Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Yack is a community browser that aggregates content from multiple platforms including Hacker News, Reddit, and YouTube. It allows users to browse and explore discussions and posts across these different communities in… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Yack – Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1LB
   Like Button for Hacker News▲568

   2011 · hnlike.com · its alternatives →

2. 2FT
   Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

   2016 · hackernewsfilter.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript▲433

   HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4TH
   The Hacker News Button▲52

   2013 · hn-button.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   HackerWeb▲189

   A simply readable Hacker News app

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Feedboard▲260

   Your favourite feeds in one place

   2024 · feedboard.app · its alternatives →

7. 7HN
   Hacker News Comments▲189

   2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hacker News Front Page Explorer▲150

   A database of top ranking Hacker News front page posts

   2020 · harishgarg.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page▲180

   Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…

   2025 · hcker.news · its alternatives →

10. 10YH
    Ypander - Hackernews like it should be [for Chrome]▲34

    2012 · ypander.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News▲140

    Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.

    Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →

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

    2013 · subvertapps.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TU
    The users behind Hacker News▲193

    2011 · hnwho.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hacker News Stack▲138

    Focus on the really fresh and unread news in Hacker News.

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    HN.watch – Videos of all Hacker News posts▲225

    The Hacker News front page, with a short video explainer for every story.

    25d ago · hn.watch · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HackerNew for Chrome▲150

    I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AA
    Add a “1” to your Hacker News URL to get fancy social previews▲119

    For example, paste this into Slack or Discord or whatever: https://news.ycombinator1.com/item?id=30179549 It works with comments, too: https://news.ycombinator1.com/item?id=30180253 Hastily-developed source: https://github.com/statico/ycombinator1.com

    2022 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HNSlack▲135

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19RL
    Reading list of popular Hacker News users▲143

    2019 · collectoral.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Newsit▲63

    Find the discussion around the page you're looking at!

    2018 · newsit.benwinding.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Startuphack V2▲82

    A community for startups to share and vote on the best links

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Newsit – Get to HackerNews or Reddit Comments (Chrome Extension)▲17

    2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

23. 23FA
    Filter and read Hacker News by category▲78

    2015 · blog.monkeylearn.com · its alternatives →

24. 24HN
    HackerNews News Recommender▲97

    The best ideas are both simple and outlandish.

    2012 · normansoven.com · its alternatives →

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