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Products that do what Autobahn – automatic HN top stories in your terminal does

1. 1AS
   Autobahn - Save Time on Hacker News▲95

   2012 · vlad.github.com

2. 2HI
   HN In Your Terminal▲67

   2013 · github.com

3. 3HL
   Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

   2015 · 2ton.com.au

4. 4HN
   Hacker News, automagically organized▲274

   2010 · metaoptimize.com

5. 5AP
   Automated post to HN at the perfect time▲15

   2013 · hnbuffer.com

6. 6HH
   HNLive – Hacker News in Real Time▲51

   2016 · hnlive.cf

7. 7HD
   HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

   2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

8. 8HB
   HNTerm – Browse Hacker News in the Terminal▲139

   2019 · github.com

9. 9HS
   HN-Stories – Rust CLI to browse and open HN stories from the terminal▲5

   Feb 2026 · crates.io

10. 10HT
    hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

    2016 · hnlive.tk

11. 11RA
    ReadHNLater – A HN PWA with a “Read It Later” Feature▲39

    2018 · github.com

12. 12HR
    hackernews.roundtable.audio turns HN posts into live audio discussions▲109

    2021 · hackernews.roundtable.audio

13. 13TA
    termwm: A floating WM of terminals inside your terminal▲66

    2018 · gitlab.com

14. 14AG
    A Gnus Back End for HN▲103

    2019 · github.com

15. 15AH
    Autosummarized HN (With GPT-3)▲6

    2022 · danieljanus.pl

16. 16HN
    Hacker News in your terminal▲15

    2014 · github.com

17. 17HT
    HTerm, The Graphical Terminal for iOS, MacOS and Linux▲67

    2013 · 41j.com

18. 18CE
    Chrome Extension to Filter HN Stories by Keyword▲43

    2017 · github.com

19. 19CU
    Create ultra shortcut like hn/ to Hacker News▲8

    2022 · i-feel-lucky.com

20. 20LT
    Listen to HN on the go in a radio format▲38

    2017 · hackerwave.com

21. 21AS
    A self-hosted AI that turns Hacker News into a daily briefing▲5

    Hi everyone, I read HN every day, but there was always more great content than I had time to read. I know there are already several HN summarizers on GitHub, and I tried some of them. They just didn't fit the workflow I wanted, so I decided to build my own. My project is a self-hosted app that automatically fetches top stories, summarizes them with AI, translates them into your preferred language, and prepares a personalized daily briefing in a nice customizable UI while you sleep. Maybe I'm not the only one who wanted this kind of workflow. I'd love to hear your thoughts, especially on what…

    Jul 2026 · github.com

22. 22HC
    Hashnode CLI for reading dev stories and discussions from your terminal▲7

    2019 · github.com

23. 23SS
    synchronize saved HN stories with Pinboard▲18

    2012 · github.com

24. 24HN
    Hacker News without leaving your terminal▲25

    I put this together since I find myself switching away from the terminal to see if anything new popped up in HN. There might be similar ones out there, didn't bother looking. It was a quick experiment, which might end up with a few more features.

    2011 · github.com

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