Top 2401–2500 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. 2401.
    Tiny Tiny RSS · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    I've been using TT-RSS for about a decade now. Love it.
  2. 2402.
    Tox · 4 recommenders · Email and chat
  3. 2403.
    GMP · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    In practice when I've wanted extended precision, I've just used GMP or a language with bignums.
  4. 2404.
    entr · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    the excellent entr https://eradman.com/entrproject/
  5. 2405.
    Abseil · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    b-tree maps hold multiple values per node, which makes them more cache-friendly than the red-black trees used in std::map
  6. 2406.
    vim-slime · 4 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    I use Slime in vim to drive programs (like psql) via their stdin/stdout
  7. 2407.
    Paper · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    I ended up running the paper minecraft server on one of our home linux computers
  8. 2408.
    Jinja2 · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    It's a practical alternative, but definitely not a drop-in replacement!
  9. 2409.
    MS-DOS · 4 recommenders · 3 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    I really enjoyed playing with the toolchain they included with the MS-DOS 4 source code release
  10. 2410.
    GitHub Agentic Workflows · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    They support much of the same triggers and come with many additional security controls out of the box
  11. 2411.
    Respectify · 4 recommenders · Other software
    That's a really novel approach to the misinformation crisis and I love the product idea.
  12. 2412.
    Video Background Play Fix · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    Video Background Play Fix - these two are enough for me
  13. 2413.
    Fooyin · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    there's also fooyin which you may say is "modeled" after foobar2000
  14. 2414.
    ConnectBot · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    I used connectbot on android and it worked fine for me
  15. 2415.
    ZKPassport · 4 recommenders · Security and passwords
    It was a very painless experience with https://zkpassport.id/
  16. 2416.
    Alloy · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    Alloy itself seems like a delightful way to do codegen
  17. 2417.
    git-crypt · 4 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    I use and love git crypt, but it doesn't get enough use.
  18. 2418.
    The Witness · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
  19. 2419.
    Monzo · 4 recommenders · Finance
    I use Monzo, and that works perfectly on GrapheneOS
  20. 2420.
    zsh-bench · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    Check out zsh-bench⁽¹⁾ for a more authoritative approach, including first prompt lag, first command lag, input lag and exit lag.
  21. 2421.
    PiKVM · 4 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    Shout-out to pikvm for their redfish support with the pikvm switch
  22. 2422.
    Vorta · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Files, sync and backup
    now I use Vorta on my Mac just because that’s what I use on Linux
  23. 2423.
    Refined GitHub · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I use "Refined GitHub" to make the UI somewhat usable.
  24. 2424.
    dataframe · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    This looks so cool, just put it on top of my todo list.
  25. 2425.
    Gemini Canvas · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    One week I created 4 different scripts with Gemini Canvas to automate some tedious work, it took my I don't know, 3 hours?
  26. 2426.
    iA Writer · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    It's a fun subtle adaptation to keep close to the typewriter-like experience of the app.
  27. 2427.
    beartype · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    My main use of beartype is `is_bearable` for runtime checking
  28. 2428.
    BlueBuild · 4 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    There's also BlueBuild [1] which abstracts the process of building your own images away further into yaml configurations.
  29. 2429.
    wttr.in · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Terminal and shell
    You don't need anything more than https://wttr.in/
  30. 2430.
    zigcc · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    It let's you target specific glibc versions. It's a pretty amazing C toolchain.
  31. 2431.
    OpenWhispr · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    OpenWhispr is local Whisper model that I also run locally. And still, no data leaks. And since its local, its also FAST.
  32. 2432.
    gpu-screen-recorder · 4 recommenders · Other software
    gpu-screen-recorder[2] for others. The latter even supports live streaming, so could be used as a lightweight alternative to OBS.
  33. 2433.
    LVGL · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    stopped using libraries for anything that isn't LVGL, TinyUSB, compression or cryptography
  34. 2434.
    Cardinal · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    Fastest and most accurate file search app for macOS.
  35. 2435.
    PRQL · 4 recommenders · Other software
    It solves all the warts of sql while still being true to its declarative execution.
  36. 2436.
    Home Assistant OS · 4 recommenders · Productivity
    install HAOS, running it any other way is a step towards madness
  37. 2437.
    Zettlr · 4 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    I recently switched from Obsidian to Zettlr due to some rendering and performance issues on Linux, and it's been a great experience.
  38. 2438.
    Kingfisher · 4 recommenders · Security and passwords
    we use Kingfisher's validation system internally for generating request/expected_response pairs for a given secret
  39. 2439.
    qpdf · 4 recommenders · Other software
    the qpdf cli for occasional stranger (particularly encryption-related) things
  40. 2440.
    DaisyUI · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
  41. 2441.
    Tux Paint · 4 recommenders · Other software
    my kids love this software and have been using it for years
  42. 2442.
    xargs · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Terminal and shell
    My go-to for fast and easy parallelization is xargs -P.
  43. 2443.
    Whispering · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    has gotten a lot better on Windows despite being extremely rough around the edges at first.
  44. 2444.
    Seek · 4 recommenders · Other software
    Enthusiastic Seek-using family here. It works so well for our very simple needs
  45. 2445.
    flutter_rust_bridge · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    which allows you to write normal Rust code that automatically has the glue code generated
  46. 2446.
    InstantSpaceSwitcher · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    I've also switched to Instant Space Switcher, it is soo good!
  47. 2447.
    Lyrion Music Server · 4 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    I'm eternally grateful for the conversion to open source of the Squeezebox platform (now known as Lyrion Music Server) and SageTV. I use both of these every day.
  48. 2448.
    StartAllBack · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    The main tool for me is https://www.startallback.com/
  49. 2449.
    Prism.Tools · 4 recommenders · Other software
    having well written tools at hand seems like an easy win to use with AI
  50. 2450.
    tidyverse · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I used it to illustrate the good readability of tidyverse.
  51. 2451.
    just-bash · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Terminal and shell
    I love the approach of just bash as well. Super cool!
  52. 2452.
    zsh4humans · 4 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    It feels more like an extension of my mind than a tool I'm interacting with.
  53. 2453.
    vMix · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    I really urge anybody who is serious about live streaming professional shows to check out vMix.
  54. 2454.
    asdf · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    I switched from brew to https://asdf-vm.com/ for this very reason.
  55. 2455.
    KaTeX · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    Overall, I am quite happy with the switch from MathJax to KaTeX.
  56. 2456.
    Emacs Org mode · 4 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    Emacs org-mode is like this but 100x more powerful and it's just plain text and self-hosted.
  57. 2457.
    Kubernetes Gateway API · 4 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    the Gateway API supercedes Ingress and provides much more functionality without much more complexity
  58. 2458.
    Skip · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    You don't 100% need them to release it, there's projects like Skip:
  59. 2459.
    Visual C++ · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    I used Visual C in the early 90s and it was a dream compared to vi and whatever C compiler the various unices I was using had.
  60. 2460.
    Buildroot · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    So much easier to keep track of everything and it's very easy to start with (unlike yocto). I recommend taking a look at buildroot.
  61. 2461.
    Pele · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    Pele not only takes care of all of that, but also manages a nicer layout!
  62. 2462.
    IrfanView · 4 recommenders · Media and creative
    had to install Irfanview to get a usable picture viewer
  63. 2463.
    Herbie · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    Herbie analyzes your math expressions and helps you figure out where FP error accumulates.
  64. 2464.
    GitHub Codespaces · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    It also has tight integration with Codespaces which is pretty damn amazing.
  65. 2465.
    Flux CD · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    Using GitOps (FluxCD) as deployment strategy enables no dependencies on e.g. GitHub Actions.
  66. 2466.
    Workers AI · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · AI models and assistants
    Replicate is basically just a Worker AI endpoint and easy to maintain
  67. 2467.
    GameMaker · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    For pixel art games, I personally recommend GameMaker.
  68. 2468.
    Luvit · 4 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    If you want async IO, sockets, etc, check out Luvit.
  69. 2469.
    stable-diffusion.cpp · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    It is for people that know command line shells like bash or Powershell.
  70. 2470.
    Fizzy · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Productivity
    Fizzy's public codebase has the entire life of the product development cycle out in the open
  71. 2471.
    Neptune · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    i moved from wb to neptune because of wb's slow ui, i loved neptune so much
  72. 2472.
    Astro Starlight · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    Can highly recommend Astro Starlight for documentation sites, used it for multiple projects myself.
  73. 2473.
    PwnedPasswordsDownloader · 4 recommenders · Security and passwords
    You can download all the hashes and check against them locally.
  74. 2474.
    IRS Free File Fillable Forms · 4 recommenders · Other software
    And no it isn't a bad solution. I use it every year.
  75. 2475.
    Radix · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    Radix/Shadcn (which uses tailwind for styling of course) that killed the need to buy Tailwind’s UI kits by offering all these primitives with good default styling for free
  76. 2476.
    Bear · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.
  77. 2477.
    AppArmor · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Security and passwords
    infrastructure operators should familiarize themselves with proactive defenses, MAC: SElinux and AppArmor
  78. 2478.
    Stride · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    For a pure C# engine maybe check out https://www.stride3d.net. It's using Bepu for physics.
  79. 2479.
    The Lounge · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Self-hosted and home server
    Check out The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat) and Convos (https://convos.chat), web-based IRC clients with media previews
  80. 2480.
    WXT · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    We built with https://wxt.dev, which, I highly recommend.
  81. 2481.
    microvm.nix · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I was looking for a way to isolate my agents in a more convenient way, and I really love your idea.
  82. 2482.
    RxJS · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    RxJS is a beast to approach at first but it's a genuinely cool library
  83. 2483.
    pds.ls · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    it's a pretty neat app, open source, and is totally client-side
  84. 2484.
    Docusaurus · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Notes and knowledge
    it feels like a very nice tool for quickly developing a documentation website
  85. 2485.
    Adyen · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Finance
    The UK Government just replaced Stripe with Ayden for most payments, so good suggestion.
  86. 2486.
    Lance · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Databases
    Lance[1] (the format, not just LanceDB) is a great example
  87. 2487.
    Uno Platform · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    Avalonia[1] and Uno[2] for C# are also really great
  88. 2488.
    HarfBuzz · 4 recommenders · 2 warn · Libraries and frameworks
    Most of the big ones are things like skia, harfbuzz, wgpu - all totally reasonable IMO.
  89. 2489.
    AWS Secrets Manager · 4 recommenders · Other software
    This should be solved by the vaults (hashi corp / AWS Secrets Manager).
  90. 2490.
    Sesame · 4 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    I liked Maya from Sesame for empathic conversations
  91. 2491.
    StopTheMadness · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I cannot recommend StopTheMadness [0] enough against this kind of user-hostile "feature".
  92. 2492.
    ZeroTier · 4 recommenders · 3 warn · Networking and VPN
    there are some genuine open source software like netbird,zerotier etc. as well
  93. 2493.
    IdeaVim · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Editors and IDEs
    I use ideavim with configuration as close as possible to astronvim
  94. 2494.
    Yomitan · 4 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I used OCR on manga pages and then Yomitan to hover over and see word definitions
  95. 2495.
    GPT-3 · 4 recommenders · 3 warn · AI models and assistants
    I've been getting good programming and molecular biology results out of these back to GPT3.5.
  96. 2496.
    Google Lens · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Search
    I have been using google lens heavily to scan posters/flyers
  97. 2497.
    Capsule · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Security and passwords
    Seems pretty useful in an enterprise context to me.
  98. 2498.
    SecretSpec · 4 recommenders · Other software
    secretspec is not one of them. It's from the creator of https://devenv.sh and has been around for a while.
  99. 2499.
    Halide · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    Thank you Halide for making high-quality software, even if I'm not in the target market.
  100. 2500.
    Vega · 4 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    They should check out Vega – A Visualization Grammar
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