeb▲189

    A simply readable Hacker News app

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Better Hacker News▲112

    How hacker news should be

    2022 · its alternatives →

16. 16TU
    The users behind Hacker News▲193

    2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HackerNews Deck▲102

    TweetDeck for Hacker News.

    2020 · hndeck.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

18. 18HH
    Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac▲163

    2013 · hackyapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    I developed a native macOS Hacker News client▲188

    macOS HackerNews client that aims to be a Mac-assed Mac app. Written in Swift + AppKit. - goranmoomin/HackerNews

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hacker News Stack▲138

    Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

21. 21HN
    Hacker News Without News▲146

    Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.

    2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · its alternatives →

22. 22HN
    Hacker News Instant (3 hour project)▲91

    2011 · hninstant.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    My Personal Hacker News Reader▲81

    Hackable Hacker News Reader. Contribute to sorpaas/reread development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Newscombinator▲115

    Like Google-News, but for hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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