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24 alternatives to Hekla for Hacker News
Fast and customizable; an iOS client for Hacker News.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hekla for Hacker News launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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macOS HackerNews client that aims to be a Mac-assed Mac app. Written in Swift + AppKit. - goranmoomin/HackerNews
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 2MI
2011 · hackernewspaper.com · its alternatives →
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A Hacker News clone written in PHP and EmberJS. Contribute to rukshn/helius development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Kotlin/Swing desktop application front-end for Hacker News - westoncb/HNDesktop
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News API▲317Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)
2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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I made a Hacker News reader for iOS with React Native and Redux. It was mostly for me to learn more about React Native, but I'm really happy with the result. Let me know what you think! I'm hoping to add a lot more features, the first being a settings page with some color settings and dark mode. App: https://appsto.re/us/czg7hb.i Code: https://github.com/seanyesmunt/hackernews
2017 · its alternatives →
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Download HACK for Hacker News YC Reader by Pranoy Chowdhury on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like HACK for…
2019 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The News (iOS)▲232Product Hunt, Designer News, & Hacker News on iOS
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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This is probably the first Hacker News client on AppStore that uses the newly introduced official Firebase HN API. One of the cool features of the new API are updates pushed in real time. There’s...
2014 · hnclient.weebly.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I built a native macOS desktop client for Hacker News and I'm open-sourcing it under the MIT license. GitHub: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News Download (signed & notarized DMG, macOS 14.0+): https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News/releases Screenshots: https://github.com/IronsideXXVI/Hacker-News#screenshots I spend a lot of time reading HN — I wanted something that felt like a proper Mac app: a sidebar for browsing stories, an integrated reader for articles, and comment threading — all in one window.…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
- 16NH
2014 · hack.ernews.info · its alternatives →
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2019 · pipedream.com · its alternatives →
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Native mobile experience forged for Hacker News. Journey through stories, delve into comments, vote, post and more.
Jul 2026 · hackernows.app · its alternatives →
- 20HN
2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
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iOS Hacker News client to not get lost in big discussions
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 23HN
2014 · realtimehackernews.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →
- 24AE
2015 · chancancode.github.io · its alternatives →
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