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Products that do what Unofficial HN API Users’ Repository does

1. 1BE
   Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience▲259

   2019 · github.com

2. 2HD
   HN Document Repository▲5

   2016 · udocz.com

3. 3QA
   Q&A for HN users▲142

   2012 · askolo.com

4. 4HT
   hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

   2016 · hnlive.tk

5. 5HC
   HN Chat – Minimal Hacker News Chat with User Verification▲180

   2016 · hnchat.com

6. 6A2
   Angular 2 HN – A progressive Hacker News client that works offline▲134

   2016 · github.com

7. 7AG
   A Gnus Back End for HN▲103

   2019 · github.com

8. 8HB
   HN-beautify – a stylesheet for the HN frontpage▲91

   2014 · github.com

9. 9HL
   Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

   2015 · 2ton.com.au

10. 10SA
    SlashApi – a web platform to build REST APIs without code▲88

    2021 · slashapi.com

11. 11MN
    My New HN Browser Extension▲19

    2019 · chrome.google.com

12. 12
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015

13. 13RH
    React-hn – Supports all Hacker News API v0 item types▲69

    2014 · github.com

14. 14FN
    Food News - HN Clone Built With Django and Drum, Uses Persona for Auth▲84

    2013 · food.hypertexthero.com

15. 15AM
    API Marketplace for Developers by Developers▲54

    2016 · askmacgyver.com

16. 16AA
    An analysis of the complete HN history with command line tools only▲10

    2015 · github.com

17. 17RI
    Restful.io – a curated list of resources for API developers▲18

    2015 · restful.io

18. 18AT
    A thin Python library to access HN data using Algolia's API▲15

    Hello community. Some time ago I was trying to create a project for my students using Hacker News data. As you might know, HN offers an official API [0], but it's based on Firebase and I felt it's main usage is to build clients, rather than consult data. I found out that Algolia also provides an official REST API [1]. It's exactly what I needed: the ability to "search" HN. Either by keywords, type of stories (Show HN, Ask HN, etc) and/or date. So I created a thin python wrapper on top of Algolia's Search API: https://github.com/santiagobasulto/python-hacker-news The…

    2019

19. 19HB
    Hacker Backlinks – HN Stories Most Linked To By HN Comments▲6

    Feb 2026 · hacker-backlinks.browserbox.io

20. 20HN
    Hacker News 2 - A HN clone built on Node.js, Backbone, and MongoDB▲23

    2012 · hackernewstwo.com

21. 21LI
    LambdaNews.io, an HN client built with Vue▲9

    2018 · lambdanews.io

22. 22AH
    A HN Api to provide random HN posts to read upon▲5

    2015 · github.com

23. 23HN
    Hacker News Digest – A responsive HN with summaries and illustrations▲13

    2015 · hackernews.im

24. 24AP
    a portal to view HN Polls(prototype)▲5

    2013 · hn-polls.herokuapp.com

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