Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Hacker News

Product categories

Action Bookmark Manager Code Collaboration Code Coverage Decentralised Social Network Decentralized Social Network Forums Knowledge Sharing Marketing Photos & Graphics Social Networks Social News

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Hacker News are Lobsters, 4chan, and SaidIt.net. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Lobsters Landing Page
1

Lobsters

Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by ...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 120 social mentions
4chan Landing Page
2

4chan

4chan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 61 social mentions
SaidIt.net Landing Page
3

SaidIt.net

Saidit.net - say your truth.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Knowledge Sharing #Social News 130 social mentions
Aether Landing Page
4

Aether

Aether is a free app that you use to read, write in, and create community moderated, distributed...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 100 social mentions
Jerboa for Lemmy Landing Page
5

Jerboa for Lemmy

Lemmy
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Knowledge Sharing 613 social mentions
Reddit Enhancement Suite Landing Page
6

Reddit Enhancement Suite

The Definitive Reddit Add-on
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Marketing 1302 social mentions
Echo JS Landing Page
7

Echo JS

Echo JS is a community-driven news site entirely focused on JavaScript development, HTML5, and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Forums 1 social mentions
Standard JS Landing Page
8

Standard JS

DevOps, Build, Test, Deploy, and Code Review
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Code Coverage #Code Collaboration 26 social mentions
Dissenter Landing Page
9

Dissenter

Dissenter is the comment section of the internet. It creates a digital public square on every URL.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Bookmark Manager 4 social mentions
non.io
10

Nonio

Reddit-like platform that shares profits with creators.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Project Management #Social News 2 social mentions
exhentai.org
11

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Exhentai

Exhentai is an anime/manga image site which has a lot of hentai images (as the name implies) and content (such as doujin/doujinshi scans from Japanese magazines, CG artwork, hentai manga series, fan art, etc...)
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Networks #Social News #Photos & Graphics 2 social mentions
Scuttlebutt Landing Page
12

Scuttlebutt

A decent(ralised) secure gossip platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Social Network #Decentralised Social Network #Decentralized Social Network 50 social mentions