Alternatives

Products that do what HN Offline – HN client for reading comments does

1. 1HR
   HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments▲217

   2016 · hnreplies.com

2. 2EH
   Embed HN comments in your website▲137

   2016 · comments.network

3. 3CH
   Collapse HN Comments▲141

   Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.

   2014 · github.com

4. 4CW
   Chat with HN users while you visit HN▲72

   2012 · rabblr.com

5. 5QA
   Q&A for HN users▲142

   2012 · askolo.com

6. 6HC
   HN Chat – Minimal Hacker News Chat with User Verification▲180

   2016 · hnchat.com

7. 7A2
   Angular 2 HN – A progressive Hacker News client that works offline▲134

   2016 · github.com

8. 8AH
   A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

   2016 · florian.github.io

9. 9HU
   HN Unread Comments v1.1 released (chrome extension)▲20

   2010 · chrome.google.com

10. 10CB
    Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API▲180

    2014 · kolinko.github.io

11. 11BE
    Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience▲259

    2019 · github.com

12. 12HT
    hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

    2016 · hnlive.tk

13. 13OH
    Offline HN with comments and authors ranked, for plane/train journeys▲8

    2018 · hnify.com

14. 14BE
    Browser extension to read HN comments for any url, in ClojureScript▲69

    2018 · github.com

15. 15HL
    Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

    2015 · 2ton.com.au

16. 16HN
    HN Notify - Email reply notifications for comments and posts.▲32

    2011 · hnnotify.com

17. 17AC
    A Chrome extension to see notifications for comments on your HN threads▲79

    2021 · chrome.google.com

18. 18RA
    RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments until you read the article▲44

    2014 · chrome.google.com

19. 19HD
    HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

    2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

20. 20HG
    hncynic – Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles▲114

    2019 · hncynic.leod.org

21. 21WP
    Weekend Project - Hide Inane Comments on HN▲28

    2013 · github.com

22. 22HF
    HN Frontpage Minus Techmeme▲74

    2013 · lessmeme.com

23. 23HD
    HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvote and comment counts▲92

    2020 · github.com

24. 24HC
    HN Comment Saver▲5

    Jul 2026 · github.com

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