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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. See Hacker News submissions while you browse launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1VB
   Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links▲6

   2012 · poppin.bencohen.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HN
   Hacker News for Busy People▲5

   2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

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

6. 6YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

7. 7HS
   Hacker Search – real time search for Hacker News▲32

   2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacker News Rankings to catch up on the trending stories you missed▲7

   2018 · hakaran.com · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

   2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Read Later for Hacker News▲6

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

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

    2024 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

14. 14HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

16. 16
    Hacker News Articles Subscription and Notification Chrome Plugin▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Simple, readable, chronological front page items from Hacker News▲5

    2021 · hw.leftium.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19WN
    Weekly newsletter of top Hacker News posts curated by the community▲5

    2021 · efficientdemocracy.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AP
    a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker News, by the numbers▲9

    2015 · arnauddri.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24HT
    HN Timeline - A cool way to read Hacker News Chronologically▲6

    2012 · hntimeline.com · 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 →