HN Hall of Fame
Shares rank 9 of 14 web apps by recommenders
A website for browsing about 3,100 Hacker News links that people remember as standout posts, with LLM-graded old discussions. Critics question whether the list is truly legendary and whether it fits Show HN rules.
A website for browsing about 3,100 Hacker News links that people remember as standout posts, with LLM-graded old discussions. Critics question whether the list is truly legendary and whether it fits Show HN rules.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Revisiting old articles you remember
“after looking through it I see some articles that I distinctly remember”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: HN Hall of Fame – browse 3,100 legendary Hacker News links” “I think the most fun thing is to go to”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Questions whether links are legendary
“Over 3000 in the span of less than 20 years is far too fast.”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: HN Hall of Fame – browse 3,100 legendary Hacker News links” “Can 3100 links be legendary?”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: HN Hall of Fame – browse 3,100 legendary Hacker News links”
Other web apps people recommend
The four most recommended other web apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bigwords.page | 45 | 3 | 94% | 1 | — | — |
| Jmail | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Stowaway | 21 | 4 | 84% | 2 | — | — |
| Scroll Wikipedia like TikTok | 18 | 5 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| HN Hall of FameThis page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the functionality works and without LLMs this would never have seen the light of day”
“way too small fonts and too much information density”
“This is cool, and clearly a popular post, yet also... doesn't the 'Show HN' guidelines specifically exclude lists and reading material?”
“Design is very cool as well”
“after looking through it I see some articles that I distinctly remember”
“Over 3000 in the span of less than 20 years is far too fast.”
“Can 3100 links be legendary?”
“I think the most fun thing is to go to”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.