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. My Hacker News clone (redesigned) launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   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 →

2. 2YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

4. 4AP
   a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5BA
   Built and Released a Hacker News Clone in an Hour▲7

   2019 · pubsub.pubnub.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   A snappy and resilient Hacker News clone in ~1k lines of rust▲27

   A fast, resilient, isomorphic hacker news clone in ~1k lines of rust. - ivanceras/hackernews-sauron

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

   2020 · hackernews-kappa.vercel.app · its alternatives →

8. 8PN
   Pythonic News – A Hacker News Clone for the Python Community▲6

   2023 · news.python.sc · its alternatives →

9. 9IM
   I made a Hacker News for crypto▲7

   2021 · mostlycrypto.news · its alternatives →

10. 10
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

12. 12RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

13. 13AH
    A Hacker News reader with the UX of YouTube Shorts▲9

    2022 · hn-shorts.vercel.app · its alternatives →

14. 14BH
    Beautiful Hacker News client written under an hour▲8

    2017 · beta.mustak.im · its alternatives →

15. 15HN
    Hacker News Threshold▲8

    2011 · userscripts.org · its alternatives →

16. 16AN
    A new, clean, open source Hacker News reader for Android▲8

    2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Hacker News Puzzle▲5

    Aug 2026 · pzlgames.com · its alternatives →

18. 18TH
    The "Hacker News Status" Twitter account▲6

    2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

    2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

21. 21TM
    Time machine for HackerNews▲9

    2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

22. 22HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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