Top 3201–3300 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. 3201.
    Big Pickle · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    You run OpenCode with Big Pickle on it with decent performance.
  2. 3202.
    Apache Ant · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Two other advantages of Ant that MSBuild lacks in a sane way to this day, are macros, and proper documentation.
  3. 3203.
    Telescope · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    When I switched to Neovim (with Telescope/jump lists)
  4. 3204.
    Statsig · 3 recommenders · Other software
    large amounts of our product copy and rollouts were driven off of it.
  5. 3205.
    sysbox · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I recently moved to sysbox and it's a bit quicker.
  6. 3206.
    disko · 3 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    use nixos-anywhere to install NixOS and partition disks via disko
  7. 3207.
    LÖVR · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
  8. 3208.
    Popcorn Time · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    Popcorn Time back in the day made that hurdle trivial.
  9. 3209.
    nixos-rebuild · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    nixos-rebuild with `--target-host` is also working well for us however
  10. 3210.
    jj-spr · 3 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    jj-spr solves this, although it is still pretty buggy
  11. 3211.
    Asterinas · 3 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    build a Kubernetes VM image without Linux, systemd, or any C whatsoever by extending the Rust-based Asterinas kernel
  12. 3212.
    FreeDoom · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Except that you can get FreeDOOM as a replacement, even for PWADs
  13. 3213.
    Enpass · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
  14. 3214.
    WordGrinder · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    which is a terminal-based word processor that's very close to what I've been looking for
  15. 3215.
    comma · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Also incredibly useful with "comma" so Claude can directly use tools that are not installed yet
  16. 3216.
    rmux · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
    rmux is exactly made for that, it's prefect for TUIs over ssh
  17. 3217.
    PanGUI · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I'm rooting for PanGUI (https://www.pangui.io/) to succeed
  18. 3218.
    Kaitai Struct · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Well now you've gone and linked to a fascinating tool which I'm going to have to dive into and learn
  19. 3219.
    elementary OS · 3 recommenders · 2 warn · Operating systems and desktop
    I personally use Elementary OS, which is very polished and reliable
  20. 3220.
    AndroidAPS · 3 recommenders · Other software
    if you really want to live on the bleeding edge, check out
  21. 3221.
    App Tamer · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I also highly recommend App Tamer (no affiliation). It lets you jail background apps at 10% cpu or whatever.
  22. 3222.
    Mindcraft · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    for minecraft in particular, there is: https://github.com/mindcraft-bots/mindcraft
  23. 3223.
    BLIP · 3 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
    Works like charm, supported on pretty much all platforms
  24. 3224.
    NINJAM · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    It's easier to experience than describe but is surprisingly effective and bypasses a whole class of latency issues.
  25. 3225.
    Lumina · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    It has a setting that turns off most post-processing, resulting in very natural-looking pictures.
  26. 3226.
    PEFT · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    PEFT is more niche as it's a specific library (https://github.com/huggingface/peft) that creates LoRAs
  27. 3227.
    xc · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I've used xc³ for a long time now and it's fairly solid.
  28. 3228.
    Sashiko · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · AI models and assistants
    I'm very glad they're not spamming the mailing list.
  29. 3229.
    Amla Sandbox · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
    I really like Amla Sandbox addition of injecting tool calls into the sandbox
  30. 3230.
    NSIS · 3 recommenders · Other software
    It was quite the fun experience and I'm pleasantly surprised that NSIS is supported to this day
  31. 3231.
    Soft Serve · 3 recommenders · Git and code hosting
    Soft Serve (https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/) works pretty well.
  32. 3232.
    BZFlag · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I used to love bzflags. It’s still being developed and it’s a great game.
  33. 3233.
    Eio · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    migrating my libraries from Lwt to Eio to take advantage of OCaml 5’s direct-style concurrency
  34. 3234.
    Visual Pinball · 3 recommenders · Other software
    +1 on Visual Pinball, it's really mind-blowingly great
  35. 3235.
    iex · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    alongside Picolisp pil + and Elixir iex it's one of the earliest tools I install on a new system
  36. 3236.
    Trillian · 3 recommenders · Email and chat
    you could use 3rd party apps like Trillian and Pidgin instead of the official clients
  37. 3237.
    libriscv · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    this has the least latency out of any sandbox at only minor consequence of performance that they know of
  38. 3238.
    Dockge · 3 recommenders · Self-hosted and home server
    I recommend docker-compose based tools, especially dockge [1].
  39. 3239.
    AeroThemePlasma · 3 recommenders · Other software
    If someone's interested in a real Windows 7 lookalike, take a look at https://gitgud.io/aeroshell/atp/aerothemeplasma, it's extremely close.
  40. 3240.
    keymapper · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I use https://github.com/houmain/keymapper to achieve the same thing, Meta + W: open or switch through existing Firefox windows
  41. 3241.
    Drafts · 3 recommenders · Notes and knowledge
    The flow that's worked for me: Drafts (iOS) with an action configured to append to a dated inbox.md in a git repo
  42. 3242.
    chrome-cdp-skill · 3 recommenders · AI coding tools
    I've been using the Chrome CDP skill for Claude Code with great success for test automation purposes
  43. 3243.
    Spicetify · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Have you seen Spicetify[0]? It allows for this kind of stuff and seems to be a lot more stable
  44. 3244.
    Email.md · 3 recommenders · Email and chat
    I like how you aren't hiding the fact this is MJML under the hood
  45. 3245.
    Start11 · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Check out Start11. I’m forced to use Windows 11 for work but I’ve managed to get the Windows 10 taskbar and start menu back.
  46. 3246.
    Magpie · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    This is a great solution for something fully private and self-hosted.
  47. 3247.
    Dexed · 3 recommenders · Other software
  48. 3248.
    dns-lexicon · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    Library/CLI that speaks the API of several dozen DNS providers so you don't have to re-invent the wheel
  49. 3249.
    htmz · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    Or, for extreme minimalisim, htmz, which repurposes iframes for a similar idea
  50. 3250.
    Mediabunny · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    leveraging the latest and greatest libraries such as Media Bunny
  51. 3251.
    Study Bible MCP · 3 recommenders · Other software
    I've found that it yields biblically solid answers because it begins with the text
  52. 3252.
    Gcam Services Provider · 3 recommenders · Other software
    to choose any gallery while still using pixel camera
  53. 3253.
    JankyBorders · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Ultimately, the only thing that stuck was https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders
  54. 3254.
    ZLinq · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    which is a less versatile but much more performant way to write Linq-like queries
  55. 3255.
    SignPath · 3 recommenders · Other software
    We ended up getting our certificate sources from https://signpath.org and have been grateful to them ever since.
  56. 3256.
    vis · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    Moved on to vis a few years ago and never looked back to vim/neovim.
  57. 3257.
    FLauncher · 3 recommenders · Productivity
    switched to F-Launcher. Can't be happier with the performance.
  58. 3258.
    pgrx · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
  59. 3259.
    GCam · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Install a 3rd party GCam and then the answer is no
  60. 3260.
    Mac Mouse Fix · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Mac Mouse Fix/LinearMouse: Real mouse support on MacOS sucks
  61. 3261.
    Dreamer 4 · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    The best world model research I know of today is Dreamer 4
  62. 3262.
    curl_cffi · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    the first library I reach for in that situation is curl_cffi
  63. 3263.
    Mess with DNS · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    Exceptionally well-made DNS console for learning DNS
  64. 3264.
    Amazon EKS · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    EKS, which by the way has been working very good for me
  65. 3265.
    Widelands · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    there is also an open source clone of these games that is very well done
  66. 3266.
    Fedora Kinoite · 3 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    very pleasantly surprised by how stable and performant it is
  67. 3267.
    Haruna · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    I switched to Haruna. It's ugly, but I can play anything without issues
  68. 3268.
    EU Digital Identity Wallet · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Security and passwords
    The EU is working on a actual privacy-preserving initiative
  69. 3269.
    Relisten · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
  70. 3270.
    open-oscar-server · 3 recommenders · Email and chat
    the Open OSCAR Server project is a fantastic labor of love stewarded by a kind soul
  71. 3271.
    aurutils · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    I switched to `aurutils` to get a similar separation on Arch.
  72. 3272.
    CFFI · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
  73. 3273.
    Pulp · 3 recommenders · Other software
    If you like Bitsy, check out Playdate’s take on it, Pulp.
  74. 3274.
    Maxima · 3 recommenders · Other software
    This looks like an open source alternative to Mathematica/MathLab/Maple running in the browser.
  75. 3275.
    Notepad2 · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    I recommend https://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html - it's even snappier than Notepad++
  76. 3276.
    Classic Mac OS · 3 recommenders · Operating systems and desktop
    one with very well-considered user interface guidelines and principles.
  77. 3277.
    NanaZip · 3 recommenders · Files, sync and backup
    NanaZip is the better option (it's a different build of 7-zip)
  78. 3278.
    Zeta 2 · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    You can also download the same model and run it locally without data leaving your machine
  79. 3279.
    Blokada · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    Blokada 5 is free. It blocks ads and trackers system wide.
  80. 3280.
    SLEEF · 3 recommenders · Libraries and frameworks
    does this and therefore can usually provide accuracy guarantees for the whole floating point range
  81. 3281.
    pasta · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    add network filtering via pasta (which may be more robust than rolling your own)
  82. 3282.
    kill-sticky · 3 recommenders · Browsers and extensions
    I use kill-sticky[1] to hide sticky items like dialogs or headers (though sometimes it's wrong)
  83. 3283.
    earth.nullschool.net · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Also check https://earth.nullschool.net/ by https://github.com/cambecc
  84. 3284.
    sheets · 3 recommenders · Terminal and shell
  85. 3285.
    kepler.gl · 3 recommenders · Other software
    Also https://kepler.gl/demo is great for additional filtering, visualizations like heatmaps, arcs etc.
  86. 3286.
    OpenNext · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Infrastructure and DevOps
    It's gotten a lot better since last year with OpenNext
  87. 3287.
    Doki Doki Literature Club · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    It's totally free, give it a try if you're interested!
  88. 3288.
    camelcamelcamel · 3 recommenders · Other software
    There's https://camelcamelcamel.com to check how prices developed.
  89. 3289.
    TypeScript compiler · 3 recommenders · 1 warns · Libraries and frameworks
    the performance was a cost I was more than willing to pay for giving me sanity in JS land.
  90. 3290.
    Balatro · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    most of the fun of the game comes from the mechanics being slightly obscured from the player
  91. 3291.
    Zitadel · 3 recommenders · Security and passwords
    Good example - Zitadel https://github.com/zitadel has managed UI for orgs multitenancy, OIDC/PKCE supports
  92. 3292.
    mtr · 3 recommenders · Networking and VPN
    MTR is a must have tool for any time you need tracert.
  93. 3293.
    FMHY · 3 recommenders · Other software
    This looks like a reasonably good page (there possibly are better ones) for general AI chatbots
  94. 3294.
    flash.nvim · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    I soon learned to remap my brain to use `cl` where I used to use `s`, and then I learned to love "flash"/"seek" mode.
  95. 3295.
    Slay the Spire · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    I put solid time into Graveyard Keeper and Slay the Spire.
  96. 3296.
    nano-vllm · 3 recommenders · AI models and assistants
    Another great way to understand how vllm works is to read the code of nano-vllm
  97. 3297.
    unfake.js · 3 recommenders · Media and creative
    there are several nice tools for quantizing to a grid as well as reducing to a smaller discrete color palette that I recommend using as well (unfake [1] and pixel-snapper [2])
  98. 3298.
    RATGDO · 3 recommenders · Other software
    third-party add-ons like RATGDO can tap into the system and open it back up
  99. 3299.
    Sly · 3 recommenders · Editors and IDEs
    you can't build up your environment incrementally the way you can with Common Lisp/Sly.
  100. 3300.
    container · 3 recommenders · Infrastructure and DevOps
    I mount a directory in the container, if needed, and it's smooth sailing.
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