Top 2001–2100 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. 2001.
    vinext · 5 recommenders · 5 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    I'm using it in a few production projects now with minimal issues.
  2. 2002.
    Qwant · 5 recommenders · 6 warn · Search
    I love Qwant and I think it works better than DuckDuckGo.
  3. 2003.
    Apple TV · 5 recommenders · 6 warn · Media and creative
    Some apps are great (Netflix, AppleTV) and are smart enough to turn off the iPhone screen.
  4. 2004.
    Certbot · 5 recommenders · 8 warn · Self-hosted and home server
    check out certbot + install certbot renew into crontab
  5. 2005.
    Emby · 5 recommenders · 7 warn · Self-hosted and home server
    I use IPv6 only Emby and Jellyfin servers with my friends
  6. 2006.
    JSDoc · 5 recommenders · 6 warn · Notes and knowledge
    It's awesome stuff, and I'm happy that TypeScript works so well with JSDoc!
  7. 2007.
    TurboQuant · 5 recommenders · 8 warn · Search
    This sounds great! TurboQuant does KV cache compression using quantization via rotations
  8. 2008.
    Oracle Cloud · 5 recommenders · 9 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I highly recommend Oracle and it's not something I imagined myself saying.
  9. 2009.
    Lotus Notes · 5 recommenders · 10 warn · Email and chat
    I used Lotus Notes in the 00s and 10s and greatly preferred it to Outlook.
  10. 2010.
    TrueNAS · 5 recommenders · 14 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    TrueNAS has been pretty good so far, been running this for many years already.
  11. 2011.
    Windows 8 · 5 recommenders · 13 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    I miss the Windows 8 UI - one of my unpopular opinions
  12. 2012.
    Plaid · 5 recommenders · 15 warn · Finance
    I prefer that they use Plaid since I know it as a trusted entity.
  13. 2013.
    Google Drive · 5 recommenders · 20 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I save my notes in a Google Drive, and it's now replaced all the note taking apps I've tried over the years
  14. 2014.
    Arduino · 5 recommenders · 19 warn · Editors and IDEs
    The main reasons I use it are because I don't need to write a makefile, and the integrated serial port.
  15. 2015.
    BitLocker · 5 recommenders · 20 warn · Security and passwords
    BitLocker wraps the key, meaning even if the TPM were compromised, one would still have to brute-force the PIN for the actual key.
  16. 2016.
    AUR · 5 recommenders · 19 warn · Other software
    The AUR, along with Arch's minimalism, is one of my favorite things about it.
  17. 2017.
    Confluence · 5 recommenders · 23 warn · Notes and knowledge
    why would you build a Knowledge Base when you can use Confluence, Notion
  18. 2018.
    Google AI Overviews · 5 recommenders · 20 warn · AI models and assistants
    Google already has AI overviews which I use instead of polluting my ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini chats.
  19. 2019.
    Google Cloud Platform · 5 recommenders · 36 warn · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I love GCP and its services; we have been very pleased with it over the years
  20. 2020.
    Flask · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    Flask for its elegant simplicity without hidden conventions
  21. 2021.
    Remotion · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    There are tools to edit PPTs and movies with React.
  22. 2022.
    Qdrant · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Databases
    I use QDrant as the main DB, the one every RAG Pipeline requires
  23. 2023.
    Transformers.js · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    transformer.js v4 (released last month) seems more stable now with some runtime/perf improvements
  24. 2024.
    Datadog · 4 recommenders · 6 warn · Monitoring and analytics
    I would put Datadog as an "endorse". It's certainly expensive but I feel we get loads of value out of it
  25. 2025.
    Dovecot · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    Personally I prefer to have email history online in the form of a local IMAP server like Dovecot.
  26. 2026.
    Greasemonkey · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I love customizing the web - I use Greasemonkey extensively
  27. 2027.
    draw.io · 4 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    We moved to DrawIO desktop. I now also use it as a replacement for whiteboarding and have it open in most meetings.
  28. 2028.
    Ghost Pepper · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    has been my daily driver (its like superwhisrp but oss/free and local)
  29. 2029.
    Flow · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    This has quickly become my favorite TUI text editor
  30. 2030.
    PyO3 · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    This is a nice party trick! I use it to provide easy installation of software that is written in rust
  31. 2031.
    Prowlarr · 4 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    I use prowlarr and radarr in my hone proxmox setup.
  32. 2032.
    Shadertoy · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    https://www.shadertoy.com/ is a goldmine for learning shaders
  33. 2033.
    Zephyr · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    newer Zephyr Iot (awesome, also underlies Framework's new embedded controllers)
  34. 2034.
    DuckDB-WASM · 4 recommenders · Databases
    It's cool to be able to write SQL directly in a browser
  35. 2035.
    ts_zip · 4 recommenders · Other software
    For something close to the state of the art see e.g. Fabrice Bellard (of course) ts_zip
  36. 2036.
    Moshi · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    I do find the experience much better than Terminus.
  37. 2037.
    Rive · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    I think Rive[0] is quite competitive with what was possible back then in covering the full authoring stack.
  38. 2038.
    faster-whisper · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Thanks to faster-whisper and local models using quantization, I use it in all places
  39. 2039.
    Clerk · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Security and passwords
    When I needed to integrate something like Clerk, I just dropped in a component and moved on.
  40. 2040.
    Betterbird · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
    If you want to donate, I suggest you look at the Betterbird fork
  41. 2041.
    Zensical · 4 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    Zensical has been a solid replacement for us so far.
  42. 2042.
    ExifTool · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    there is exiftool which tries to understand all those different formats
  43. 2043.
    SpeedCrunch · 4 recommenders · Other software
    This is the most useful calculator.. bit shifts..radix conversations...
  44. 2044.
    Desmos · 4 recommenders · Other software
    Desmos provides a great graphing program for free in a web browser.
  45. 2045.
    GPT nano · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    Consider gpt-5.4-nano which supports structured output just fine.
  46. 2046.
    Muse Spark Open · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    one of the best open models I've seen for conversion, which is impressive.
  47. 2047.
    Paperless-ngx · 4 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    Huge shout-out to HomeAssistant, PiHole, paperless-ngx, Dawarich, and countless others
  48. 2048.
    Vapor · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I used Vapor for the web server in swift. It was surprisingly pretty good experience
  49. 2049.
    Burp Suite · 4 recommenders · Security and passwords
    You can get the whole auth flow and initial conversation starters using Burp Suite
  50. 2050.
    boringBar · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    boringBar addressing the "show me what is in this Space" problem is exactly right.
  51. 2051.
    Apple Health · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    It's e2ee and only part of your icloud backup if you enable it.
  52. 2052.
    Box3D · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    This is a great library and Erin deserves your support
  53. 2053.
    mkosi · 4 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    is quickly becoming _the_ way to build custom images too
  54. 2054.
    PDFCraft · 4 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    PdfCraft works well enough for me that I cancelled my subscription.
  55. 2055.
    Folding@home · 4 recommenders · Other software
    there's always folding@home if you like contributing idle cycles to projects like this
  56. 2056.
    Isabelle · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    the "sledgehammer" tool in there (which uses solvers to see if an existing proof can be made to work to solve your subgoal) is something that impresses me every single time I use it.
  57. 2057.
    Maestro · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Also https://maestro.dev/ is pretty good these days
  58. 2058.
    rustls · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I replaced it with rust tls to remove the dynamic linked library.
  59. 2059.
    Kani · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I've been using Kani[0] which works across both Rust and C code so the proofs are based off the actual code
  60. 2060.
    Bundler · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    In Ruby, there is inline bundler which makes sharing a single Ruby script very portable.
  61. 2061.
    PixiJS · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    PixiJS is also great at handling graphics (WebGL). It's what I used to build my animated jigsaw puzzle game.
  62. 2062.
    9front · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    I find 9front to be a really nice incubator for playing around with new ideas.
  63. 2063.
    smtp2go · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
    I use it for outgoing SMTP from my gmail agent, identified as coming from me@mydomain.com
  64. 2064.
    Neo Store · 4 recommenders · Other software
    I love Neo Store, because in my book complex > simple.
  65. 2065.
    smolagents · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    smolagents by Hugging Face tackles your issues with MCP tools.
  66. 2066.
    CedarDB · 4 recommenders · Databases
    I wish more database engines used a Task-based design like Umbra / CedarDB.
  67. 2067.
    Devstral 2 · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    a dense model like Devstral2 24B slaps on the Dual GPU setup
  68. 2068.
    JetBrains Mono · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    JetBrains Mono is good enough for me to not venture far away from defaults
  69. 2069.
    illumos · 4 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    I really enjoy working with illumos on my home server.
  70. 2070.
    Marp · 4 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    In the past I have liked marp (https://marp.app/) for technical slides as you write in markdown, can use version control, etc.
  71. 2071.
    Chainguard · 4 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    One alternative to cooldowns is commercial repackagers, like Chainguard.
  72. 2072.
    CIDER · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    That died down when Cider delivered on what Brightly had promised.
  73. 2073.
    colmena · 4 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I use colmena and deploy-rs on different projects because they have some nice features
  74. 2074.
    Observable · 4 recommenders · Other software
    start with literate programming tools like Jupyter notebooks or Observable.
  75. 2075.
    IronFox · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    On Android, I would also recommend both IronFox and Cromite.
  76. 2076.
    FracturedJson · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    What I like about fractured json is the middle ground
  77. 2077.
    runit · 4 recommenders · Other software
    It's been rock solid on dozens of systems for more than a decade.
  78. 2078.
    Copybara · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Files, sync and backup
    Copybara is one of those things that you should have set up yesterday.
  79. 2079.
    Acme · 4 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    I think that Acme is very underrated in its domain
  80. 2080.
    HEY · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
    I tried out https://www.hey.com/ and it not only does it not piss me off, but I like it for how I use calendar and mail.
  81. 2081.
    Mollie · 4 recommenders · Finance
    It also has something critical that Stripe does not: proper customer service.
  82. 2082.
    aube · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    It's great that it's faster but what I really liked was the safety configuration defaults
  83. 2083.
    Affinity Designer · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    I have been very happy with Affinity Designer (equivalent to Adobe Illustrator)
  84. 2084.
    NTP Pool · 4 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
    It’s such a simple thing to give back, and worth anyone who can make a stable contribution doing so.
  85. 2085.
    Steam Link · 4 recommenders · Other software
    It works great as long as the game works well with a PS5 controller
  86. 2086.
    Fly.io Tokenizer · 4 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    See tokenizer[0] by the fly.io team, which makes it a stateless service
  87. 2087.
    Canarytokens · 4 recommenders · Security and passwords
    That’s a really good idea, I love that they even do fake bank cards.
  88. 2088.
    Microsoft Comic Chat · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
    This is exciting for me, I will definitely be downloading and perusing the code
  89. 2089.
    mailcow · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
    i switched to mailcow ~1 year ago and it now is so much easier to maintain and onboard friends & family.
  90. 2090.
    django-tasks · 4 recommenders · Productivity
    With django-tasks and a few extra packages you can already get quite far
  91. 2091.
    YouTrack · 4 recommenders · Productivity
    YouTrack's search is one of the main reasons I use it.
  92. 2092.
    ModelScope · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    you can use the Chinese version of huggingface with all Chinese models
  93. 2093.
    qmail · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Email and chat
    A simple design, it had security baked in from the start, and remains one of the most secure software packages in history.
  94. 2094.
    MathJax · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    they get you closer to the typesetting quality of LaTeX compared to MathML
  95. 2095.
    Extism · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Check out https://extism.org, it is built for those kinds of use cases.
  96. 2096.
    OpenJDK · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    OpenJDK's new ability to 'cache' classes to accelerate class loading
  97. 2097.
    Bespoke Synth · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    I have had a lot of fun playing with Bespoke Synth. It has a much lower barrier to entry than VCV Rack imho.
  98. 2098.
    Replicad · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    No affiliation, just a happily productive user of a fantastic MIT-licensed project.
  99. 2099.
    VictoriaMetrics · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Monitoring and analytics
    we migrated from a very expensive Thanos to a VM cluster backed by HDDs, and saved a lot. Performance was much better as well.
  100. 2100.
    StevenBlack/hosts · 4 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    I'm going to stick with Steven Black's list, which seems much more sane
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