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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 5 minutes.

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Timeline View

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

Timeline Filters

Timeline filter controls showing points/comments toggle and story count options
  • 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

Timeline view showing story presentation and sorting options
  • 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

Date range slider for selecting custom date ranges
Use the date range slider to choose any time period.

Aggregate Feed

Aggregate view showing top stories from a selected time period
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

Best comments feed showing top discussion threads with inline previews
  • 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

Comments drawer open showing a comment thread
  • 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

Hckr Layout showing compact story listing with inline metrics
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

Theme selector showing light, dark, and Manila modes
  • Switch between the more comfortable of a light, dark, or manila theme.

Column and High Density Views

Layout options showing the timeline with column view and dense mode turned on
  • Column View: Arrange your feed in a multi-column layout.
  • Dense Mode: Increase the density of your feed to maximize information.

Typography

Typography settings showing font selector and size controls
  • 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

Custom filter options for tailoring the feed
  • 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

Advanced include, exclude, and minimum votes filter options
  • 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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