Consumer and social
2023Ad Accelerator
YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
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Consumer and social
2023YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
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Productivity
2020A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files
Debated1,087 points477 comments
Finance and crypto
2026I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back
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Games
2026SimCity, but with Permits
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AI
2023GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
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Productivity
2021A modern web UI for Wikipedia
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Productivity
2026Open-source alternative to Obsidian
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Consumer and social
2022Remove clutter from recipe sites
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AI
2020Debated956 points342 comments
Learning and science
2022Get conversational practice in over 20 languages by talking to an AI
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Productivity
2023A news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news
Debated1,166 points332 comments
Security and privacy
2014I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
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Consumer and social
2022Troll-resistant public conversations
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Productivity
2025I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Debated1,032 points323 comments
Dev tools
2012A realtime JavaScript framework
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Dev tools
2018A modern, text-based browser
Debated967 points322 comments
AI
2022Whole Git repo was made with ChatGPT
Debated231 points308 comments
Security and privacy
2015Debated353 points298 comments
Productivity
2019A platform for journalists to “open source” their fact checking
Debated593 points298 comments
AI
2015I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot
Debated430 points297 comments
Web and SaaS
2016Hire an Oldster
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Finance and crypto
2023I spent 2 years building a personal finance simulator
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Productivity
2013Ditch Black Text to Read Faster, Easier
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Learning and science
2025I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app
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Languages and libraries
2024Hi everyone, I've been "funemployed" for a few months and with all that free time and idle hands I wrote a…
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Games
2022A game that tests how well you know your local area
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Learning and science
2023Learn piano without sheet music
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Dev tools
2024A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first
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Creative
2025A website that makes you cry
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Hardware
2026Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)
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Productivity
2019300k lines of Java UI code running native in browser at desktop speed
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Learning and science
2011The easiest way to learn to code
Debated787 points232 comments
Dev tools
2018A tool that made me faster at Git
Debated551 points229 comments
Consumer and social
2021The antithesis of Zoom. Add GIFs, stickers, BGs. Talk like IRL
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Web and SaaS
2023An app store just for installable web apps
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Data
2013I mapped US medical prices. Save thousands by driving a few miles
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Learning and science
2026HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
Debated1,242 points221 comments
Languages and libraries
2017Decaffeinate converts CoffeeScript projects to modern JS
Debated361 points219 comments
Web and SaaS
2021open-source tax filing webapp
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Productivity
2026track your house from the terminal
Debated657 points218 comments
Games
2023I'm a Unity 3D refugee, certified expert, started in 2005 when it was a two man-band with Joachim and David.
Debated578 points216 comments
Consumer and social
2023I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety
Debated666 points215 comments
Games
2025Get dropped into history, guess where you landed
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Dev tools
2026Terminal UI for AWS
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Dev tools
2020all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator
Debated575 points209 comments
Infrastructure
2020A tiny Bash alternative to Ansible
Debated276 points208 comments
Productivity
2013Increase your productivity with ambient noise
Debated337 points205 comments
Learning and science
2021Identify car crash editorial anti-patterns using NLP
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Dev tools
2026Claude Code skills that build complete Godot games
Debated337 points205 comments
Productivity
2020screen sharing for remote work, by the cofounder of Screenhero
Debated406 points203 comments
Productivity
2024A Note-Taking app for people who keep texting themselves
Debated219 points201 comments
Consumer and social
2022A website to search for half loaves of bread
Debated196 points200 comments
Infrastructure
2016Free temporary Linux servers
Debated673 points198 comments
Infrastructure
2019Unix-friendly backup service
Debated424 points198 comments
Productivity
2022A modern web UI for Hacker News
Debated308 points198 comments
Data
2012Imagine a search engine that removed top million sites from its index
Debated552 points195 comments
Productivity
2025My AI Native Resume
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Dev tools
2026Let your AI agents paint big arrows, boxes and text on your screen
Debated421 points194 comments
Learning and science
2026Physically accurate black hole you can put in your room
Debated477 points193 comments
Dev tools
2023A developer-first open-source Zapier alternative
Debated745 points190 comments
Productivity
2022An app for when I talk too much in online meetings
Debated451 points189 comments
Creative
2025I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service
Debated316 points188 comments
Learning and science
2024A cheap alternative to college-level math & physics tutoring
Debated391 points187 comments
Learning and science
2026A game where you build a GPU
Debated964 points187 comments
Languages and libraries
2025Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news
Debated472 points184 comments
Dev tools
2019A modern C/C++ build utility
Debated186 points183 comments
Productivity
2024Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time
Debated685 points183 comments
Creative
2026I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
Debated386 points183 comments
Infrastructure
2016World class unlimited email hosting for all your domains from $4/month
Debated336 points182 comments
Consumer and social
2021Find Subreddits for Your Niche
Debated406 points181 comments
Dev tools
2023An easy-to-use CLI for Git
Debated314 points181 comments
Games
2026Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser
Debated241 points181 comments
Productivity
2018CSS for Reverting Gmail's New Look
Debated226 points179 comments
Productivity
2018Dark mode for every website
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Learning and science
2022A free eBook about many lesser-known/secret database tricks
Debated865 points174 comments
Productivity
2025Personal finance tracker
Debated271 points173 comments
Infrastructure
2017Web 1.0 style forum written in Go
Debated226 points172 comments
Dev tools
2025An AI that turns GitHub codebases into easy tutorials
Debated923 points172 comments
Productivity
2019Community Browser for Hacker News, Reddit, YouTube and More
Debated246 points171 comments
Web and SaaS
2019macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry
Debated303 points169 comments
Infrastructure
2024An open-source tool to make on-call suck less
Debated319 points169 comments
Dev tools
2025Run Claude Code from anywhere
Debated310 points168 comments
Hardware
2026A tiny menu bar app for inspecting USB-C cables
Debated566 points168 comments
Web and SaaS
2026A tiny presence layer for websites
Debated278 points168 comments
Languages and libraries
2023A pure C89 implementation of Go channels, with blocking selects
Debated271 points166 comments
Dev tools
2024Hey HN, just wanted to share my success story with CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS.
Debated170 points166 comments
Consumer and social
2017A travel tool to discover destinations based on your budget
Debated377 points165 comments
Productivity
2022A single 24h clock with multiple timezones
Debated440 points165 comments
AI
2023AI summaries of the top HN stories
Debated335 points164 comments
Security and privacy
2017A slightly evil password strength checker
Debated367 points162 comments
Dev tools
2024A modern Jupyter client for macOS
Debated611 points160 comments
Languages and libraries
2014My new JavaScript MVC framework
Debated304 points159 comments
Games
2023Unity like game editor running in pure WASM
Debated644 points159 comments
AI
2023Open-source macOS AI copilot using vision and voice
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AI
2025Generative music for developers
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Languages and libraries
2020Debated418 points156 comments