Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to HN Card, Hacker News Profile Overlay
Browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that adds profile overlays to Hacker News usernames - mudulo/hncard
HN Card is a browser overlay tool that displays Hacker News user profiles in an enhanced card format. It allows readers to quickly view detailed information about commenters and posters without leaving the current… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HN Card, Hacker News Profile Overlay launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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HN Deck: An alternate way to browse Hacker News
2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com · its alternatives →
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(Unofficial) Login with HackerNews
2022 · loginwithhn.com · its alternatives →
- 3HB
Get your public IP address instantly. Simple, fast, and reliable API for developers.
2021 · hnbadges.netlify.app · its alternatives →
- 4MH
Very opportunistic toy project as I saw the domain was up for grabs: 'at.hn' is a little site where people can have their own subdomains for whatever their HN username is (opt-in only by adding a slug to your bio). It doesn't really do much. Just shows your HN bio rendered as markdown plus meta stuff. I'm thinking of adding an aggregated user listing on the homepage so people can explore profiles. There's a bunch of interesting people on HN but discoverability is a bit longwinded. I'm wondering what other features people want. Otherwise shall likely leave it as-is. I remember hnbadges was a…
2024 · at.hn · its alternatives →
- 5MH
Hey HN! I just published https://meet.hn, a map to find hackers in your city. How it works? Demo of the signup process: https://x.com/meet_hn/status/1834918518904746329 1. Fill the form: username, city+country 2. Copy the text generated in the box below the form, and paste it in your HN description. 3. Click "Add me on the map" Optionnaly (it's recommended!) you can add links to your socials as well as some tags to showcase your interests. Why does it exist? I created this because, despite its harsh reputation on the internet, I love the HN community. I…
2024 · its alternatives →
- 6EH
2016 · comments.network · its alternatives →
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Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
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2020 · hndex.org · 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 →
- 10WH
2015 · waybackhn.com · its alternatives →
- 11HN
Hello everyone! This is a browser extension that attempts to enhance Hacker News user experience, while your data is kept secure, and private (never leaves the browser). Browsers have evolved significantly since doing a v1 back in 2010, which was one of the contributing factors, for attempting a complete re-take few months ago. Personally, I was surprised how useful it turned out to be when browsing around HN. On the linked page you can find install link(s) from web-browser stores, and demo video/screenshots of the features[1] What do you think ? [1] including, browsing content with…
2023 · carina.app · its alternatives →
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The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.
25d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →
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Web Extension: Easily find Hacker News discussions about the page you're currently browsing. - pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 14HS
2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hacker News comments sidebar bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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HN Pop-up lets you quickly glance at a user's profile without leaving the page you're on. You can quickly see a user's bio, karma and account age - mudulo/hnpopup
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 17HN
I made a little website with a server that collects only HN submissions with > 500 upvotes chronologically. https://hn.moritz.pm/ It's quite simple because I wanted to learn from the project. But I think it's useful, to get a summary of what was important over the last days. The UI is almost identical to the HN frontpage, you can click on the comments to view the thread and on the username to see the profile. The rest of the cards takes you to the submitted URL.
2024 · hn.moritz.pm · its alternatives →
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✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better - plibither8/refined-hacker-news
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 19IM
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 →
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Browser extension for Chrome, Safari and Firefox that adds profile overlays to Hacker News usernames - timdavies/hnprofile
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A chrome extension that applies a stylesheet to Hacker News' frontpage. - guicoelho/hn-beautify
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Gnus backend for Hacker News. Contribute to dickmao/nnhackernews development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
- 24HC
2016 · hnchat.com · its alternatives →
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- HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News alternatives
- Login with HN (Unofficially) alternatives
- HN Badges – Displays game-like badges for your HN profile alternatives
- Markdown HN profiles at {user}.at.hn alternatives
- Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your city alternatives
- Embed HN comments in your website alternatives
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