AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to TechScrunch

Very relAIble open source alternative for TechCrunch

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TechScrunch launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Paper Run▲177
The ultimate tech & science news mashup
2019 · paperrun.com · its alternatives →
2
TrapCrunch▲126
"Someone Made A TechCrunch Parody Site And It’s Hilarious"
2014 · hobokencityfc.com · its alternatives →
3
Guess The Twitter Source▲123
TechCrunch, Hacker News, Onion or Product Hunt?
2014 · guessthetwittersource.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
4
TechCrunch 3.0▲404
The mobile app, completely redesigned from the ground up ✨
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Clickbait Generator▲202
One-step clickbait headlines
2016 · clickbaiter.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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This Hacker News Does Not Exist▲252
2022 · coxomb.github.io · its alternatives →
7
Flash▲155
Read all your tech news in one place
2022 · its alternatives →
8
I built a tech news aggregator that works the way my brain does▲188
An honest to god, non-algorithmic reverse chrono list of tech news that passes my signal-to-noise tests, updated hourly. A lightweight a page design as I've been able to keep; simple, clean, fast. No commercial features or aspirations - this is a passion project, something I've been fooling around with on and off for decades. There's a "Top" view too with an LLM edited front page & summary, and categorized views for a large number of topics - see the Directory. A few more buried features to explore, but the fundamental use case is pop in, scan, exit - fast and concise. Your feedback would be…
Oct 2025 · deadstack.net · its alternatives →
9
NewsBot▲189
The fastest way to find related articles
2015 · pedicuresalonaangenaam.nl · its alternatives →
10
CrunchHunt▲93
Every day, the most popular articles of TechCrunch
2015 · crunchhunt.com · its alternatives →
11
Tech News Summary by Concise AI▲110
Daily tech news summary, powered by AI
2023 · its alternatives →
12
Pluggdin▲85
RSS feed and AI had a cute tech news baby
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
13
Hacker News Search▲92
a faster hnsearch
2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →
14
AI-Daily News (Beta)▲138
AI-generated news podcast customized to your preferences
2023 · ai-dailynews.com · its alternatives →
15
AI With Vibes▲163
Become AI smarter and funnier in just 5 minutes
2023 · aiwithvibes.com · its alternatives →
16
Twibble.io▲97
A Better Blog-to-Twitter Automation Service
2014 · twibble.io · its alternatives →
17
The Technology Bullshit Generator▲138
Create fancy tech jargon in seconds
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Codecrap▲93
Where developers go to laugh and cry
2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →
19
TweetBoostr▲96
Automate your tweets, amplify your reach
2023 · its alternatives →
20
HubPress▲124
A web application to build your blog on GitHub
2015 · its alternatives →
21IB
I built a Hacker News inspired newsboard for AI and robotics▲68
Hey my name is Crisa and this is my first post here on HN. I love this site and it inspired me to build a clone of it for my newsletter. Instead of having a boring landing page, I hope to gather articles, blogs, interesting projects on my own platform. I would appreciate any feedback, good or bad so that I can improve the site. Email: gazcrisa (at) gmail (dot) com
2023 · gptroad.com · its alternatives →
22
Bear This News▲87
Automates TLDR news for software developers, PMs & Ai folks
2023 · its alternatives →
23
Wikispeedia▲73
A game for Wikipedia - connect articles in the fewest clicks
2015 · cs.mcgill.ca · its alternatives →
24
Tinypress▲118
Online editor for your Github page blog
2014 · tinypress.co · its alternatives →

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