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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. The "Hacker News Status" Twitter account launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4AP
   a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

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

6. 6
   Mumbly Hour - That's Another Human▲65

   Private Twitter accounts, and disagreeing on the internet

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7RH
   Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

   2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

   2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

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

   2015 · arnauddri.github.io · its alternatives →

10. 10HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

11. 11HN
    Hacker News comments for your blog▲7

    2020 · hndisq.xyz · its alternatives →

12. 12HN
    Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

    2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

14. 14HN
    Hacker News Threshold▲8

    2011 · userscripts.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

16. 16HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

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

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

18. 18HN
    Hacker News homepage with links to comments ordered by most recent▲7

    2024 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    See PG's HN comments in your Twitter feed▲8

    PG's comments on Hacker News.

    2012 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HN
    Hacker news for science▲9

    2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

21. 21HN
    HackNews – Not an Ugly Hacker News Reader▲6

    2018 · hacknews.launchaco.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Hacker News Puzzle▲5

    Aug 2026 · pzlgames.com · its alternatives →

23. 23NF
    Newsfeed for Twitter▲5

    2017 · flockpath.niceasthis.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SH
    See Hacker News submissions while you browse▲6

    2020 · epiverse.co · 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 →