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Products that do what HNWatch – Watch HN, filter stories, get e-mail alerts does

1. 1HU
   HN Update – Hourly news broadcast of top HN stories▲644

   I feel like it was inevitable, with the recent buzz around NotebookLM. I'm just surprised that it hasn't been done yet.

   2024 · hnup.date

2. 2
   Hazumi News 3.0▲99

   Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

   2025

3. 3
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014

4. 4HL
   Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

   2015 · 2ton.com.au

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

   2016 · hnreplies.com

6. 6QA
   Q&A for HN users▲142

   2012 · askolo.com

7. 7HN
   HN Notifications – Get an email when a HN story matches your criteria▲49

   2015 · hnnotifications.com

8. 8HM
   HN Mail – A topic-based newsletter service for Hacker News▲27

   2018 · hnmail.io

9. 9HF
   HN Follow – Follow Your Friends on HN▲76

   2014 · hn-follow.desh.es

10. 10MH
    My HN – filter recent top Hacker News by your favorite topics▲16

    2019 · hn.okphp.com

11. 11
    HN Cards▲142

    Stay on top of Hacker News, Tinder-style

    2014

12. 12HD
    HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

    2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

13. 13CN
    Curated Newsletter of Show HNs▲59

    2013 · weekendupdate.me

14. 14HR
    HN Reads – the books of hacker news▲33

    2015 · hnreads.com

15. 15CW
    Chat with HN users while you visit HN▲72

    2012 · rabblr.com

16. 16HT
    HN Text Analytics – Check what’s trending on Hacker News▲16

    2018 · hn.textalytics.io

17. 17HT
    HN Theater – Talks and Videos of Hacker News▲106

    2020 · yahnd.com

18. 18
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015

19. 19MB
    Morning Brief – Track any topic on HN, Reddit and others▲38

    TL:DR - https://morningbrief.ai/setup Hi, HN -- We're two indie cofounders who bootstrapped a new product to scratch our own itch: there's so much great content out there, but it's hard to find it. Sites like HN serve us like-minded people, but there are many more topics in other non-HN niches. Our idea is this: an email you get once a day, filled with only top articles (posted to HN, Reddit, etc) that match your specific interests. You can specify which interests, and how many links you want. Ranked by our signal score. To start, we built an ingestion engine. In the first few…

    2021

20. 20SW
    See what words are trending on HN▲29

    2013 · hackernewstrends.herokuapp.com

21. 21HN
    HN Notify - Email reply notifications for comments and posts.▲32

    2011 · hnnotify.com

22. 22HR
    HN reader that filters out COV**-19 and Coronavir** articles▲52

    2020 · gabrielsroka.github.io

23. 23HR
    HN Recommends – Curated recommendations from Hacker News▲9

    2018 · hnrecommends.com

24. 241T
    10HN – Top articles from HN served every morning and every evening▲29

    2015 · top10.pancik.com

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