Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I took a script off of ThemeForest and turned it into something nicer. launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I built a Hacker News userscript to make this site more legible▲102

   My personal itch to scratch just recently has been the umpteen formatting foibles of HackerNews. So, in the spirit of making the web more personal again, I knocked up a TamperMonkey userscript to fix up the worst of my personal bugbears. This isn't an attempt at a complete rebrand/redesign of the site, instead it's just fixing up what I think are the biggest design/readability issues whilst trying to remain true to the site's existing aesthetic. Key features: * Base font size increased * A little more room around headings * Top menu bar is full-width and with a little more padding…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Skisso▲59

   Edit your live UI in your design system, hand off the diff

   9d ago · skisso.app · its alternatives →

3. 3IM
   I made 1M (!) syntax highlighting themes▲9

   SyntaxEnvy - procedurally generated syntax highlighting themes

   2020 · syntaxenvy.com · its alternatives →

4. 4TF
   Themetally – free WordPress theme directory▲8

   2017 · themetally.com · its alternatives →

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   I Made a ShadCN UI Theme Picker▲6

   The palette on the official docs is a little limited. I added some more themes with funky names and I provide the code to copy/paste into your globals.css file. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see.

   2024 · shadcncolors.com · its alternatives →

6. 6RD
   Relaunching Dresssed.com – Premium Rails Themes▲5

   2014 · dresssed.com · its alternatives →

7. 7MR
   My redesign of Basecamp's homepage for better conversions.▲6

   2013 · imgur.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IM
   I made a visual UI creation tool.▲9

   2025 · uiblocks.xyz · its alternatives →

9. 9HT
   HyperTerm theme browser▲5

   2016 · hyperthemes.matthi.coffee · its alternatives →

10. 10IM
    I made an extension to style your tweet▲9

    2022 · pointnuts.com · its alternatives →

11. 11IM
    I made a URL shortener for HN▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

12. 12IU
    I used Squarespace to build a site for my new game. Very pleased▲7

    2014 · cartegram.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AS
    A super clean Jekyll blog theme optimized for speed▲6

    A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more

    2020 · amitmerchant.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a beautiful purple theme for Jupyter Notebooks▲7

    Beautiful Data Science

    2020 · datacrayon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15IM
    I made a site for finding cheaper alternatives to pricey software▲7

    2024 · onlyfewdollars.com · its alternatives →

16. 16IM
    I made a dev first signup form for your landing page▲8

    2020 · palabra.io · its alternatives →

17. 17AL
    A little tool to generate CSS for bits of a spritesheet▲6

    Interested to hear bugs reports & feature ideas!

    2011 · spritecow.com · its alternatives →

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    I dropped to part-time work to develop a Design Copilot for developers▲6

    Hey HN! I develop browser extensions, I suck at web design, and I've been exploring AI/LLMs. With my new found free-time since dropping work hours, I've developed a Design Copilot browser extension [0]. It does what it says on the tin - you choose a part of your website and the tool gives you instant expert design feedback - "change this font to that, add this much whitespace, use brighter colours .... etc" The tool is completely 100% free to use, its powered by bringing your own AI API Key, and the current LLM it uses is Google Gemini 1.5 Pro. I've yet to hit the free rate-limit and I…

    2024 · old.reddit.com · its alternatives →

19. 191R
    12K Reddit posts scraped and AI-scored for startup ideas▲5

    I wanted to find a product idea to build. "Build things people want," right? So I thought, why not literally find people saying what they want? I wrote a script to collect thousands of Reddit posts where people are looking for a solution or complaining about a problem. Then I used GPT to filter out the noise and score each one based on how viable the idea seemed. Threw together a simple search interface so anyone can explore them. I was planning to build a more advanced paid version of this, but figured I'd share the raw version first to see if it's actually useful to anyone.

    Nov 2025 · search.reddit-business-ideas.workers.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20IM
    I made a site to share creative writing▲5

    2021 · prosepen.com · its alternatives →

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    Faker.im▲4

    Replace premium images on WordPress themes on the fly.

    2016 · faker.im · its alternatives →

22. 22MT
    My Twitter/Disqus mashup that I threw together. (www.choip.me)▲5

    2010 · choip.me · its alternatives →

23. 23MA
    Made a HN-themed Framer blog template for HN community▲5

    2023 · buildwithframer.com · its alternatives →

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    Audiologs x Tibz - 047: The Website Redesign▲2

    Long yet productive evening redesigning my website...

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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