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  Hacker News Classics2018 · jsomers.net · ▲864
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  Top PDFs Posted to Hacker News in 20182019 · getpolarized.io · ▲411
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  Hacker Newsletter2014 · hackernewsletter.com · ▲143

  Best of Hacker News in your inbox every Friday.

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  I Built a “Google Alerts” for Hacker News2019 · pipedream.com · ▲151
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  Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker NewsJun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · ▲140

  Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.

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  Hacker News Without News2023 · hn.build-your-own.org · ▲146

  Hacker News Without News: A curated newsletter of interesting things.

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  /dev/null▲491

  a social network for devs

  Dev tools · 4d ago · dev-null.sh

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  Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices▲443

  Contribute to oosexgang/hackios-xnu-kernel development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 19h ago · github.com

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  Whiteboard (YC W26) – an open-source IDE for thoughtful software design▲423

  open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 29d ago · github.com

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  Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things▲411

  Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

  Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

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  OpenBot▲362

  Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

  Dev tools · 24d ago · openbot.run

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  Talanoa▲346

  Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

  Dev tools · 22d ago · talanoa.email

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  Bento▲1,372

  A link in bio, but rich and beautiful

  Dev tools · 2023 · linktr.ee

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  Jitter 1.0▲1,020

  A fast and simple animation tool on the web 💫

  Work · 2023 · jitter.video

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  Twinr 2.0▲962

  Convert any website to mobile apps in minutes

  Dev tools · 2023 · twinr.dev

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  Decktopus AI▲868

  Your on-demand presentation generator

  AI · 2023 · decktopus.com

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  Aaply▲812

  Make your mobile app happen

  Dev tools · 2023 · aaply.app

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  Scalenut▲783

  AI that powers your entire content lifecycle

  AI · 2023 · scalenut.com