The best chatbot features, according to hackers
6 chatbot features were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 1 earns the Hacker Approved badge.
Top pick
The most recommended chatbot feature with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Useful for non-designers and quick prototypes
People recommend it for quickly making interactive previews, games and prototypes, especially for non-designers, and for sharing them. Critics say it is hard to migrate away from and has had reliability problems.
All 6 chatbot features, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Artifacts | 25 | 12 | 68% | 8 | — | Approved |
| 2 | ChatGPT Health | 20 | 70 | 22% | 2 | — | — |
| 3 | Gemini Gems | 9 | 5 | 64% | 7 | — | — |
| Tied 4 | Claude Memory | 6 | 24 | 20% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 4 | Claude Projects | 6 | 7 | 46% | 4 | — | — |
| 6 | Create PDFs in ChatGPT | 5 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same chatbot feature in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to chatbot features that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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