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1. 1NA
   Nightlight, an editor that runs inside Clojure projects▲195

   2016 · github.com

2. 2RT
   Real-time collaborative editing plugin for IntelliJ▲65

   2014 · github.com

3. 3
   XKCD Graphs▲94

   Create your own XKCD-style graphs!

   2014

4. 4CN
   Code Notes – A Gatsby theme for publishing code-related notes▲151

   2020 · zander.wtf

5. 5XA
   XKCDBot – A Slackbot for XKCD Web Comics▲5

   2016 · xkcdbot.com

6. 6AD
   A different way to follow xkcd – xkcd Filr stream▲12

   2014 · filr.io

7. 7ME
   My Experimental "Dev Blog" For A Pet Project▲61

   2012 · bvckup2.com

8. 8MW
   My weekend project, a graphics/cellular automata playground▲56

   2011 · demoseen.com

9. 9XM
   Xkcd mario-ish: a playable xkcd mario level▲16

   2018 · natejenkins.ch

10. 10G
    gamedevwebtools▲35

    2013 · github.com

11. 11TX
    The XKCD API in Go▲5

    2016 · github.com

12. 12CA
    Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects▲28

    2011 · chalkboardhq.com

13. 13QI
    Quark-IDE and a JavaScript runtime to build cross-platform desktop apps▲48

    2019 · quarkjs.io

14. 14X2
    Xkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for real▲36

    I finally got tired of XKCD #2347 living rent-free in my head, so I built Stacktower: a tool that takes any real package’s dependency graph and turns it into an actual tower of bricks. Along the way I had to wrestle some surprisingly spicy problems. Full blog post here: https://stacktower.io The result is half visualization tool, half love letter to the chaos of modern dependency trees. Open-source, works with PyPI, Cargo, npm, and more. Code: https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower

    Dec 2025 · stacktower.io

15. 15XN
    XKCD Now Comic Android Widget▲11

    Hey HN, I just started learning Android this week in my free time and the XKCD Now comic inspired my first Android app! The app adds a large, transparent widget of the Now Comic to your android device. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stdiostudios.now I will be posting my source on Github in the near future.

    2014

16. 16X1
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    2017 · staab.github.io

17. 17AT
    A text adventure for developers▲39

    2014 · avausadventure.com

18. 18IP
    IntelliJ plugin to auto generate boilerplate code for Java unit tests▲11

    2018 · squaretest.com

19. 19OP
    [OC] Programming Comics (Bogwarts)▲5

    2020 · bogwarts.github.io

20. 20JF
    Java full-stack starter template for side projects▲7

    2020 · turbovar.com

21. 21IL
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    2017 · claritask.com

22. 22WC
    Watermelon: Connect your services to IntelliJ to get Context▲6

    2023 · github.com

23. 23AC
    Ajour – Command-line project journal▲11

    2015 · github.com

24. 24SX
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    2022 · xkcd-search.typesense.org

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