Launch your own HackerNews.
Then make it better.
Get started for free - no credit card necessary.
* We are not affiliated with HN or YCombinator, but we ❤️ them, of course.
Visit forum.hn.plus (our own HN+ forum) to see the demo.
Check out the intro video! 👆

Create & manage your very own community with HN+

Love HackerNews? HN+ includes everything you love about HN to start your own.
Then make it awesome with our additional features.

Feels like HN, works just like HN.
Love HN? Then feel instantly familiar with HN+ with all the bells & whistles you need to start your own community.
Manage with a powerful admin panel.
With HN+, you can configure & manage your community from our powerful & intuitive admin panel.
Connect your own domain.
Gor your own domain? Use it for your HN+ community. We enable HTTPS automatically - simple!
Submit better posts.
Use a standard textarea or Markdown editor to submit posts. You can also allow links, images and videos to be displayed.
Categories, tags and drafts.
Add your own categories and tags. Posts can be automatically or manually saved as drafts - all configurable.
Translate entire site.
Change every text that appears on your site using our translation feature (even to another language!)
Custom pages & links
Add your own custom static pages (e.g. About us) and links to better engage with your community members.
Style it the way you want
Upload your logo, change colors, fonts, text sizes of various elements on your site to truly make it unique.
Make it a private site
Turn your site into a private community with a single click. Comes with a member review & approval flow built-in.
Content approval process
Moderate all of your submitted posts by reviewing and approving them. Entire process is built-in and can be turned on with a click.
Notification settings
Allow your members to receive email notifications when someone comments or replies to keep your members engaged.
Roles & Permissions
Set roles with permissions and delegate admin & moderation tasks to other people to maintain your site's quality.
Built-in Newsletters
Automatically send newsletters to your members to keep them updated on the latest posts & bring them back to your site.
API
Extend your site's capabilities by access your site's data via API endpoints and building on top of it.

Monetization features, right out of the box.

Take your community to another level with our monetization features.
Focus on your community and generate revenue for your hard work!

Promoted posts
Let your members submit a promoted post with a payment - directly integrated with your Stripe account.
Add your own advertising
HN+ lets you add your own ads on your HN+ site. Bring your own banner or text ads and keep 100% revenue.
Paid membership
Let your members subscribe to a paid membership as a monthly subscription directly integrated with your Stripe.

HN+ Pricing

Start free. Then pay as your community grows. No lock in. Cancel any time.

$0 / month
Up to 30 members
HN+ Sub-domain

$6 / month
Up to 100 members
🌎 Add your own domain
🤖 Integrations enabled
$10 / month
Up to 500 members
🌎 Add your own domain
🤖 Integrations enabled
$20 / month
Up to 1,000 members
🌎 Add your own domain
🤖 Integrations enabled
💵 Monetization enabled
$30 / month
Up to 2,000 members
🌎 Add your own domain
🤖 Integrations enabled
💵 Monetization enabled
$50 / month
Up to 10,000 members
🌎 Add your own domain
🤖 Integrations enabled
💵 Monetization enabled
Looking for an unlimited or a different solution?
Contact us and we can help!

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