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24 alternatives to Simple, readable, chronological front page items from Hacker News

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Simple, readable, chronological front page items from Hacker News launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1VT
   Visit the front page of Hacker News on a random day▲267

   Hi HN. I was surprised that there wasn't a feature here that lets you go back in time to the front page of Hacker News on a random day...so I made one. http://randomhackernews.com is a simple HTML page that navigates you to the front page of HN on a random day between today and February 19, 2007 (the oldest date I could find with content). I made this for myself, but figured others may find some interest in it.

   2024 · randomhackernews.com · its alternatives →

2. 2HT
   HN Timeline - A cool way to read Hacker News Chronologically▲6

   2012 · hntimeline.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   HNSlack▲135

   Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Front Page – Newspaper-style front page for Hacker News▲29

   A newspaper-style front page for Hacker News.

   May 2026 · thefrontpage.dev · its alternatives →

6. 6
   HackerWeb▲88

   A simple and readable Hacker News app

   2016 · hackerwebapp.com · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

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

8. 8HR
   HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

   2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News homepage with links to comments ordered by most recent▲7

   2024 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

10. 10SH
    See Hacker News submissions while you browse▲6

    2020 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

13. 13AP
    a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

14. 14CF
    Cheddar for Hacker News, a Free and Lightweight Hacker News Reader▲6

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15VB
    Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links▲6

    2012 · poppin.bencohen.net · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hacker News Rankings to catch up on the trending stories you missed▲7

    2018 · hakaran.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AE
    An Efficient Way to Browse Hacker News▲24

    2014 · xinglab.com · its alternatives →

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

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20YA
    Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

    2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Read Later for Hacker News▲6

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hacker News Times▲13

    I built a newspaper-style Hacker News reader where you can read articles and comments in one view. Sites that block iframes (Substack, Medium, BBC) get a clean reader mode automatically. It's a PWA, has dark mode, and there's a weekly newsletter. Open source: https://github.com/terryds/hackernewstimes

    Mar 2026 · hackernewstimes.com · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

    2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

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