Top 3001–3100 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. 3001.
    Markor · 3 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    I take monthly notes with the excellent app Markor
  2. 3002.
    Electric Clojure · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Electric Clojure: https://electric.hyperfiddle.net/fiddle/electric-tutorial.two-clocks$TwoClocks
  3. 3003.
    xsv · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
  4. 3004.
    ido · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
  5. 3005.
    ssss · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    is a nice and rather straightforward implementation.
  6. 3006.
    italki · 3 recommenders · Other software
    a tutor so you have a roadmap and more motivation. I found mine on italki.
  7. 3007.
    Tenacity · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    that’s why I use tenacity, the spiritual continuation of the original audacity.
  8. 3008.
    oauth2-proxy · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    I've been happily using oauth2-proxy[1] with nginx as an extra layer of authentication
  9. 3009.
    Lemon · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Ragel [2] + Lemon[3] a friendlier if less well-established implementation
  10. 3010.
    PureBasic · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I used PureBasic back in like 2003 or 2004. It was super simple.
  11. 3011.
    GE-Proton · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I installed LIMBO from GOG with GE-Proton and it worked great even with vibration.
  12. 3012.
    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    I've heard the soviet one is closer to what you're looking for
  13. 3013.
    UPI · 3 recommenders · Finance
  14. 3014.
    Zero-K · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    I play Zero-K (a related open source game) a few times a month.
  15. 3015.
    Nightscout · 3 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    you can't set up a nightscout to backup and share your data (I do).
  16. 3016.
    Dataview · 3 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    with the appropriate plugins like dataview and charts, it's possible to create dashboards, lists, and tables that update automatically
  17. 3017.
    Xubuntu · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Operating systems and desktop
    It is the reason why I'm now happily running Xubuntu on the same machine.
  18. 3018.
    whatisit-nl2sh · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    It works pretty well, tho it will misunderstand things from time to time
  19. 3019.
    K3 · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    I've been happy experimenting with K3-medium as my default
  20. 3020.
    Metapad · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    For a long time I used metapad as a notepad replacement
  21. 3021.
    clang-format · 3 recommenders · Other software
    clang-format would be the perfect tool for this also
  22. 3022.
    facet · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    facet (rust) allows tagging fields as sensitive so they won't show up in logs
  23. 3023.
    MuckRock · 3 recommenders · Other software
    One can easily research if curious and/or interested with a $5 FOIA request using Muckrock
  24. 3024.
    sandvault · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
    This is the solution I chose for sandvault [0], which works well on my Mac
  25. 3025.
    sshguard · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
    sshguard is exactly this - single C binary, no interpreter needed.
  26. 3026.
    Defrag98 · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I love this. I wanted the disk noise, and I got it.
  27. 3027.
    Find Any File · 3 recommenders · Search
    I have no affiliation but Find Any File [1] for macOS is amazingly good!
  28. 3028.
    NVRHI · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    NVIDIA's NVRHI has been my favorite abstraction layer over the complexity that modern APIs bring.
  29. 3029.
    Max/MSP · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Media and creative
    And so is Max/MSP. And I'm very happy to continue paying these developers
  30. 3030.
    Citus · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Databases
    So with Citus you can absolutely have as many query routers (coordinators if you wish) as you want.
  31. 3031.
    git-filter-repo · 3 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    Handwritten bash scripts using git-replace and git-filter-repo [1] did a much better job
  32. 3032.
    timg · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    which is pretty cool since I can control which pdf file to show
  33. 3033.
    New Relic · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Monitoring and analytics
    with tools like NewRelic there's no need to slow the code down with profiling cruft.
  34. 3034.
    Kid Pix · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I think my elementary school had Kid Pix 1.0 when I was in kindergarten
  35. 3035.
    Robinhood · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Robinhood is probably the best software I regularly use.
  36. 3036.
    Fluux · 3 recommenders · Email and chat
    I love XMPP and am hopeful for its future with what the teams behind Movim[0], and Fluux[1] are doing.
  37. 3037.
    MPC · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    they're steamrolling their direct and indirect competition
  38. 3038.
    Gridland · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
  39. 3039.
    docker-rollout · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    Another vote for this - we’ve been using it for years without issues.
  40. 3040.
    LikeC4 · 3 recommenders · Other software
    which are currently fully open-source and community driven
  41. 3041.
    Google Agent Development Kit · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I use Google's Agent Development Kit (adk)[0] at work and enjoy using it quite a bit.
  42. 3042.
    Cloudflare TURN · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    Instead we're using Cloudflare's TURN relay with TCP. Which much to my surprise, is holding up quite well.
  43. 3043.
    Scribus · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Other software
    Scribus is very intuitive and with enough time I could churn out a beautiful looking effective resume on my first try
  44. 3044.
    Vela · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Maybe worth checking out if GHA is just too opaque.
  45. 3045.
    pngquant · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    No I meant lossy. This is the library I use; https://pngquant.org/
  46. 3046.
    WTL · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    It took out the unpleasantness of working directly on Win32 API
  47. 3047.
    Endurain · 3 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    This would be a pair great with Gadgetbridge and Endurain.
  48. 3048.
    Taffy · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    The results have been fantastic. Thank you for this awesome library. I love it.
  49. 3049.
    WebVM · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    The fact that the WebVM linked inside can connect to tailscale is pretty cool
  50. 3050.
    stb · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    stb libraries [0] which are near-ubiquitous in game development
  51. 3051.
    P · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I love P and have used it for personal projects (like OSWALD^1) and at work (for some Redpanda components).
  52. 3052.
    Cook · 3 recommenders · AI coding tools
    Then I use cook to iterate and explore during the AI led parts.
  53. 3053.
    z · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    https://github.com/rupa/z is perfect to go from projects to projects.
  54. 3054.
    Session Buddy · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    For the browser you can use something like Session Buddy.
  55. 3055.
    IBM Plex · 3 recommenders · Other software
  56. 3056.
    Namespace · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    Namespace fixed all of the issues I had with GitHub Actions.
  57. 3057.
    Scala.js · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
  58. 3058.
    swisstopo app · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I use them all the time for hiking, ski touring etc.
  59. 3059.
    ticket · 3 recommenders · Productivity
    My favorite VCS friendly ticket tracker is https://github.com/wedow/ticket
  60. 3060.
    pi-blackhole · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I found this tool to be quite good as a compaction alternative
  61. 3061.
    Ichinichi · 3 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
  62. 3062.
    Textadept · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    What draws me to Textadept over Neovim is that it's intentionally kept very small
  63. 3063.
    Dozzle · 3 recommenders · Monitoring and analytics
  64. 3064.
    KubeVirt · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    KubeVirt as a first class citizen (which already worked well)
  65. 3065.
    Saracroche · 3 recommenders · Other software
    people that installed the open-source Saracroche app don't really have this problem anymore
  66. 3066.
    Auditor · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
    you should check the verified boot hash and set up Auditor app
  67. 3067.
    retrowin32 · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I wondered how much of this could be done with an LLM agent
  68. 3068.
    Wormhole · 3 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
    Check Wormhole or WeTransfer; you drag, get a link, send it. No account needed.
  69. 3069.
    Hatchet · 3 recommenders · Productivity
    I recently switched from Celery to Hatchet. I haven't even fully explored everything it can do, but the change has already made me a fan.
  70. 3070.
    watchexec · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    I personally like and use watchexec [1] to run commands on repeat.
  71. 3071.
    p4merge · 3 recommenders · Other software
  72. 3072.
    Stowaway · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I love this: the sound effects oddly are what really make it.
  73. 3073.
    Winaero Tweaker · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I use it and the WinAero tweak tool [1] just to keep Windows Update disabled
  74. 3074.
    Dialog · 3 recommenders · Databases
    Dialog takes the evaluation model of Inform 7 and dresses it in sensible syntax but it is a bit niche so tools are lacking
  75. 3075.
    Monosketch · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
  76. 3076.
    Baserow · 3 recommenders · Databases
  77. 3077.
    Toolbx · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    All you really need is podman, toolbx, and the Strix Halo toolbox images
  78. 3078.
    abcde · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    I highly recommend anyone amassing a CD rip collection take a look at it, both are still packaged in present-day Ubuntu.
  79. 3079.
    pgtestdb · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    implementing simple apps and testing their execution with pgtestdb
  80. 3080.
    TurboLua · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
  81. 3081.
    dnf · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Stick to RPM based systems as dnf supports transactions.
  82. 3082.
    C-evo · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    Also worth mentioning is C-evo, even if it's not being developed further afaik
  83. 3083.
    crun · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    crun is the podman related project written in c, which is more efficient than the go based runc.
  84. 3084.
    Return YouTube Dislike · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I don't know if it's possible to add `Return YouTube Dislike` integration to shows the dislike counts.
  85. 3085.
    Git notes · 3 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    I want them to be associated with the commit as metadata, so I use `git notes`.
  86. 3086.
    VueScan · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I ended up paying for VueScan because the OEM software is temperamental.
  87. 3087.
    Headlamp · 3 recommenders · Other software
    is a good established option for a clickable k8s UI
  88. 3088.
    CQ-editor · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
  89. 3089.
    ZMK · 3 recommenders · Other software
    QMK/ZMK firmware so you can add stuff like mod-taps and whatnot
  90. 3090.
    Gerrymandle · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    Gerrymandle, although it's started the slow slide into ads and popups
  91. 3091.
    fclones · 3 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
  92. 3092.
    Gemini Ultra · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    for my 'daily driver' (count this, advice on that, 'is this cancer or just a headache' kind of thing), Gemini has finally surpassed ChatGPT for me.
  93. 3093.
    Clipboard Indicator · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    When I used GNOME, the Clipboard Indicator extension [1] served me well.
  94. 3094.
    rv · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Maybe https://github.com/spinel-coop/rv will be the answer when it's ready
  95. 3095.
    Micasa · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
  96. 3096.
    Rectangle Pro · 3 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    I use Rectangle Pro, and it helps a lot, but IMHO workspace integration is poor still.
  97. 3097.
    Cloud Hypervisor · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    We use gvisor and cloud hypervisor depending on the use case, which manages these things pretty well by default.
  98. 3098.
    Lettermint · 3 recommenders · Email and chat
    Lettermint looks great if you need both transactional and marketing emails.
  99. 3099.
    Web Platform Tests · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    Probably the best indicator of which features are supported is to pass as many tests as possible from WPT
  100. 3100.
    JuliaMono · 3 recommenders · Other software
    so that I could do a blind test to see if it really is my favorite
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