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About

hcker.news presents the Hacker News frontpage in a familiar format, with significant improvements to browsing ergonomics, filtering capabilities, comments, and readability.

The feed refreshes every minute. On mobile, you can also pull-to-refresh.

Feedback? Nits? Feature requests? My name is Ryan. Email me.

Features

Feeds

Timeline

A chronologically grouped feed.

Aggregate

Top stories from a selected time period.

Frontpage

The current HN frontpage.

RSS / Feed Readers

  • Browse the feeds page for Atom and JSON feed links.
  • Feed links in Settings follow your current story filters and rolling period.
  • Feeds currently support rolling day, 3-day, week, and month windows.

Best Comments

HN's /bestcomments, grouped by thread.

Comments

HN comments, but really nice to use.

Inline Comments Reader

  • Open discussions in a resizable drawer.
  • Sort threads by HN's default or newest-first.
  • Easily jump to new replies since your last visit.
  • New and OP comments have clear indicators.

Sticky Comments

Keep parent comments pinned at the top as you read deeper into a thread.

Past Discussions

See comments for earlier submissions of the same URL right inside the drawer.

Minimap

Quickly understand the topology of a conversation with the thread minimap. Quickly navigate by clicking or dragging on the map.

Styled Comments

Markdown-style comments are parsed and rendered with proper formatting, including quotes and footnotes.

Comment Filters

  • Min user karma threshold: Cut down the noise by showing threads from commenters with a stronger track record.
  • Min account age: Filter out threads led by very new accounts.

Quality of Life

Features that make things easier.

Search

  • Search stories and comments.
  • Narrow search to the story title, text, URL, or author.

Progressive Web App

Add hcker.news to your home screen as a progressive web app (it's really good!)

Profile Quick Look

Hover over usernames to see karma, average karma, account age, and profile text.

Unread Tracking

Easily spot new stories and comments since your last visit.

Appearance

Change how things look with pleasant themes, fonts, and layouts.

Themes

Choose from several themes, including light/dark and classic HN-inspired options.

hckrnews layout

Toggle between the traditional Hacker News look and the "hckrnews" view, which is a compact list with inline vote and comment scores. Inspired by hckrnews.com.

Column and High Density Views

  • Column View: Arrange your feed in a multi-column layout.
  • Dense Mode: Increase the density of your feed to maximize information.

Typography

Choose a reading font and text size that feels natural for you.

Feed Customization

Curated Views

  • Small Web: Highlight personal sites, blogs, and other indie domains from Kagi's Small Web domain list.
  • Show HN / Ask HN: Filter down to launches and Q&A threads when you want projects or discussion starters.
  • Vintage: Stories whose titles end with a year in parentheses (e.g., "(2014)")—essentially anything older than this year.
  • PDF or Video: Switch the feed to view only videos or PDFs that have been posted.

Advanced Filters

  • Include keywords: Show only stories with the keywords you care about.
  • Quoted matches: ai matches by substring, while "ai" matches the exact word or phrase.
  • Exclude keywords: Hide stories that contain keywords you're tired of.
  • Minimum votes or comments: Set a floor for score or discussion volume.

And More

  • Bookmarkable views: Views and filters are reflected in the URL, so you can save the exact setup you are looking at.
  • Bulk actions: Open multiple stories at once with “Open All”.
  • Local settings: Your preferences persist on your device.
  • Keyboard shortcuts: Press Shift+? to view all shortcuts.

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