Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to HN Follow
Follow your friends on Hacker News
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HN Follow launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2014 · hn-follow.desh.es · 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 →
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HN Follow lets you follow authors on Hacker News, and get email notifications when they post. It was inspired by alerthn.com and hnreplies.com. The app was built in an experimental style on Val Town. We’re trying to create a new web primitive that you can: 1. write like a function 2. run like a script 3. fork like a repo 4. install like an app This is our 5th iteration of this same “HN Follow” app. We launched the 3rd version here on Hacker News six months ago[1], but it was very kindly removed from the front page by dang in favor of us launching Val Town itself first, which we did in…
2023 · val.town · its alternatives →
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2011 · hntrends.jerodsanto.net · its alternatives →
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Interact, search and follow the latest HN posts on Messenger
2016 · its alternatives →
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Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · skimhn.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
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There's been lots of discussion recently about finding other HNers to talk to / bounce ideas off / work with, some Google spreadsheets were set up to share details but they were soon vandalised. I had a spare afternoon yesterday (which turned into a long day) and here's the result: http://www.hackernewsers.com/ It's only open to people with HN accounts, it lets you post your biography, location, skills etc. Anyway, I hope you like it and find it useful.
2010 · its alternatives →
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Hacked this up really quickly for fun last night: http://yc.backtype.com Shows the hn front page w/ tweets from your friends. E.g.: http://yc.backtype.com/?x=davemcclure
2011 · its alternatives →
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