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2007–2026 Community Index
20 years of authentic Hacker News geek endorsements.
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The products Hacker News keeps telling each other to use.

Ranked by how many independent developers, founders, and engineers endorse them across discussions.

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fzf#1
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
99.8Score

General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder

Open SourceYShow HN2013Website

“Ctrl+R with fzf is the single best upgrade to bash shell history imaginable.”

— @george_cHN discussion ↗
3,950mentions2,700users
99% positive
ripgrep (rg)#2
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
99.8Score

Fastest recursive regex search tool for the terminal

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website

“ripgrep was designed from day one to search code as fast as physically possible while respecting your gitignore.”

— @BurntSushiHN discussion ↗
4,890mentions3,200users
99% positive
PostgreSQL#3
Cloud, Infra & Systems/Databases & BaaS
99.7Score

The world's most advanced open source relational database

Open Source2007Website

“Just use Postgres until you have a concrete, measured reason not to.”

— @cpercivaHN discussion ↗
8,900mentions5,800users
98% positive
Jellyfin#4
Home Lab & Automation/Media Streaming & Plex
99.5Score

The Free Software Media System for movies, shows, and music

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website

“Jellyfin on TrueNAS with an Intel N100 does 4K transcoding silently for under 15 watts. It just works.”

— @drescherHN discussion ↗
1,950mentions1,320users
97% positive
Bitwarden#5
Security & Privacy/Passwords & Identity
99.5Score

Open source password manager trusted by millions of developers

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website

“Bitwarden is the open source password manager I always wanted: secure, audited, and works on all my devices.”

— @kspearrinHN discussion ↗
3,420mentions2,280users
97% positive
Home Assistant#6
Home Lab & Automation/Home Automation & IoT
99.5Score

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first

Open SourceYShow HN2013Website

“Your home is your sanctuary. Cloud cameras and door locks that fail when AWS goes down are unacceptable.”

— @balloobHN discussion ↗
3,820mentions2,450users
98% positive
Neovim#7
Developer Tools & CLI/Editors & IDEs
99.5Score

Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor

Open SourceYShow HN2014Website

“Neovim 0.5 with built-in LSP and Treesitter turned it from an experiment into the best editor in existence.”

— @tjdevriesHN discussion ↗
4,620mentions3,100users
97% positive
Vaultwarden#8
Security & Privacy/Passwords & Identity
99.5Score

Lightweight Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust

Open SourceYShow HN2018Website

“Vaultwarden on a 5 dollar VPS or Raspberry Pi with Tailscale is the gold standard for personal password storage.”

— @steveklabnikHN discussion ↗
2,150mentions1,420users
98% positive
HHKB (Happy Hacking Keyboard)#9
Physical Gear & Hardware/Keyboards & Peripherals
99.3Score

Minimalist 60% Topre keyboard designed by Dr. Eiiti Wada

2008Website

“When an American cowboy in the wild west was in adventure, he used to leave his horse when it died. But he never left his saddle.”

— @wada_quoteHN discussion ↗
2,840mentions1,890users
95% positive
ThinkPad (T & X Series)#10
Physical Gear & Hardware/Laptops & Mini PCs
99.3Score

The timeless hacker laptop workhorse with peerless Linux support

2008Website

“A refurbished ThinkPad T480 running Debian or Arch is the best 400 dollars a developer can spend.”

— @klaus_hHN discussion ↗
5,120mentions3,450users
95% positive
Docker#11
Cloud, Infra & Systems/Containers & Virtualization
99.1Score

Standard container platform that redefined software deployment

Open SourceYShow HN2013Website

“Docker is an open-source engine which automates the deployment of applications as portable containers.”

— @solomonstreHN discussion ↗
6,850mentions4,600users
94% positive
Jgthms#12
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.8Score

Web Design in 4 minutes

CommercialYShow HN2016Website
3,258mentions832users
92% positive
Tailscale#13
Security & Privacy/VPN & Mesh Networking
96.7Score

Zero config VPN that connects your devices using WireGuard

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“We wanted a VPN that works like the internet was supposed to work: every device has a secure IP address.”

— @apenwarrHN discussion ↗
3,100mentions1,980users
98% positive
Airmash#14
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.6Score

Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
3,432mentions979users
92% positive
Meteor#15
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.4Score

realtime JavaScript framework

CommercialYShow HN2012Website

“"You can use the database api on the client!" Does that freak anyone else out? Where are they doing permissions checking? Who can run what database commands under what circumstances?”

— @rabidsnailHN discussion ↗
3,203mentions941users
92% positive
Framework Laptop#16
Physical Gear & Hardware/Laptops & Mini PCs
96.3Score

Modular, upgradeable, and repairable laptop for hackers

Open SourceYShow HN2021Website

“Consumer electronics is broken. We are building a high-performance laptop you can actually repair and upgrade.”

— @nrpHN discussion ↗
2,240mentions1,480users
95% positive
Obsidian#17
Productivity & Workflows/PKM & Note Taking
96.3Score

Sharpen your thinking. Offline-first Markdown knowledge base.

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“The fact that all notes remain simple markdown files on my disk means I will never be locked into a proprietary database.”

— @kepanoHN discussion ↗
3,420mentions2,150users
95% positive
Jacquesmattheij#18
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.2Score

Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
2,739mentions759users
92% positive
Bel#19
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.2Score

Bel

CommercialYShow HN2019Website

“Open to sharing a bit about the name? No mention of it in the guide.”

— @jmccarthyHN discussion ↗
3,322mentions1,062users
92% positive
PostHog#20
Data & Observability/Privacy Analytics
96.1Score

The open source all-in-one product analytics suite for engineers

Open SourceYShow HN2020Website

“We got tired of sending our customer data to 10 different closed-source analytics vendors, so we built PostHog.”

— @james404HN discussion ↗
1,980mentions1,250users
95% positive
Instant#21
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.1Score

Make your site’s pages instant in one minute

CommercialYShow HN2019Website
2,927mentions890users
92% positive
WaveFunctionCollapse#22
Developer Tools & CLI/Git & Workflows
96.1Score

Wave function collapse algorithm

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website
2,475mentions637users
92% positive
Spotthedrowningchild#23
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.1Score

Spot the Drowning Child

CommercialYShow HN2015Website
3,019mentions940users
92% positive
Spot the Drowning Child#24
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96.1Score

Spot the Drowning Child

CommercialYShow HN2015Website

“That is simply disturbing. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have seen that, but I honestly pray I never have to see that happen in front of me. This is a great use of the web. Good job!”

— @hluskaHN discussion ↗
3,019mentions940users
92% positive
Wave function collapse algorithm#25
Developer Tools & CLI/Git & Workflows
96.1Score

Wave function collapse algorithm

Open SourceYShow HN2016Website

“Cool. I wonder what the results are on a high resolution image.”

— @chrischenHN discussion ↗
2,475mentions637users
92% positive
Sixdegreesofwikipedia#26
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96Score

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

CommercialYShow HN2018Website
2,830mentions859users
92% positive
Privacy-focused#27
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96Score

d-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

CommercialYShow HN2017Website
2,891mentions888users
92% positive
Alacritty#28
Physical Gear & Hardware/Retro & Emulation
96Score

GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust

YShow HN2017Website

“I love iTerm3, but the speed compared to Terminal.app sometimes makes me jealous. So I guess we all need a faster term emulator :)”

— @steeveHN discussion ↗
3,153mentions1,039users
92% positive
Six Degrees of Wikipedia#29
Developer Tools & CLI/CLI & Terminals
96Score

Six Degrees of Wikipedia

CommercialYShow HN2018Website

“This is fabulous! Got from cheese to postmodernism in two hops [1]. Really excellent work, and thanks for making it open source! [1] https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/?source=Cheese&target=Postmodernism”

— @tachyoffHN discussion ↗
2,830mentions859users
92% positive
Raycast#30
Productivity & Workflows/Launchers & OS Tweaks
96Score

Blazingly fast, extensible launcher for Mac and Windows

CommercialYShow HN2020Website

“Raycast completely replaced Alfred for me two years ago. The extensions ecosystem and speed are unmatched.”

— @swyxHN discussion ↗
1,840mentions1,120users
93% positive