Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hacker News Reader
HN reader focusing on neat design and better readability
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker News Reader launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News
2022 · its alternatives →
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A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 4AN
Hey HN! I'm excited to share a tool I've been working on - a native Hacker News reader built with Rust and egui. Here's a screenshot: https://github.com/haojiang99/hacker_news_reader/blob/main/s.... As a daily HN reader, I've always struggled with keeping track of interesting posts I want to read later. Browser tabs pile up, bookmarks get forgotten, and I lose track of what I've already read. I needed a way to: 1. Browse HN efficiently (across all sections - hot, new, show, ask, jobs, best) 2. Quickly mark posts as "todo" for later reading 3. Mark posts as…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 5IB
2020 · hn.luap.info · its alternatives →
- 6HR
2015 · hnreads.com · its alternatives →
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- 8HN
Just another HN reader that supports dark mode and an embeded reader view mode for links.
2023 · read-hn.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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- 10MH
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11HN
2022 · hn.hsblhsn.me · its alternatives →
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This has been a play project for a little while, trying to build an interface that's comfortable to read on any device. It's a bit of a mashup of a Pocket-like interface, digital newspaper and Hacker News.
Jun 2026 · times.hntrends.net · its alternatives →
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HN stories + comments side by side in a beautiful newspaper
Mar 2026 · hackernewstimes.com · its alternatives →
- 14MHMore HN▲17
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 15IM
Hello HN, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of my first app, Hazumi, a Hacker News reader, available for free on iOS! I’ve been lurking on HN for around 2 years while working on this project seeing people post amazing HN reader apps of their own. I’ve always figured Hazumi wasn’t good enough yet to post here but if I wait around until I’m ready, I’ll probably never share so here goes… Hazumi is a modern Hacker News app for your pocket with some intentional limitations. Stories are displayed on a simple colourful card, with images, that condenses all the information you need at a glance.…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I thought building something that I would use while learning iOS SDK was a good idea so I built HN Browser. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hn-browser/id578535095?ls=1&mt=8 HN Browser is a simple app which lets you to read articles and comments on Hacker News. (no voting and writing comment yet) For the logo, I reached out to Joel Glovier(http://joelglovier.com) for his previous work on Hacker News logo(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4731140) and he kindly granted the use of his work. It was really fun experience to collaborate and build a mobile app using iOS SDK. (although…
2012 · its alternatives →
- 17HN
2015 · hackernews.im · its alternatives →
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As an avid HN user I wanted to have a simple widget showing me the top links shared on here, I also wanted to experiment for the first time with WidgetKit, this is what I came up with. HNWidgets is open source and offers a simple widget in three different sizes (medium, large, extra-large). You can choose between different HN lists to fetch links from and how frequently the widget should refresh its content. It's currently being rolled out on the App Store so the link in the README might still not work for some people. Hope you find it useful!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dark Reader for HackerNews with simple UI.
2019 · its alternatives →
- 22HV
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 · its alternatives →
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Why another android HN app? I simply wasn't happy with the current solutions, I wanted something simple that I can read the news from the front page. The goal on this app is to improve the readability and ease the browsing of the links. Also readability.com web services are used like alternative for the external links. Here some screenshots: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2111778/HN-Front-Page-Reader1.jpg https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2111778/HN-Front-Page-Reader2.jpg You can download this app for free here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vladocar.hn Technical stuff: HTML, CSS,…
2012 · its alternatives →
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Browse Hacker News and clip articles directly to Obsidian
Jun 2026 · hn.jsdev.space · its alternatives →
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