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Note: I haven’t updated the feature list on this page in a few months. Until I do, please check the changelog for the latest updates.

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.

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Timeline View

View a chronological feed of top stories, grouped by day, week, or month.

Timeline Filters

  • View stories by most points or comments
  • Group the timeline by day, week, or month
  • Control the number of stories shown per period (Top 10, 20, 50, 100, or 200)

Timeline Feed

  • Sort stories within each period chronologically, by most comments, or by most points
  • Identify new stories since your last visit, highlighted with an orange tag

Aggregate View

See the most upvoted posts from a specific day, week, month, year, or a custom date range.

Aggregate Filters

Use the date range slider to choose any time period.

Aggregate Feed

View top stories from the last day, week, month, year, or a custom date range.

Best Comments Feed

Skim the highest‑rated Hacker News comments. The feed scrapes news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments with history back to May 2025.

Best Comments at a Glance

  • Quickly scan the best comments on Hacker News and spot the threads worth opening.
  • Get enough context on each thread to tell if it’s worth a deeper read or a quick skip.
  • Optional unread filtering helps you jump straight to fresh commentary when you revisit the feed.

Comments Drawer

Quickly read through HN threads. Quickly collapse/expand threads, view get child/descendent overviews, and keep track of new comments.

Inline Comments Reader

  • Open any story’s discussion in a resizable drawer, dock it to the left/right/fullscreen.
  • Use “Jump to new” and unread badges to skip straight to the latest replies since your last visit.
  • Tap any comment to collapse or expand it, or jump back to the parent/root for context.

Appearance

Customize how stories are displayed to suit your screen and reading preferences.

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.

Themes

  • Switch between the more comfortable of a light, dark, or manila theme.

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

  • Pick a reading font that feels natural for you: classic, serif, or code‑inspired.
  • Adjust the size of text to be comfortable for you.

Feed Customization

Customize your feed to filter out noise.

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: Define keywords that must be in the story title (e.g., “rust, llm”).
  • Exclude keywords: Hide stories that contain keywords you're tired of.
  • Minimum votes: Set a score floor.

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