Analysis of 100 persistent software requests on Hacker News
What happened
On October 31, 2026, an analysis of the community's software requests over the years appeared on the Hacker News front page. It covers posts and comments from 2008 to 2026, filters 12,441 software requests out of 63,300 pieces of content, and then compiles the 100 tools that keep being asked for. The report frames these as tools users repeatedly requested but did not get, focusing on needs that recur across years of discussion. The report gives the time span, sample size and result, but does not list the specific tools or say whether any product now meets these requests.
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- Hacker News front pageTools Hacker News keeps asking for
这项分析从 Hacker News 2008 至 2026 年的 63,300 条帖子和评论中筛出 12,441 条软件需求，整理出持续被请求的 100 项工具。
Heat over time
Not enough continuous observations to draw a trend yet.