Alternatives

Products that do what libHN - the Cocoa framework for adding HackerNews to your iOS/Mac app. does

1. 1HF
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   2013 · whimsyapps.com

2. 2HH
   Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac▲163

   2013 · hackyapp.com

3. 3BA
   Boreal – A New iOS Client for Hacker News▲47

   2015 · medium.com

4. 4HA
   HacKit, a native macOS Cocoa app for reading Hacker News▲14

   2021 · apps.apple.com

5. 5HN
   Hacker News Mobile - A fast and readable mobile HN website▲209

   2011 · hn.gethifi.com

6. 6HD
   HN Deck – An alternative way to browse Hacker News▲115

   2020 · hndeck.sagunshrestha.com

7. 7
   Hacker News for macOS▲149

   A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

   Feb 2026

8. 8HT
   hackernews_tui – A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News discussions▲160

   2021 · github.com

9. 9
   Boreal▲165

   A Hacker News iOS app

   2015

10. 10ID
    I developed a native macOS Hacker News client▲188

    2021 · github.com

11. 11HN
    Hacker News iOS app▲11

    2014 · itunes.apple.com

12. 12
    HNBuddy▲113

    An elegant iOS client for Hacker News ✨

    2018

13. 13HN
    Hacker News iOS client using the new official API▲82

    2014 · hnclient.weebly.com

14. 14
    HackerWeb▲88

    A simple and readable Hacker News app

    2016

15. 15HN
    HackerNews News Recommender▲97

    2012 · normansoven.com

16. 16HS
    HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

    2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

17. 17AH
    A Hacker News Reader App with Tabs▲108

    2018 · play.google.com

18. 18
    HN Search (Experimental)▲112

    A new experimental UI for Hacker News Search

    2015

19. 19HN
    Hacker News iOS client: HACK built using feedback from HN▲18

    2020 · apps.apple.com

20. 20MF
    My first personal app - HackerNews for iPhone/iPad▲107

    2012 · hackerno.de

21. 21TI
    the iPhone version of News/YC, a Hacker News reader▲110

    2013 · github.com

22. 22
    Hazumi News 3.0▲99

    Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

    2025

23. 23HB
    Hackernews-Button – Bloom Filter-based, private HN browsing extension▲74

    2021 · github.com

24. 24HN
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    2015 · hackernews.im

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