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24 alternatives to Lesen.io

Multi source Tech reader for Hacker News, Reddit & Slashdot

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lesen.io launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Lesen.io a multi source tech reader for Hacker News, Reddit and Slashdot▲33
2016 · lesen.io · its alternatives →
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Boreal▲165
A Hacker News iOS app
2015 · its alternatives →
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hn.▲78
Yet another client to browse Hacker News
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Slack-HN▲99
Read Hacker News right from Slack
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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BetaPage 2.0▲224
Community of Hackers and Makers
2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →
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HackerWeb▲88
A simple and readable Hacker News app
2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →
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One App▲182
Read Product Hunt, Hacker News, DN & Reddit in one place
2015 · reader.one · its alternatives →
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New York Times APIs▲247
Why just read the news when you can hack it?
2014 · its alternatives →
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HNwatcher▲136
Track keywords and users on Hacker News
2014 · its alternatives →
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Serializer.io▲109
A compact news reader for HN, Product Hunt and more
2015 · serializer.io · its alternatives →
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HackerBracket▲219
A community for sharing hacks
2014 · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Search▲92
a faster hnsearch
2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →
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HackerBuzz▲68
Hacker News trend visualization
2015 · its alternatives →
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HackerNew for Chrome▲150
I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hackero▲148
An unbiased reader for Hacker News
2019 · its alternatives →
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HNSlack▲135
Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day
2015 · its alternatives →
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Techie News▲72
A new simple and fast HN Reader for iOS
2015 · its alternatives →
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Comit for Reddit▲89
A better way to browse reddit.
2016 · comitapp.com · its alternatives →
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Newsit▲63
Find the discussion around the page you're looking at!
2018 · newsit.benwinding.com · its alternatives →
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HN Follow▲69
Follow your friends on Hacker News
2014 · its alternatives →
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bit.ink▲75
The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
2014 · bit.ink · its alternatives →
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Fake News Monitor▲72
A trustworthiness score to rank websites
2016 · its alternatives →
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Bevy▲75
Curated content from your favorite sites
2016 · its alternatives →
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A native Hacker News reader with integrated todo/done tracking▲54
Hey HN! I'm excited to share a tool I've been working on - a native Hacker News reader built with Rust and egui. Here's a screenshot: https://github.com/haojiang99/hacker_news_reader/blob/main/s.... As a daily HN reader, I've always struggled with keeping track of interesting posts I want to read later. Browser tabs pile up, bookmarks get forgotten, and I lose track of what I've already read. I needed a way to: 1. Browse HN efficiently (across all sections - hot, new, show, ask, jobs, best) 2. Quickly mark posts as "todo" for later reading 3. Mark posts as…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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