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. LambdaNews.io, an HN client built with Vue launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Telescope▲147

   Open-source HN clone built with Meteor

   2013 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HN Search (Experimental)▲112

   A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3MA
   Moon – a blazing fast, tiny UI library inspired by Vue▲9

   2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A desktop HN reader client in Rust/egui▲9

   A little toy HN client for the desktop that I've been playing around with this week.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   hn.▲78

   Yet another client to browse Hacker News

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Nuxt.js▲21

   The Intuitive Vue Framework

   2017 · nuxt.com · its alternatives →

7. 7OA
   OverVue – A Vue Prototyping Tool▲5

   2019 · levelup.gitconnected.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   NW.js▲77

   A new way of writing desktop apps with Web technologies

   2015 · nwjs.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Angular 2 HN – A responsive Hacker News client built with Angular 2▲40

   A Hacker News client built with Angular CLI, RxJS and Webpack

   2016 · angular2-hn.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AP
    A portfolio website simulating Deepin Linux's GUI using Vue.js▲30

    2021 · goodmanwen.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Vue.js: Up and Running▲2

    Building Accessible and Performant Web Apps

    2018 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Building services on lambda should be easy and fun▲6

    i had previously posted this when it was aws-rce. it’s changed enough that i want to post it again.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13MF
    My first web app - HN Channel▲9

    2013 · hnchannel.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hypersurface – a modern polling app. (Vue and Socketio)▲6

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15EO
    EnzymeUI – open-source Vue components library▲6

    2021 · enzymeui.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Vue HN 2.0▲5

    Read Hacker News Like Pinterest – Built with Vuejs

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    HN Offline – HN client for reading comments▲6

    2020 · hn.byroni.us · its alternatives →

18. 18HC
    HN comments UI experiment▲6

    2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me · its alternatives →

19. 19AV
    Awesome VueJS Repos▲7

    2017 · awesomerepos.com · its alternatives →

20. 20RA
    Ranvier, a Node.js based telnet MUD codebase▲5

    2017 · ranviermud.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Lambda Island▲7

    High quality sceencasts about Clojure web development

    2017 · lambdaisland.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Razorframe▲5

    a Node.js library for kickstarting real-time apps at scale

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23IM
    I made a reader for HN with Angular▲6

    2021 · izquiratops.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24AF
    API for building news aggregators and readers▲6

    2015 · kabonky.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →