Work · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to HNcute

A pretty pink Hacker News theme

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HNcute launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HNCute, a pretty pink Hacker News theme▲208

   2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HN-beautify – a stylesheet for the HN frontpage▲91

   A chrome extension that applies a stylesheet to Hacker News' frontpage. - guicoelho/hn-beautify

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hazumi News 3.0▲99

   Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hacker News Redesign▲380

   2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Modern for Hacker News▲167

   A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

   2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HS
   HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

   2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7HG
   hncynic – Generate Hacker News Comments from Titles▲114

   2019 · hncynic.leod.org · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HN.watch – Videos of all Hacker News posts▲225

   The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.

   23d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Angular 2 HN – A progressive Hacker News client that works offline▲134

   :boom: Progressive Hacker News client built with Angular - housseindjirdeh/angular2-hn

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10IM
    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 →

11. 11
    HNRelevant – Add a "related" section to Hacker News▲122

    It's been 2 years since the initial release [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36102610). The initial version was a very basic prototype which was not available anywhere beyond the GitHub repo. You had to install it as a userscript or load the extension manually. Since then, it remained simple but better, new features include: - Improved accuracy by also using comments to help gauge the topic of discussion and the right keywords. - Published as plugin for more browsers: Chrome, Firefox (including android), and more recently Microsoft Edge. - Support for narrow screens…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HN
    Hacker News Dark Mode▲119

    2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News Outliers▲147

    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 →

14. 14
    HNSlack▲135

    Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15HX
    Hacker XP – Hacker News styled as a Windows XP Outlook email client▲136

    Hello HN, sharing my weekend project. I'm a fan of retro GUIs and fan of HN, so I built an alternative HN front end that resembles a Window XP desktop with an old Outlook email client. Archive and github links if you get 500 errors: https://web.archive.org/web/20220122190454/https://hackerxp.... https://github.com/assemblylanguage/hacker-xp

    2022 · hackerxp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16FH
    Fake Hacker News – See what HN has to say before you post▲107

    Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…

    2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18HA
    HNBuddy – A fast and elegant HN client for iOS▲127

    2018 · hnbuddy.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Angular 2 HN – A responsive Hacker News client built with Angular 2▲40

    A Hacker News client built with Angular CLI, RxJS and Webpack

    2016 · angular2-hn.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    hn.▲78

    Yet another client to browse Hacker News

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Dark Mode for HN▲41

    Browser extension that toggles an opinionated dark theme for the popular website, Hacker News. - azerella/ext-hn-darkmode

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News Launcher for Android▲72

    Easiest way to know what's trending on Hacker News.

    2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dark Hacker News▲69

    A Dark-themed Hacker News App

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    HN+▲92

    Launch your very own HackerNews clone & grow your community

    2023 · hn.plus · its alternatives →

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