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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. Time machine for HackerNews launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hacker News Search▲92

   a faster hnsearch

   2014 · hn.algolia.com · its alternatives →

3. 3HN
   Hacker News for Busy People▲5

   2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

4. 4HT
   HN Timeline - A cool way to read Hacker News Chronologically▲6

   2012 · hntimeline.com · its alternatives →

5. 5YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

6. 6AP
   a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

   2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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

   2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

8. 8HN
   Hacker news for science▲9

   2017 · peers.science · its alternatives →

9. 9HN
   Hacker News TLDR▲7

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

10. 10HN
    Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

    2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hacker News For Ideas▲6

    2013 · firespotting.com · its alternatives →

12. 12BH
    Beautiful Hacker News client written under an hour▲8

    2017 · beta.mustak.im · its alternatives →

13. 13HN
    Hacker News Threshold▲8

    2011 · userscripts.org · its alternatives →

14. 14HN
    Hacker News Daily Newsletter▲6

    2015 · nielsole.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Hacker News Puzzle▲5

    Aug 2026 · pzlgames.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

    2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17CF
    Cheddar for Hacker News, a Free and Lightweight Hacker News Reader▲6

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Read Later for Hacker News▲6

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20MH
    My Hacker News clone (redesigned)▲9

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

21. 21HA
    HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News▲6

    2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →

22. 22PN
    Pythonic News – A Hacker News Clone for the Python Community▲6

    2023 · news.python.sc · its alternatives →

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

    2015 · arnauddri.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Ruby Wrapper for the Hacker News API▲6

    2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

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