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Hire Hacker News is a job board that connects employers with developers and technical professionals from the Hacker News community. Launched in 2021, the platform targets companies looking to recruit talent and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hire Hacker News launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacker News job trends▲371

   Play with hackernews' "who is hiring". Contribute to hacker-job/hacker-job development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2IM
   I made an HN job board▲149

   I noticed the who's hiring threads are very popular every month, so I decided to create a job board specifically for hacker news. You can tag jobs, search, view user's profiles and more. Tell me what you guys thing! Any feedback is appreciated.

   2013 · hnjobs.org · its alternatives →

3. 3AO
   Analysis of 2018 Hacker News “Who Is Hiring” Job Posts▲301

   2018 · letstalkalgorithms.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HF
   Hackernews for programming jobs▲10

   2017 · hackjobs.tech · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News Simulator▲572

   2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   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 →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News Redesign▲380

   2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hacker Hunt▲483

   If Product Hunt and Hacker News had a baby

   2017 · hackerhunt.co · its alternatives →

10. 10TU
    The users behind Hacker News▲193

    2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

11. 11NH
    New Hacker News web client▲128

    2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →

12. 12IM
    I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367

    2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →

13. 13HI
    Hackjob.io – HN job listings done a bit better▲102

    2015 · hackjobio.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    What Is Hacker News Working On?▲229

    I tagged all comments from "What Are You Working On?" (like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45561428) posts and built a simple SvelteKit website, hope it's helpful to find people with similar projects. I'm also thinking of adding some analysis of project types over time to see changes in tech

    Nov 2025 · waywo.eamag.me · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The News 2▲323

    Product Hunt + Hacker News + Designer News

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16CW
    Curated Who's Hiring▲72

    2013 · curatedhnhiring.com · its alternatives →

17. 17HN
    Hacker News Trends▲137

    2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →

18. 18CO
    Code on Hacker News▲45

    2018 · code.hn · its alternatives →

19. 19TH
    The Hacker News Button▲52

    2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TH
    This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252

    2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21HN
    Hacker News implemented using the new API▲90

    2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BH
    Berlin Hacker News▲145

    2014 · berlinhackernews.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Tagger News▲280

    A smarter version of Hacker News

    2017 · taggernews.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hacker News Stack▲138

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

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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