Alternatives

Products that do what HN-beautify – a stylesheet for the HN frontpage does

1. 1HA
   HN Avatars in 357 bytes▲701

   Paste the following into the console of any HN page - for annotated avatars on all HN comments. (self contained code) for(u of document.querySelectorAll('.hnuser'))for(u.prepend(c=document.createElement('canvas')),x=c.getContext('2d'),c.width=18,c.height=14,s=u.innerText,r=1,i=28+s.length;i--;i>>29>X*X/3+Y/2&&x.fillRect(6+2*X,2*Y,2,2)&x.fillRect(6-2*X,2*Y,2,2):r+=s.charCodeAt(i-28,x.fillStyle='#'+(r>>8&0xFFFFFF).toString(16)))r^=r>>17,r^=r>2

   2022

2. 2AH
   A HN/Reddit-style site for scientific pre-prints and publications▲275

   2018 · upvote.pub

3. 3BE
   Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience▲259

   2019 · github.com

4. 41H
   1Post – HN-like site with markdown and syntax highlighting▲43

   2015 · 1po.st

5. 5AM
   A minimalist blog based on Tufte CSS▲260

   2019 · lawler.io

6. 6MA
   Made a HN-themed Framer blog template for HN community▲5

   2023 · buildwithframer.com

7. 7EH
   Embed HN comments in your website▲137

   2016 · comments.network

8. 8SV
   Styletron – Virtual CSS▲109

   2016 · ryantsao.com

9. 9HS
   HN Status Page in the style of HN with detailed metrics▲63

   2017 · hn.hund.io

10. 10IM
    I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions▲144

    2021 · upvotetracker.com

11. 11AS
    A simple, plain, minimal, classless CSS for simple, plain HTML pages▲128

    2020 · github.com

12. 12HS
    HN Styles▲7

    2016 · gist.github.com

13. 13HS
    HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

    2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

14. 14VH
    Visualize how HN/Reddit talk about your company and products▲74

    2019 · brandimage.io

15. 15IC
    I cloned HN to make a simple portfolio page▲66

    I figured, "what better way to look at a list of (hopefully) inspiring projects?" The upvotes work and are globally synced.

    2024 · guycombinator.net

16. 16HS
    HN Showcase v2 - browse "Show HN" posts visually▲14

    2012 · hnshowcase.com

17. 17CQ
    CSS Quality Guide▲49

    2015 · github.com

18. 18MN
    My New HN Browser Extension▲19

    2019 · chrome.google.com

19. 19
    Stylestats▲59

    A Node.js library to collect CSS statistics

    2014

20. 20WD
    What do you think about this HN Redesign?▲11

    2012 · mdubakov.com

21. 21HC
    Hello, CSS – A CSS template focused on readability▲12

    2019 · github.com

22. 22FA
    Furatto, a flat and sleek CSS framework▲30

    2013 · icalialabs.github.io

23. 23SP
    Summarizing popular HN articles▲19

    2011 · skimthat.com

24. 24UA
    Updated Absurd.design for HN Community▲6

    2022 · absurd.design

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