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24 alternatives to HNow

A new HackerNews interface

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HNow launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   hn.▲78

   Yet another client to browse Hacker News

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hacker News API▲318

   Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6AD
   A different interface for reading Hacker News▲36

   2011 · moeffju.github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tagger News▲280

   A smarter version of Hacker News

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   HackerBracket▲219

   A community for sharing hacks

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10NH
    New Hacker News web client▲128

    2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

    2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HT
    HN Trends - like Google Trends, but for Hacker News▲355

    2011 · hntrends.jerodsanto.net · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hackpad▲114

    The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Postatic▲196

    Create your own HackerNews

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15HH
    HNLive – Hacker News in Real Time▲51

    2016 · hnlive.cf · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    MackerNews▲84

    Beautiful Readable Hacker News Articles

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HackerBuzz▲68

    Hacker News trend visualization

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19HS
    HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

    2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    HackerNews News Recommender▲97

    2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    thenews.im▲116

    Designer News + Hacker News

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22HF
    Hackernews for Mac▲35

    2013 · whimsyapps.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HNSlack▲135

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hacker News implemented using the new API▲90

    2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

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