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. Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AP
   a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

2. 2YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

   2014 · hn-tldr.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

   2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

6. 6
   "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

   2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7TH
   The "Hacker News Status" Twitter account▲6

   2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

8. 8RH
   Responsive Hacker News written in Go▲9

   Jobs, Code, Videos and News for Go hackers - everything about the go programming language

   2016 · golangnews.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

10. 10
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News homepage with links to comments ordered by most recent▲7

    2024 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

15. 15HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

16. 16HN
    Hacker News, by the numbers▲9

    2015 · arnauddri.github.io · its alternatives →

17. 17MH
    My Hacker News clone (redesigned)▲9

    2021 · hacker-news-dj.netlify.app · its alternatives →

18. 18HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    HackNews – Not an Ugly Hacker News Reader▲6

    2018 · hacknews.launchaco.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SH
    See Hacker News submissions while you browse▲6

    2020 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hacker News Articles Subscription and Notification Chrome Plugin▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HN
    Hacker News for Social Impact Work▲5

    2018 · spane.org · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker news for science▲9

    2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

24. 24BH
    Beautiful Hacker News client written under an hour▲8

    2017 · beta.mustak.im · 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 →