Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Nook
Fast, focused, and open — a new WebKit browser for Mac
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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Nook▲18Nook is a small, quiet web browser for macOS. It blocks ads and trackers, opens articles in reading mode, and clears everything but the page in focus mode. Free for Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
24d ago · browser.arunbrahma.com · its alternatives →
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NotchNook▲338Access media, calendar, files & more from the Mac's notch
2024 · lo.cafe · its alternatives →
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Arc for Windows▲473The Chrome replacement you've been waiting for
2024 · arc.net · its alternatives →
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Donut Browser▲154Hi HN, I'm excited to share my open source project, a browser orchestrator. It's purpose is to make it easy to manage many browser profiles on one system. Currently it only works on MacOS, but since I've built it using Tauri (which is a Rust backend and TypeScript frontend), I expect to add Linux and Windows support in the future. I've built it primarily for myself as I use a lot of browsers and having an easy way to manage all of my profiles would make (have made, actually) my dock less cluttered haha. Also, part of why I built it is because as someone who doesn't really care about…
Apr 2026 · donutbrowser.com · its alternatives →
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Arcmark▲216Your bookmarks, attached to any browser as a sidebar
Feb 2026 · geek-1001.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built a native macOS desktop client for Hacker News and I'm open-sourcing it under the MIT license. GitHub: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News Download (signed & notarized DMG, macOS 14.0+): https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News/releases Screenshots: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News#screenshots I spend a lot of time reading HN — I wanted something that felt like a proper Mac app: a sidebar for browsing stories, an integrated reader for articles, and comment threading — all in one window.…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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browserless.io▲143The full-code, no-ops tool for browser automation
2023 · browserless.io · its alternatives →
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Orion 1.0▲241WebKit. Extensions. Privacy. Check icon Pick all three.
Nov 2025 · blog.kagi.com · its alternatives →
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NothingHere▲297A MacOS panic button where one key press cleans your screen
Mar 2026 · solee0524.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I was a long-time Arc browser user and loved how its sidebar organized tabs and bookmarks into workspaces. I wanted to switch to other browsers without losing that workflow. So I built Arcmark, it's a macOS bookmark manager (Swift/AppKit) that floats as a sidebar attached to any browser window. It uses macOS accessibility API to follow the browser window around. You get workspace-based links/bookmarks organization with nested folders, drag-and-drop reordering, and custom workspace colors. For the most part I tried replicating Arc's sidebar UX as close as possible. 1.…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Overbrowsered▲103Open links in the browser you used most recently
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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macOS HackerNews client that aims to be a Mac-assed Mac app. Written in Swift + AppKit. - goranmoomin/HackerNews
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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LinkNotch▲153Turn your MacBook Notch into a fast access bookmark bar.
Jan 2026 · trylinknotch.com · its alternatives →
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Hargun's MacOS▲132A fully interactive, Mac-like experience directly in browser
Nov 2025 · hargunpreet.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Switch Browser▲113macOS extension to view current page in a different browser
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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