Hacker News Alternatives

Hacker News is described as 'Social news website that caters to programmers and entrepreneurs, delivering content related to computer science and entrepreneurship' and is a very popular News Reader in the news & books category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Hacker News, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Self-Hosted and Android Tablet apps. The best Hacker News alternative is Reddit, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Hacker News are Lemmy, Lobsters, Mbin and SaidIt.net.

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  1. News as Facts icon
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    Read the most important global news in minutes presented as quick and unbiased facts. Forever ad-free and privacy respecting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. Kontxt icon
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    Kontxt is an inline communication and engagement tool that adds live collaboration and interactivity to digital content. Enterprise productivity. Remote education. Site owner revenue. Personal social news aggregation, rating, sharing, and discussion.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
     
    • Kontxt is the most popular SaaS alternative to Hacker News.

    • Kontxt is Free Personal and ProprietaryHacker News is Free and Proprietary
  3. MetaFilter icon
     11 likes
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    Weblog that anyone can contribute a link or comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster...

    35 MetaFilter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • MetaFilter is the most popular commercial alternative to Hacker News.

    • MetaFilter is Paid and ProprietaryHacker News is Free and Proprietary
  4. teddit icon
     8 likes
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    A free and open source alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy. Inspired by the Nitter project.

    19 teddit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. PeakD icon
     5 likes
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    An uncensorable social media platform based on the decentralized Hive blockchain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Hackertab.dev icon
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    Hackertab.dev, a handy extension to help developers stay up-to-date with the latest tech happenings. It’s fully customizable, for frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile, data scientists… bref, for all developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  7. Old Pluto icon
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    Old Pluto is a news search engine. Rather than offering you recommendations of what to read like other websites, Old Pluto aims to give you tools to find what you think is important for yourself.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Science & tech news feed and search engine, using an automated system curating news from many sources, removing click bait and unscientific articles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Brutalinks icon
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    Link aggregator inspired by Reddit using ActivityPub federation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Raddle icon
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    Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. daily.dev icon
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    daily.dev is a community of developers getting together around discovering and exploring dev news. Join the movement to empower better software together.

    31 daily.dev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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