Get emailed whenever your brand is mentioned on Hacker News or Reddit
Get emailed when your keywords are mentioned on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters. Free keyword monitoring and brand alerts.
Get emailed whenever your brand is mentioned on Hacker News or Reddit launched on February 20, 2017 with 27 votes, #745 of 3,156 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
F5Bot monitors Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters for mentions of specified keywords and sends email alerts within minutes when matches are found. The service is free and requires only an email address to start tracking brand names, products, or topics across all three platforms simultaneously. Users can describe what they want to find in natural language, and the tool searches both posts and comments across every subreddit.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
F5Bot monitors Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters for your keywords and sends you an alert within minutes. Free to use. No credit card required. Sign up with just an email address. No credit card or payment information needed. Enter the brand names, products, or topics you want to track across Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters. Receive an email within minutes when your keywords appear in a new post or comment. Monitor all three platforms at once. Track mentions across posts and comments in every subreddit. Go beyond exact keywords. Describe what you're looking for in natural language, and let AI evaluate every new discussion. Narrow results by subreddit, exclude unwanted terms, require…from f5bot.com
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