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Products that do what hnuserlist - Browse HN comment threads by username does

1. 1FH
   Find HN threads about the page you're browsing▲260

   2020 · github.com

2. 2AC
   A Chrome extension to see notifications for comments on your HN threads▲79

   2021 · chrome.google.com

3. 3IM
   I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions▲144

   2021 · upvotetracker.com

4. 4BH
   Browse HN Comments by Timestamp▲12

   2021 · github.com

5. 5HR
   HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments▲217

   2016 · hnreplies.com

6. 6MB
   Meta book recommendations from Ask HN threads▲273

   2020 · mapfilterfold.com

7. 7
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014

8. 8EH
   Embed HN comments in your website▲137

   2016 · comments.network

9. 9BE
   Browser extension that finds HN and Reddit threads for any link▲15

   2020 · github.com

10. 10AE
    An extension that shows you relevant HN comments when you browse▲5

    2020 · chrome.google.com

11. 11HT
    hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

    2016 · hnlive.tk

12. 12CW
    Chat with HN users while you visit HN▲72

    2012 · rabblr.com

13. 13AH
    A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

    2016 · florian.github.io

14. 14IM
    I made a tool to hide HN usernames and reduce bias▲38

    Hey HN, I made this tool after I read a pretty interesting pg essay - http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html He talks about changing some HN usernames' colors to orange and then deciding to revert back So I thought it could be interesting to remove usernames entirely. This Chrome Extension just replaces HN usernames with question marks. I've enjoyed using it so far myself and I'm curious what you think about the concept?

    2022 · hackerwhos.com

15. 15HR
    HN Recommended – a curated list of HN commenters' opinions▲7

    2020 · hnrecommended.com

16. 16GL
    Get latest replies to an HN user▲42

    Hi HN, I hacked a simple service for gathering HN replies and organizing them by the parent's username. The main idea is to be able to efficiently get the latest replies to an HN user. For example, you can use this service to send yourself notifications when some replies to you on HN. The service queries the official HN API and can be self-hosted. It is basically ~30 lines of Bash script. I made this mostly for educational purposes -- thought you might find it useful for something. Cheers! Edit: for example, here are the latest replies to me [0]. It includes only recent replies, since I…

    2022 · github.com

17. 17T1
    Turning 100-plus comments HN threads into readable discussions▲20

    HN has some of the best discussions on the internet, but I don’t love reading 100 comments to find 10 great insights. This site analyzes top HN threads with LLMs and summarizes the key ideas, disagreements, and resources — while preserving links to the original discussion. Useful for revisiting old threads as well. Updated daily, manual-assisted for quality, no spam, fan project only. Would love thoughts from the community. https://hn-discussions.top

    Jan 2026

18. 18HD
    HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvote and comment counts▲92

    2020 · github.com

19. 19BE
    Browser extension that finds HN and Reddit threads for any link▲6

    2022 · github.com

20. 20HC
    HN comments sidebar bookmarklet▲49

    2023 · gist.github.com

21. 21HC
    HN Comment Saver▲5

    Jul 2026 · github.com

22. 22RH
    Reddit + HN Keyword tracker▲8

    2014 · karmalytics.co

23. 23TS
    Track social sharing and community sentiment on HN and reddit▲24

    2014 · stats.timgallant.us

24. 24HB
    Hacker Backlinks – HN Stories Most Linked To By HN Comments▲6

    Feb 2026 · hacker-backlinks.browserbox.io

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