Top 1501–1600 of 3,800

Products recommended by at least 3 HN commenters (Nov 2025 to Oct 2026), ranked by distinct recommenders: one vote per HN user, ties broken by recency. Warnings are shown beside each product, and comments by a product's own makers don't count.

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  1. 1501.
    GrandPerspective · 6 recommenders · Other software
    You can use something like Grand Perspective app to find whats taking up all the space.
  2. 1502.
    NilAway · 6 recommenders · Other software
    That makes nilaway a decent tool to get feedback right away
  3. 1503.
    CodeCrafters · 6 recommenders · Other software
    It's a paid platform, but they give you a basic walk through of different technologies, with full test suites.
  4. 1504.
    Wayback · 6 recommenders · Other software
    FWIW I think "wayback" is the project for this. It seems to be trying to use XWayland to run full X11 desktop environments on top of Wayland
  5. 1505.
    git-annex · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Git and code hosting
    I use git-annex since roughly 10 years to archive files I don't want to loose again.
  6. 1506.
    Tart · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    All the Android / iOS devs on my team use Tart locally when we need to test mixed environments.
  7. 1507.
    Asterisk · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Self-hosted and home server
    Software wise, if you have a PBX line (which the telco will change for) you can run Asterix
  8. 1508.
    Paredit · 6 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    fyi I use paredit and just hit ) and it moves me past any kind of paren/bracket.
  9. 1509.
    Coder · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I'm using https://coder.com for all my development containers.
  10. 1510.
    EXWM · 6 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    You'll have to pry EXWM[0] from my cold, dead hands
  11. 1511.
    ZFSBootMenu · 6 recommenders · Other software
    ZFSBootMenu and the ability to roll back to snapshots
  12. 1512.
    Autobase · 6 recommenders · Databases
    I also recommend autobase, a set of ansible roles for a highly available postgres cluster on hetzner or other clouds
  13. 1513.
    YouTube No Translation · 6 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    The YouTube No Translation add-on automatically turns off the robodubs and translated titles
  14. 1514.
    p5.js · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    P5JS makes it very easy to start playing around with.
  15. 1515.
    openSUSE Tumbleweed · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    I switched to OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and I am really enjoying it so far.
  16. 1516.
    Qwen Code · 6 recommenders · AI coding tools
    Together with Qwen Code (fork of Gemini) it is actually pretty capable.
  17. 1517.
    Gershwin · 6 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    It looks really cool for those Apple folk among us
  18. 1518.
    Superwhisper · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · AI models and assistants
    stopped using it when i replaced it with superwhisper
  19. 1519.
    Kvaesitso · 6 recommenders · Productivity
    I switched to Kvaesitso from Nova about a month ago and it's been amazing and it's open source.
  20. 1520.
    Luanti · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    Check out Luanti. My son pulled off his own multiplayer game
  21. 1521.
    DeepSeek API · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    with 2$ I was able to get around 120M tokens from deepseek easily
  22. 1522.
    UXN · 6 recommenders · Other software
    it is extremely simple and can run on very limited hardware
  23. 1523.
    Files.md · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    it forked https://files.md and set it up on my home server
  24. 1524.
    WarpBuild · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    for paid workers I'd reach for WarpBuild or similar most of the time (WarpBuild still runs my deploys/iOS builds)
  25. 1525.
    coreboot · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Other software
    I love coreboot, openbmc, etc. as much as the next guy
  26. 1526.
    Deskflow · 6 recommenders · Other software
    Loved for Free Synergy alternative, Cross-platform · Caveat No trackpad support
  27. 1527.
    Radicale · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Self-hosted and home server
    I picked it because it's in a language I know (Python) and free and copyleft.
  28. 1528.
    Leptos · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    For those looking for an actual Rust web framework, check out Leptos
  29. 1529.
    TRMNL · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Self-hosted and home server
    I bought a TRMNL display and set up a simple template to do the same
  30. 1530.
    GPT-5 Thinking · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    I used GPT-5.2-Thinking for some searches yesterday and it followed my instructions perfectly.
  31. 1531.
    picoclaw · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    I eventually settled on trying picoclaw[1] because it was extremely small, fast, and had enough features
  32. 1532.
    iCloud+ · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    you can get iCloud+ for $1/month and get the email provider (bring your own domain) among other things
  33. 1533.
    NeverSSL · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Networking and VPN
    You can use a service explicitly meant for that like http://neverssl.com.
  34. 1534.
    Unikraft · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    If you want pure compute, https://unikraft.com has been great.
  35. 1535.
    celld · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    with a known good open source history. Durable writes there are as low as 1ms.
  36. 1536.
    Prism · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    It seems to be a great agentic canvas for authoring latex.
  37. 1537.
    GoLand · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Editors and IDEs
    Loved for Best for Go, Code navigation · Caveat Resource usage
  38. 1538.
    Vertex AI · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · AI models and assistants
    I pay by the token via VertexAi, better than those budget plans that rate limit you
  39. 1539.
    Corfu · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    I switched to Eglot/Corfu/Vertico/Tempel. I much prefer the new wave.
  40. 1540.
    Dokku · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    A small VPS + LetsEncrypt + Dokku is a fantastic way to run personal side projects/hustles at minimal cost.
  41. 1541.
    Cloudflare Quick Tunnels · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Networking and VPN
    it's very easy to just run a quick tunnel with "cloudflared tunnel --url localhost:XXXX"
  42. 1542.
    pg_lake · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Databases
    I love this. There are definitely shops where the data is a bit too much for postgres but something like Snowflake would be overkill.
  43. 1543.
    ExplorerPatcher · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Terminal and shell
    Shout out to https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher for forcing this behavior even on Windows 11.
  44. 1544.
    Quickshell · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Terminal and shell
    I recently configured it with Quickshell[1], and couldn't be happier.
  45. 1545.
    PhotoSync · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Files, sync and backup
    Personally I use PhotoSync [^2] to backup our photos from phones to a NAS. It works reliably
  46. 1546.
    Campfire · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    It's open source, trivial to self-host, and can support an arbitrary number of rooms and users.
  47. 1547.
    FLTK · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    FLTK was a pleasure to use (for uncomplicated software)
  48. 1548.
    Xray · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Networking and VPN
    Free Law Project also has this open source tool to detect bad redactions: https://github.com/freelawproject/x-ray
  49. 1549.
    Breezy Weather · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    It's the best weather data and presentation I ever had.
  50. 1550.
    Wokwi · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    there are plenty of things like https://wokwi.com and it's fun
  51. 1551.
    bwrap · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Security and passwords
    Generate bwrap options (for use in bwrap or gVisor) rather than build the sandbox itself
  52. 1552.
    Sentry · 6 recommenders · 10 warn · Monitoring and analytics
    found it performant and pretty easy to keep running and updated
  53. 1553.
    JustWatch · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Search
    I love JustWatch and most of the time it's given me the answer I need.
  54. 1554.
    Visual Basic 6 · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    I loved how you can 'paint' controls, and it generates functions for you to fill in based on events.
  55. 1555.
    Tubular · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
  56. 1556.
    gopls · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Other software
    gopls is a great LSP, though, and it warns you about this immediately.
  57. 1557.
    CUPS · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Other software
    In Linux it's pretty easy to create such things with cups.
  58. 1558.
    io_uring · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    I would probably easily agree that io_uring in general is a better design
  59. 1559.
    systemd-nspawn · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I second systemd-nspawn being a hidden gem for this usecase.
  60. 1560.
    Tridactyl · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Browsers and extensions
    plugins like Vimium for Chromium based browsers (or Tridactyl for Firefox)
  61. 1561.
    Google Family Link · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Other software
    i use google family link - which allows me to limit any apps/websites my child could view.
  62. 1562.
    Argon · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · AI models and assistants
    I’ve really appreciated its qualities when supervising my agents’ activities
  63. 1563.
    GLM-OCR · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    GLM-OCR is the best single model I have found for OCR over documents with good table extraction/formatting.
  64. 1564.
    Linux From Scratch · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    I always recommend going through this for those that want a deeper understanding of linux, the kernel, and all its accoutrements.
  65. 1565.
    DeepSeek-OCR · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    DeepSeek-OCR proved 10x+ compression from visual embedding of text
  66. 1566.
    sc-im · 6 recommenders · 1 warns · Terminal and shell
    I've been using https://github.com/andmarti1424/sc-im for a while now
  67. 1567.
    Google Assistant · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    I use Google Assistant for things like "add a reminder", "set an alarm"
  68. 1568.
    wgpu · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    I am proficient with, and love EGUI and WGPU. (The latter for 3D).
  69. 1569.
    Metal · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · Media and creative
    I vibe coded a wgpu version for the grid, but then switched to Metal.
  70. 1570.
    Apple HomeKit · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Productivity
    I also use HomeKit as the main hub of my home automation
  71. 1571.
    Charles Proxy · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · Networking and VPN
    Charles a model like Sublime Text: you buy it and get to keep the version forever
  72. 1572.
    ChatGPT Images · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · AI models and assistants
    I used it to visualise different arrangements of my furniture and it worked nicely.
  73. 1573.
    Keynote · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Other software
    I can't find a sufficiently functional alternative to Keynote, which I need every day for my work.
  74. 1574.
    Wise · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Finance
    Sounds like a good time to check out Wise or other similar options.
  75. 1575.
    Privacy Pass · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Browsers and extensions
    You can use the privacy pass [0] browser extension to skip them.
  76. 1576.
    MTPLX · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    Checkout MTPLX. I use the Youssofal/Qwen3.8-27B-MTPLX-Optimized-Speed model and I get around 12 tok/s on a 36GB MBP.
  77. 1577.
    ONNX Runtime · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · AI models and assistants
    We use the ONNX runtime for small models in the browser
  78. 1578.
    Atlas · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · AI models and assistants
    I use https://github.com/ariga/atlas for this, migration based and schema base both has there good and bad side, I prefer both even in one project
  79. 1579.
    sandbox-runtime · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · Security and passwords
    Loved for Agent containment, OS-level enforcement · Caveat Blocks dev tooling
  80. 1580.
    CDE · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    It is highly pleasing and apt to me that the real original CDE
  81. 1581.
    Codex App · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · AI coding tools
    The desktop app is actually really good (esp on macos).
  82. 1582.
    vterm · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Terminal and shell
    My main use case is emacsclient and vterm as a terminal multiplexer, in place of something like tmux or screen
  83. 1583.
    Roo Code · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · AI coding tools
    I personally liked RooCode more, but that got retired
  84. 1584.
    Apple Pages · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · Other software
    I'll take Apple's Office suite (Pages, etc.) over MS Office any day
  85. 1585.
    Monarch Money · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Finance
    Monarch Money is incredibly smooth and functional considering the complexity.
  86. 1586.
    Confer · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · AI models and assistants
    If you want privacy the only option that reasonably delivers is Moxie's https://confer.to
  87. 1587.
    Zig · 6 recommenders · 3 warn · Other software
    I personally think that Zig's combination of expressivity and simplicity, while still being low-level, is an unprecedented killer feature
  88. 1588.
    Discourse · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · Other software
    The nice thing about Discourse is, I feel like threads are more permanent.
  89. 1589.
    Le Chat · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · AI models and assistants
    Mistral performs well for me and I see no reason to use something else.
  90. 1590.
    Fingerprint · 6 recommenders · 2 warn · Browsers and extensions
    I always point people to https://fingerprint.com/ to see if their browser can defeat it.
  91. 1591.
    gamescope · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · Other software
    On Linux the gamescope tool provides a custom isolated graphics context
  92. 1592.
    Midjourney · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · AI models and assistants
    I like it best for image generation which I do for work
  93. 1593.
    OpenGL · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · Media and creative
    go with OpenGL, it's cross-platform, old (which is good and bad at the same time) and is the easiest of them all.
  94. 1594.
    KVM · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    addition of KVM! I remember when this was not a given, in the Xen days
  95. 1595.
    Yarn · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    yarn still has a feature that I frequently miss: the project-local cache
  96. 1596.
    Gondolin · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · Security and passwords
    Sandbox: `https://github.com/earendil-works/gondolin`
  97. 1597.
    Inkling · 6 recommenders · 4 warn · AI models and assistants
    Very nice, multi modal, largest open weight model that supports audio.
  98. 1598.
    Kagi Small Web · 6 recommenders · 7 warn · Search
    Personally, I use https://github.com/kagisearch/smallweb/ to feed my search engine / crawler.
  99. 1599.
    zram · 6 recommenders · 6 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    The latency of zram (compressed in memory) is still lower than the fastest SSDs which reduces those stalls.
  100. 1600.
    anyhow · 6 recommenders · 5 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    Or just go with Anyhow until you find a need for something else.
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