Which AI models are loved right now? see all the charts →Closed modelsCursor Composer 2.588% loved · 35 peopleGPT Sol 6.185% loved · 45 peopleClaude Opus 5.581% loved · 202 peopleOpen weightsDeepSeek V4 Flash 4.193% loved · 111 peopleQwen 3.887% loved · 223 peopleGLM Flash 5.385% loved · 73 people
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Pick of the day

Delta Chat · Email and chat · 16 recommenders

Recommended for easy, reliable chat over email with end-to-end encryption you can self-host, plus easy bots and WebXDC apps. Caveats are that the encryption still requires understanding the process, and forward secrecy is only planned.

Loved for Encrypted email“Delta Chat is an email client I use and advise to my correspondents, it does GPG stuff quite comfortably.”ruslan, 2026-06
Caveat: Learning curve“Delta Chat is an email client I use and advise to my correspondents, it does GPG stuff quite comfortably.”ruslan, 2026-06

Rising extra recommenders, last 90 days

  1. Pi AI coding tools+91
  2. herdr Terminal and shell+42
  3. Firefox Browsers and extensions+30
  4. OpenRouter AI tools and apps+25
  5. Brave Browsers and extensions+23
All rising →

Hidden gems few recommenders, no warnings

  • Wireshark Networking and VPN · 7 recommendersThis is how it handles TLS decryption [1], which works beautifully.
  • Capacitor Libraries and frameworks · 8 recommendersI’ve had far fewer issues with this app than the likes of Bluesky (react native) and Discord
  • Chroma Databases · 6 recommendersI'm not colorblind but I use that quite often to check roughly if the color palette I choose is fine
  • NeXTSTEP Operating systems and desktop · 8 recommendersTake a look at what was possible in the late 1980s with 8 MB of RAM
  • Total Commander Files, sync and backup · 8 recommendersI use one of its descendants, Total Commander, every day. It's one of the few applications I actually paid for
  • OpenShell Security and passwords · 8 recommendersFor the start menu I replace it with Open Shell, which seems to find apps much more reliably.

AI models ranked on their own, with how each latest release was received · compare all → · which are loved →

  1. Claude2266Claude Opus 5.5: 81% loved · 202 people
  2. GPT994GPT Sol 6.1: 85% loved · 45 people
  3. Gemini627Gemini 4 Argon: 76% loved · 38 people
  4. Qwen536Qwen 3.8: 87% loved · 223 people
  5. DeepSeek487DeepSeek V4 Flash 4.1: 93% loved · 111 people
  6. GLM347GLM 5.3: 82% loved · 92 people
  7. Kimi221Kimi 3.1: 69% loved · 22 people
  8. Gemma165Gemma 4: 81% loved · 244 people
All 62 AI models →

Debates pairs HN compares most often

Claude Code
1378 recommend · 660 warn · 4 switched to it
“I use Claude Code and Codex daily, and I couldn’t be happier.” submeta
Codex
778 recommend · 192 warn · 68 switched to it
“Switched back to Codex just in time for 5.1 codex max xhigh which I've been using for a week, and it was like a breath of fresh air.” mmaunder
857 comments discuss both
Firefox
492 recommend · 309 warn · 31 switched to it
“I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues.” MrJohz
Google Chrome
79 recommend · 241 warn · 14 switched to it
“Save page, speed, battery life, bookmark sync, tab sync, and password sync are all slightly better in Chrome.” xnx
381 comments discuss both
Git
227 recommend · 86 warn · 2 switched to it
“I consider git the best software ever written.” akabalanza
Jujutsu
143 recommend · 15 warn · 49 switched to it
“I have been using jj for about two years now, and I literally cannot imagine going back to using the git cli.” Zambyte
173 comments discuss both
macOS
229 recommend · 378 warn · 21 switched to it
“So, Mac OS it is for me as everything else is worse.” jillesvangurp
Microsoft Windows
87 recommend · 456 warn · 4 switched to it
“I’ll pick windows desktop over anything out there at the moment” BloondAndDoom
218 comments discuss both

Top in category

Git and code hostingAll 73 →
GitLoved for Useful subcommands, Beyond code227ForgejoLoved for Easy self-hosting, GitHub-like148JujutsuLoved for Git compatibility, Easy history editing143CodebergLoved for GitHub alternative, FOSS focus88
Notes and knowledgeAll 67 →
ObsidianLoved for Plain Markdown, Flexible workflow168Org modeLoved for Notes and knowledge, Emacs integration57LogseqLoved for Open source, Fits their thinking20NotionLoved for API and integrations, Docs and knowledge19
SearchAll 44 →
KagiLoved for Beats Google, AI assistant275DuckDuckGoLoved for Google alternative, Result quality97HisterLoved for Never lose pages, Agent research34Google MapsLoved for Virtual exploration, Place lookup32
Monitoring and analyticsAll 36 →
OpenTelemetryLoved for Backend flexibility, Low-maintenance setup18GrafanaLoved for Self-hosted stack, Data source flexibility16PrometheusLoved for Grafana stack, Self-hosted monitoring14PlausibleLoved for Self-hostable, Reliable13
AI coding toolsAll 108 →
Claude CodeLoved for Terminal workflow, Interactive collaboration1378CodexLoved for Beyond coding, Cross-model review778PiLoved for Lightweight, Model flexibility378OpenCodeLoved for Open and local models, Customizable341

3,720 products recommended by at least 3 HN commenters, in 93,002 comments from Nov 2025 to Oct 2026. Rankings: top · rising.

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