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24 alternatives to Kismet – get an e-mail introduction to a fellow HN member every day
Kismet - Zero effort networking
Kismet is a service that sends Hacker News members one email introduction to a fellow community member each day. The product is designed for people interested in networking within the HN community without requiring… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kismet – get an e-mail introduction to a fellow HN member every day launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1MH
Hey HN! I just published https://meet.hn, a map to find hackers in your city. How it works? Demo of the signup process: https://x.com/meet_hn/status/1834918518904746329 1. Fill the form: username, city+country 2. Copy the text generated in the box below the form, and paste it in your HN description. 3. Click "Add me on the map" Optionnaly (it's recommended!) you can add links to your socials as well as some tags to showcase your interests. Why does it exist? I created this because, despite its harsh reputation on the internet, I love the HN community. I…
2024 · its alternatives →
- 2SHShow HN▲1,302
2014 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
- 3HG
2018 · hnnotify.xyz · its alternatives →
- 4HR
2016 · hnreplies.com · its alternatives →
- 5
(Unofficial) Login with HackerNews
2022 · loginwithhn.com · its alternatives →
- 6
I built this last year but never posted it anywhere, but now with Reddit hiatus it seems like the right time to give it a shot. The main goal of zsync is to foster high quality content and discussion. That's it. If it can't accomplish that, then to me it is a failure. I watched Reddit go from having high quality discussion in 2008-9 to devolving into the PC meme dumpster it is today [1]. HN still has the highest discussion quality of any "forum" I know of, but (1) it can sometimes randomly be very hostile/toxic to new tech, the most glaring example being crypto. (2) HN is basically a…
2023 · zsync.xyz · its alternatives →
- 7
A Gnus backend for Hacker News. Contribute to dickmao/nnhackernews development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 8HC
2016 · hnchat.com · its alternatives →
- 9IM
I noticed the who's hiring threads are very popular every month, so I decided to create a job board specifically for hacker news. You can tag jobs, search, view user's profiles and more. Tell me what you guys thing! Any feedback is appreciated.
2013 · hnjobs.org · its alternatives →
- 10
Hacker News Tailored For You.
2018 · hnmail.io · its alternatives →
- 11
Favicons for HN▲310Favicons for HN. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2022 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
- 12HN
Daily original takes and guides.
2011 · hnnotify.com · its alternatives →
- 13HC
There's been lots of discussion recently about finding other HNers to talk to / bounce ideas off / work with, some Google spreadsheets were set up to share details but they were soon vandalised. I had a spare afternoon yesterday (which turned into a long day) and here's the result: http://www.hackernewsers.com/ It's only open to people with HN accounts, it lets you post your biography, location, skills etc. Anyway, I hope you like it and find it useful.
2010 · hackernewsers.com · its alternatives →
- 14CI
2016 · clap.chat · its alternatives →
- 15
- 16QAQ&A for HN users▲142
2012 · askolo.com · its alternatives →
- 17
Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. Contribute to ducaale/xh development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 18ID
2013 · hackernewstab.com · its alternatives →
- 19HB
Get your public IP address instantly. Simple, fast, and reliable API for developers.
2021 · hnbadges.netlify.app · its alternatives →
- 20
A more informative and less addictive Hacker News.
2020 · hackerdaily.io · its alternatives →
- 21
Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
- 22
Brought to you by Porkbun.
2012 · rabblr.com · its alternatives →
- 23VT
2016 · timqian.com · its alternatives →
- 24YP
2013 · skimhn.com · its alternatives →
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