Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Uphack – Decentralized Hackernews Powered by Tendermint Consensus launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Postatic▲196

   Create your own HackerNews

   2014 · postatic.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BetaPage 2.0▲224

   Community of Hackers and Makers

   2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HNSlack▲135

   Get the front page of Hacker News in your Slack, every day

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Slack-HN▲99

   Read Hacker News right from Slack

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5HN
   HackNews – Not an Ugly Hacker News Reader▲6

   2018 · hacknews.launchaco.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HN
   Hacker News 2.0 - A Work in Progress▲7

   2012 · hn2.co · its alternatives →

7. 7TM
   Time machine for HackerNews▲9

   2014 · tthn.wenbin.org · its alternatives →

8. 8HS
   Hacker Search – real time search for Hacker News▲32

   2017 · hacker-search.net · its alternatives →

9. 9YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

10. 10HN
    Hacker News channel on Denso (Videos from popular posts on HN)▲9

    We're still in private beta but would love to give more invites and get feedback.

    2011 · its alternatives →

11. 11HP
    Hacker Polls, an aggregator for polls on Hacker News▲6

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

12. 12RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Newsbar – Get to Hacker News Discussions from the Chrome Omnibox▲5

    2015 · dhatch.github.io · its alternatives →

14. 14HR
    HN4D: Recent Hacker News Front Page Activity▲7

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HN
    Hacker News Dashboard (hckrnews.com data + kibana3 + qbox.io + appfog)▲9

    2013 · hnk.aws.af.cm · its alternatives →

16. 16AS
    A Smart Client-Side JavaScript Hacker News Button▲8

    2015 · blog.giantswarm.io · its alternatives →

17. 17TH
    The "Hacker News Status" Twitter account▲6

    2014 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

18. 18YA
    Yet Another HackerNews client▲5

    2017 · hn10.org · its alternatives →

19. 19PN
    Pythonic News – A Hacker News Clone for the Python Community▲6

    2023 · news.python.sc · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Hacker Beat▲2

    Real-time tech news

    2018 · hackerbeat.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

22. 22PH
    Pure-hn – Real-time Hacker News UI in AngularJS and Firebase▲8

    2014 · rvikmanis.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

24. 24BH
    Beautiful Hacker News client written under an hour▲8

    2017 · beta.mustak.im · 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 →