Top 1801–1900 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. 1801.
    LXQt · 5 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    I've been very pleased with Arch and LXQt, as a developer
  2. 1802.
    btop · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Monitoring and analytics
    Loved for Terminal workflow fit, Liked interface · Caveat Memory leak
  3. 1803.
    OpenFGA · 5 recommenders · Other software
    I really respect OpenFGA & team behind it, I used it in multiple projects and it completely eliminate the AuthZ from our code.
  4. 1804.
    WorkOS · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Security and passwords
    Recently I moved to WorkOS for modulus.so. love your product.
  5. 1805.
    Hevy · 5 recommenders · Other software
    Hevy existed before gen AI took the world by storm and it's still being actively maintained, highly recommend checking it out
  6. 1806.
    S2 · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    I used S2 to make https://wherewords.id/ It was very pleasant to work with
  7. 1807.
    Chrome Mask · 5 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    A user-agent spoofer like Chrome Mask is helpful here
  8. 1808.
    Lazydocker · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    Lazydocker is still objectively the better tool for normal people.
  9. 1809.
    LemonSlice · 5 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Having a real-time video conversation with an AI is a trippy feeling.
  10. 1810.
    Ornith-1.5 · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    my new daily driver is Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-MLX-4bit. I recommend giving that a whirl
  11. 1811.
    jira-cli · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    just install this and have claude write a skill on how to use it
  12. 1812.
    compound-engineering-plugin · 5 recommenders · AI coding tools
    I’m a big fan of the Compound Engineering plugin from Every.
  13. 1813.
    CodeCompanion · 5 recommenders · AI coding tools
    paired with CodeCompanion it is really powerful and ergonomic, way more them combining external harnesses
  14. 1814.
    simdjson · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    It showcases an especially ingenious scheme for escaping json strings
  15. 1815.
    DS4 Flash · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    DS4 Flash is usually my go-to for a lot of things these days
  16. 1816.
    GNUstep · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    the results are a 20 minute build on low powered raspberry pi
  17. 1817.
    Shotcut · 5 recommenders · Media and creative
    I used https://www.shotcut.org/ to edit a few videos, it has many effects.
  18. 1818.
    Parachute Backup · 5 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
    I'm a big fan of Parachute Backup for this purpose.
  19. 1819.
    FreeBSD jails · 5 recommenders · Security and passwords
    Free BSD Jails are great! I use them on https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ and they work well.
  20. 1820.
    Auto Tab Discard · 5 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I use Auto Tab Discard so that most of the tabs are "hibernated" and don't consume so many resources.
  21. 1821.
    AppCleaner · 5 recommenders · Other software
    I've had success with AppCleaner[0] and Pearcleaner[1].
  22. 1822.
    Accrescent · 5 recommenders · Other software
    I’ve started donating monthly to Accrescent instead, download as many apps as I can from there
  23. 1823.
    ravynOS · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    It would be awesome using what is essentially a community-driven clone of macOS
  24. 1824.
    Tailsnitch · 5 recommenders · Security and passwords
    I love the idea of this tool and will for sure be using it
  25. 1825.
    dust · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    I can't recommend `dust` enough: https://github.com/bootandy/dust
  26. 1826.
    DR-DOS · 5 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    I was a DR-DOS 6.0 user and it was great, 7.0 seemed to be worse.
  27. 1827.
    GLiNER · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    Also, Gliner or similar models for different uses.
  28. 1828.
    USearch · 5 recommenders · Search
    It's plenty fast and is happy working with vectors on disk
  29. 1829.
    Todoist · 5 recommenders · 3 warn · Productivity
    My personal takeaway from it was to try Todoist, which has been a complete game changer in my life.
  30. 1830.
    Moom · 5 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    personally I just use Moom and have been for years
  31. 1831.
    LlamaBarn · 5 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    I switched to using LlamaBarn to manage local models on macOS.
  32. 1832.
    SDF · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    I feel like I would trust them more than probably anyone else for hosting a static website for a 100 years.
  33. 1833.
    Exercism · 5 recommenders · Other software
    Exercism (https://exercism.org/) is a free online platform designed for learning and practicing coding skills.
  34. 1834.
    OneDev · 5 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    features that make OneDev superior to pretty much every other CI/CD product out there.
  35. 1835.
    cloudflared · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Networking and VPN
    Running "cloudflared tunnel" sets up a temp solution. No log in needed, pretty convenient.
  36. 1836.
    inkscape-silhouette · 5 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I use an Inkscape extension to send my own designs to a vinyl cutter that works perfectly well
  37. 1837.
    Xen · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    the attack surface of the Xen hypervisor itself is fairly minimal
  38. 1838.
    crt.sh · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Search
    You could just pull tls cert registrations CT logs, way easier. Or https://crt.sh
  39. 1839.
    sqlx · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Databases
    I actually took a lot of inspiration from sqlx, which is really nice.
  40. 1840.
    Simon Tatham's Puzzles · 5 recommenders · Other software
    for anyone who wants to try nonograms on an Android smartphone I recommend Simon Tatham's Puzzles[2]
  41. 1841.
    GLM Coding Plan · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI coding tools
    Genuine advice: supplement your Claude Code plan with a GLM Coding plan
  42. 1842.
    Contexts · 5 recommenders · Other software
    https://contexts.co is another good way to jump around windows in macOS.
  43. 1843.
    IVPN · 5 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    So far I have to say I am really impressed. Clients are all open source, really configurable, and speed and reliability seems as good as Mullvad.
  44. 1844.
    xan · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    It's the best tool there is for reading and analyzing csv files
  45. 1845.
    Sensor Watch · 5 recommenders · Other software
    check out sensorwatch.net or other mods that may exist for the Casio F-91W
  46. 1846.
    Squid · 5 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    The great thing about using squid and disabling DNS is you can stop DNS and HTTP exfil, but still allow certain websites to be accessible.
  47. 1847.
    GhostBSD · 5 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    I switched from Devuan (Debian without SystemD) to GhostBSD a few weeks ago.
  48. 1848.
    Nova · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    Heck, I use Panic's Nova for my text editing and it does that out of the box with no configuration needed.
  49. 1849.
    Qwen Image Edit · 5 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Qwen-Image-2512/Qwen-Edit-2511. They are both decent
  50. 1850.
    GoboLinux · 5 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    see https://gobolinux.org/ which has more sane dirs.
  51. 1851.
    Toad · 5 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    compared to Opencode, Amp, and Toad I can feel the
  52. 1852.
    git-spice · 5 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    Personally I use git-spice in place of all the conventional git commands.
  53. 1853.
    FreeSewing · 5 recommenders · Media and creative
    FreeSwewing is an awesome project by Joost De Cock!
  54. 1854.
    Dots · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    I used dots and enjoyed it because I could supplement my codex usage
  55. 1855.
    Postmark · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    I've been using Postmark for many years, and have zero complaints.
  56. 1856.
    DigitalOcean App Platform · 5 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    Digital Ocean App Platform is great. We switched to it from Heroku in 2021.
  57. 1857.
    WinDirStat · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    It's totally helpful and useful, and as a bonus, has an excellent and intuitive display
  58. 1858.
    Gnus · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    gnus, org, wgrep/wdired, occur, consult all work together to improve each other.
  59. 1859.
    SuperDuper · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Files, sync and backup
    Loved for Reliability, Bootable backups · Caveat No hourly backups
  60. 1860.
    Autolith · 5 recommenders · AI coding tools
    Autolith (https://autolith.rocks/) and some other CL-based harnesses allow the LLM to modify their own harness within the session.
  61. 1861.
    Octave · 5 recommenders · Other software
    I love Octave, it's one of my favourite languages.
  62. 1862.
    Black · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    Use black as format on save and you will never have a problem with that.
  63. 1863.
    LeechBlock · 5 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I use LeechBlock with limited overrides (15 minutes max) for when I actually need access, and add a 15-second delay for certain domains.
  64. 1864.
    ext4 · 5 recommenders · 3 warn · Files, sync and backup
    On my NAS, I've been using ext4 with SnapRAID and mergerfs for years without issues.
  65. 1865.
    Symfonium · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    I have a self-hosted streaming setup, so I've personally found Symfonium (1) to be my go-to.
  66. 1866.
    clang-tidy · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    If you are coding C and C++ and NOT using clang-tidy, you are doing it wrong.
  67. 1867.
    sccache · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    You should have set up https://github.com/mozilla/sccache at minimum.
  68. 1868.
    Scoop · 5 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    a package manager for windows that is essential to make Windows usable for me
  69. 1869.
    FastFlowLM · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    a transformer framework called FastFlowLM [0] supporting XDNA 2 NPUs officially started supporting Linux
  70. 1870.
    oh-my-openagent · 5 recommenders · AI coding tools
    I've been pretty satisfied using oh-my-openagent (omo) on opencode
  71. 1871.
    RTIC · 5 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Another reason why async Rust is great: https://rtic.rs/
  72. 1872.
    Wikipedia · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Other software
    when I typed the three words into Wikipedia’s search, the TV show was the second search result.
  73. 1873.
    Wikidata · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    I like WikiData for tasks like these that require consolidating multiple different identifiers for the same work
  74. 1874.
    Lowtype · 5 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I love it, I liked what dry-initializer and dry-struct do, and I wanted something similar but simpler than RBS or Sorbet.
  75. 1875.
    Gemini Live · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    I've been using Gemini Live for a while now and have been able to converse quite fluently.
  76. 1876.
    TortoiseGit · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Git and code hosting
    I do virtually everything through tortoisegit, and much prefer it over a CLI.
  77. 1877.
    Frinkiac · 5 recommenders · Search
    I use Frinkiac multiple times a week to share memes with friends.
  78. 1878.
    JuiceFS · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Files, sync and backup
    We've been using JuiceFS in production for a few months now and I'm a big fan.
  79. 1879.
    Ironclad · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    What I like most about ironclad is that it is fully posix-compliant
  80. 1880.
    MacDown · 5 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    I use MacDown, a markdown editor with parallel windows, one showing the MathJax and the other (in real time) the rendered math. I find it essential.
  81. 1881.
    Plasma Bigscreen · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    This is really cool and I'd love to see TVs ship with it.
  82. 1882.
    JetBrains Air · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · AI coding tools
    Now we just need https://github.com/air-verse/air for Zig
  83. 1883.
    libvirt · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I use libvirt, vfio pci passthrough, evdev and some other stuff and have been smoothly VM gaming for a few years.
  84. 1884.
    Drone CI · 5 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
  85. 1885.
    PostgREST · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Databases
    We made a very functional job queue in Postgres with PostgREST. highly recommend, as the automatic REST API makes building new clients a breeze
  86. 1886.
    Trio · 5 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I'd really have liked to see something like [Trio]
  87. 1887.
    Nx · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    We use NX in our monorepo, and it is great at determining which testing/linting tasks need to be run
  88. 1888.
    Highway · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    imo this is one of the greatest libs ever written.
  89. 1889.
    LyX · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    LyX (https://www.lyx.org/) for LaTeX is the closest to what I'm thinking of
  90. 1890.
    BitTorrent · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Files, sync and backup
    which is why BitTorrent is still going strong today
  91. 1891.
    cppfront · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    I played around with cppfront over Christmas and it was a lot more ergonomic than my distant memories of C++11
  92. 1892.
    FUTO Voice Input · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    It's not perfect as I have to manually do the correction like always. However, it definitely saves me some time and effort.
  93. 1893.
    Unraid · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    I am currently using unraid as my server and used it for gaming as well
  94. 1894.
    Proton Mail Bridge · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Email and chat
    you can run ProtonMail Bridge to get a local IMAP and SMTP connection to your ProtonMail account.
  95. 1895.
    Processing · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Editors and IDEs
    noob friendly stuff like Processing and Kaboom is great and highly recommended!
  96. 1896.
    Blacksmith · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    Blacksmith (https://blacksmith.sh) exists and it works pretty well!
  97. 1897.
    Evolution · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Email and chat
    I moved from Thunderbird to Evolution and for the most part I find that to be a step up in user experience.
  98. 1898.
    Grasshopper · 5 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    Grasshopper is massively successful in the CAD space.
  99. 1899.
    Infisical · 5 recommenders · 2 warn · Other software
    I use Infisical (https://infisical.com/) which is free and self-hostable, and let's you inject secrets at runtime via their CLI. Very handy for small teams.
  100. 1900.
    GNU recutils · 5 recommenders · Databases
    I use the .rec format whenever I want a database maintained in git/github.
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