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24 alternatives to Pointless but mostly-exact clone of Hacker News
Pointless but mostly-exact clone of Hacker News is a discussion platform for sharing and discussing links and news stories. It replicates the core functionality of Hacker News, allowing users to submit content… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1HN
2018 · jsomers.net · its alternatives →
- 2TH
2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →
- 3HN
Dec 2025 · dosaygo-studio.github.io · its alternatives →
- 4HN
2014 · hilapeleg.io · its alternatives →
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Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · news.ycombniator.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Hacker News design. I previously launched Modern for Wikipedia [1] here back in December, and it seemed like the obvious next choice to build one for HN too! So I've taken what I learned from building that, and have spent all my spare time this year building Modern for HN. I realize this won't be for everyone, but it was a fun project to work on, and I'm really happy with the result so far. Hope you like it too! Lots more planned for future updates, and suggestions welcome :) [1]…
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
- 8HN
I tried to replicate the minimal design of hacker news. A small pet project I wanted to do after getting frustrated with the politics and dumb down conversations the film communities have on X/twitter, instagram and other social platforms have. I'll try to update the landing page with more links, feel free to check it out and judge.
2024 · newyorkdailyinquirer.com · its alternatives →
- 9IM
2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
- 10HN
Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.
2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · its alternatives →
- 11NA
2020 · newsboard.robdelacruz.com · its alternatives →
- 12HN
2024 · yourhackernews.com · its alternatives →
- 13HN
2012 · hackernewstwo.com · its alternatives →
- 14FT
2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →
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A protip by sergiotapia about css, html, and hackernews.
2012 · coderwall.com · its alternatives →
- 16HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
- 17TU
2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →
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Random Hacker News front page generated with AI
2025 · thishackernewsdoesnotexist.com · its alternatives →
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A fast, resilient, isomorphic hacker news clone in ~1k lines of rust. - ivanceras/hackernews-sauron
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →
- 21HD
2018 · hackerdaily.co · its alternatives →
- 22HN
2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · modernhn.com · its alternatives →
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