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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. Visual browsing of Hacker News and Pinboard popular links launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1SH
   See Hacker News submissions while you browse▲6

   2020 · epiverse.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   HackerBuzz▲68

   Hacker News trend visualization

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   HNwatcher▲136

   Track keywords and users on Hacker News

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4HA
   HackerMint, a mobile-friendly infinite-scrolling view of Hacker News▲6

   2015 · hackermint.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Cleaver▲71

   30-second slideshows for hackers

   2014 · jdan.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Desktop Notifications (webkit) for Hacker News▲5

   2015 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

   2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Prettier Hacker News Front End▲7

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

9. 9YA
   Yet Another Hacker News Interface▲8

   2021 · yahni.news · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Simple, readable, chronological front page items from Hacker News▲5

    2021 · hw.leftium.com · its alternatives →

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

    2012 · hackerpolls.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HT
    HN Timeline - A cool way to read Hacker News Chronologically▲6

    2012 · hntimeline.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AV
    A Visual UI to Hacker News▲37

    2022 · v20.ohayo.computer · its alternatives →

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

    2012 · hn4d.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Newsbar – Get to Hacker News Discussions from the Chrome Omnibox▲5

    2015 · dhatch.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Non-Hacker News – a Chrome extension to highlight non-technical stories▲6

    2019 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hacker News Articles Subscription and Notification Chrome Plugin▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18RH
    Responsive Hacker News written in Go, with source▲5

    2015 · gohacker.news · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    Hacker News homepage with links to comments ordered by most recent▲7

    2024 · observablehq.com · its alternatives →

20. 20HV
    Hackerwall - View Hacker News in images, on any device▲6

    2012 · hackerwall.paracode.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hacker News Rankings to catch up on the trending stories you missed▲7

    2018 · hakaran.com · its alternatives →

22. 22HN
    Hacker News Dashboard (hckrnews.com data + kibana3 + qbox.io + appfog)▲9

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

23. 23HN
    Hacker News for Busy People▲5

    2022 · supertechnews.com · its alternatives →

24. 24AP
    a "personalized" Hacker News▲8

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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