Alternatives

Products that do what Visual-HN – a hcker.news reader with images does

1. 1VH
   visual hcker.news extension – story preview images for HN headlines▲5

   Jun 2026 · github.com

2. 2HB
   HN-beautify – a stylesheet for the HN frontpage▲91

   2014 · github.com

3. 3HD
   HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

   2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

4. 4HN
   Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

   2011 · hn.gethifi.com

5. 5
   HN Search (Experimental)▲112

   A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

   2015

6. 6HS
   HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

   2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

7. 7AN
   A New Tool to Understand and Visualize the News▲90

   2019 · newsphere.org

8. 8HT
   hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

   2016 · hnlive.tk

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

   2015 · 2ton.com.au

10. 10DV
    Data visualization news▲76

    2017 · dvblogger.com

11. 11HG
    HN Glance – a visual way to read Hacker News▲6

    Jul 2026 · hnglance.com

12. 12NY
    News/YC - HN Reader for iOS▲33

    2013 · subvertapps.com

13. 13HR
    HN reader that filters out COV**-19 and Coronavir** articles▲52

    2020 · gabrielsroka.github.io

14. 14BA
    BuiltByHackers – a visual feed of Show HN stories▲5

    2019 · builtbyhackers.io

15. 15AV
    A visual HN reader build with Aangular▲5

    2016 · hnews.xyz

16. 16HN
    Hacker News Digest – A responsive HN with summaries and illustrations▲13

    2015 · hackernews.im

17. 17CN
    Curated Newsletter of Show HNs▲59

    2013 · weekendupdate.me

18. 18HH
    HNLive – Hacker News in Real Time▲51

    2016 · hnlive.cf

19. 19
    Hazumi News 3.0▲99

    Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

    2025

20. 20SH
    Showing HN▲66

    2012 · showinghn.com

21. 21SP
    Summarizing popular HN articles▲19

    2011 · skimthat.com

22. 22HN
    HAgnostic News – HN Reader for the Web and React Native App (Android/iOS)▲6

    2016 · github.com

23. 23RA
    ReadHNLater – A HN PWA with a “Read It Later” Feature▲39

    2018 · github.com

24. 24HS
    HN Showcase v2 - browse "Show HN" posts visually▲14

    2012 · hnshowcase.com

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