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Products that do what A desktop HN reader client in Rust/egui does

A little toy HN client for the desktop that I've been playing around with this week.

1. 1HL
   Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

   2015 · 2ton.com.au

2. 2BE
   Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience▲259

   2019 · github.com

3. 3SN
   Sauron-native – A native cross-platform GUI for Rust▲255

   2019 · github.com

4. 4HH
   Ht – HTTPie Clone in Rust▲251

   2021 · github.com

5. 5IA
   Iota – a text editor written in Rust▲221

   2014 · github.com

6. 6AC
   A command-line tool, a Rust lib, and a GraphQL API to get HN stories▲12

   2021 · github.com

7. 7RA
   RustyBox – a Busybox fork written in Rust▲114

   2019 · github.com

8. 8SA
   Synapse, a full featured BitTorrent client in Rust▲195

   2018 · github.com

9. 9AA
   Ajour – A GUI application in Rust to manage World of Warcraft addons▲90

   2020 · github.com

10. 10AT
    A tiny web browser implementation with V8 JavaScript engine and Rust▲144

    2021 · github.com

11. 11TI
    Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64

    2017 · tux.io

12. 12WA
    Wsta – a CLI for working with WebSockets written in Rust▲85

    2016 · github.com

13. 13MN
    My New HN Browser Extension▲19

    2019 · chrome.google.com

14. 14AA
    Amp – A text editor for your terminal, written in Rust▲43

    2018 · amp.rs

15. 15AH
    A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

    2016 · florian.github.io

16. 16TA
    theca – a simple CLI note taking tool in Rust▲58

    2015 · bracewel.net

17. 17IM
    I made a reader for HN with Angular▲6

    2021 · izquiratops.github.io

18. 18HV
    HN v0.2.1 – Native macOS app for reading HN▲8

    Hey HN folks, Last week I released the first public version of 120 HN — a fully native Hacker News client for macOS. This week, I'm excited to share version 0.2.1 with some essential updates: The app now remembers window size, position, and sidebar state between sessions Improved AI summaries: more concise, relevant with link back to the comments, easier to read with short paragraph form. Minor tweaks to navigation and layout for a smoother experience Sneak peek: local LLM support is coming in the next release. As always, the app is free to use. Any suggestions or comments would be…

    2025 · 120.dev

19. 19NA
    Neovide, a No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust▲26

    2020 · github.com

20. 20LI
    LambdaNews.io, an HN client built with Vue▲9

    2018 · lambdanews.io

21. 21AE
    An elegant HN client with built-in translation▲5

    Apr 2026 · haiker.app

22. 22GH
    Graphical HN▲12

    http://ghn.cloudapp.net/ If you can, try right-clicking on an image. This page started off as a random collection of stuff I wanted to try out (spinning up an Azure linux VM included) where I gave myself "1 hour per feature" to learn new stuff. Shell scripts, command-line webkit-based png rendering, pcntl_fork, piwik... Fun stuff. I know, yet another view of HN, no biggie. I welcome all feedback and questions!

    2013

23. 23AW
    A WebAssembly-Based (Rust) & In-WebWorker HLS Media Player for the Web▲8

    2023 · github.com

24. 24YA
    Yet another HN UI clone (sorry)▲6

    Inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38037180, this is done sort of as a learning journey since I've never built an app from scratch using Next.js and tailwindcss before. This is done over 2 days so it's quite bare in terms of features i.e. read-only but I would still like to share this project. Let me know what you guys think and feel free to provide any feedback!

    2023 · hackernews-next-wilsonoh.vercel.app

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