Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I tried to imagine HN as a newspaper
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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2013 · boredbanker.com · its alternatives →
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Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis! To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout! Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass…
2024 · hackerherald.com · its alternatives →
- 3MW
2011 · hnarchive.in · its alternatives →
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- 5RI
2017 · reallyread.it · its alternatives →
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Hi all, Made a little app, its at http://newsinamap.com This is my first project and HN was a source of inspiration I thought of sharing it here. Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for your time.
2012 · newsinamap.com · its alternatives →
- 7CN
2015 · cnews.cloudapp.net · its alternatives →
- 8MH
2011 · i.imgur.com · its alternatives →
- 9IM
2021 · izquiratops.github.io · its alternatives →
- 10HS
Hi HN, TL;DR: I made a website that takes all the top stories on HN and categorizes them into one of ten topics of interest using LangChain and GPT-4. I've always liked the idea of getting a personal mix of news tailored to my interests. Hacker News is pretty close to that ideal, which is reflected in the time I spend on here every day. It's a great mix, but playing with LangChain, I got the idea for a weekend project. Roughly speaking most posts on HN fall into one of these categories: * Programming, Software & Computer Science * AI, Data Science & Analytics * Business & Entrepreneurship *…
2024 · hnto.pics · its alternatives →
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2019 · hn-emotions.appspot.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I read HN every day, but there was always more great content than I had time to read. I know there are already several HN summarizers on GitHub, and I tried some of them. They just didn't fit the workflow I wanted, so I decided to build my own. My project is a self-hosted app that automatically fetches top stories, summarizes them with AI, translates them into your preferred language, and prepares a personalized daily briefing in a nice customizable UI while you sleep. Maybe I'm not the only one who wanted this kind of workflow. I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially on what…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I was trying to find better content (doom) scrolling sources (quit Instagram, YouTube, etc). HN was great but I couldn't read properly on my phone hence I built Hacker Newspaper -- a mobile first HN reader. Key things: - Mobile-first, newspaper-style UI - Tap goes to comments, not article - Nested threads that don't get crushed on small screens Still WIP, would love some feedback. Thanks!
Feb 2026 · hackernews.paperd.ink · its alternatives →
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Hi HN -- After a thread a couple of weeks ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28866242) got more attention than I expected, and someone even suggested doing a Show HN (thanks wanderingmind)-- so, here goes: We're building a network of local journalists, along with others in national verticals. Our incentive structure exists in a way to promote news people want to come back to read, not clickbait headlines, divisive or anger driving hot takes, or lowest common denominator coverage. All geared to 18-34 year olds, who are less likely to consume local news in the traditional…
2021 · its alternatives →
- 15MA
2023 · buildwithframer.com · its alternatives →
- 16IM
2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →
- 17HD
2016 · udocz.com · its alternatives →
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It it always bugged me when I read or share an article, the discussion lives separately from the article. I imagined being able to add Google-Docs or Notion style comments on any website. We save a snapshot of the website and allow adding discussions that live side-by-side and directly reference parts of the article. HN articles are automatically indexed in https://cooo.link/hackernews and you can add any website, PDFs on https://cooo.link/ Built with SvelteKit, SingleFile(for archiving page), Railway. Solo dev. Would love feedback if you found it interesting!…
Mar 2026 · cool-link-web-production.up.railway.app · its alternatives →
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2015 · newscombinator.com · its alternatives →
- 21AV
2015 · glitchclub.com · its alternatives →
- 22MY
2011 · textchannels.com · its alternatives →
- 23HW
2021 · hnsin.news · its alternatives →
- 24HC
2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me · its alternatives →
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