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A modern open source Hacker News client

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   Modern for Hacker News▲167

   A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

   2022

2. 2NH
   New Hacker News web client▲128

   2014 · hack.ernews.info

3. 3TR
   The Road to learn React – Build a Hacker News App on the Way▲339

   2016 · robinwieruch.de

4. 4AM
   A Modern Hacker News Client▲14

   2019 · hn.matthewblode.com

5. 5
   Trilby for Hacker News▲87

   An elegant way to experience Hacker News on Android

   2022

6. 6
   Hacker News for macOS▲149

   A native macOS client for Hacker News, built with SwiftUI

   Feb 2026

7. 7ID
   I developed a native macOS Hacker News client▲188

   2021 · github.com

8. 8HX
   Hacker XP – Hacker News styled as a Windows XP Outlook email client▲136

   Hello HN, sharing my weekend project. I'm a fan of retro GUIs and fan of HN, so I built an alternative HN front end that resembles a Window XP desktop with an old Outlook email client. Archive and github links if you get 500 errors: https://web.archive.org/web/20220122190454/https://hackerxp.... https://github.com/assemblylanguage/hacker-xp

   2022 · hackerxp.com

9. 9A2
   Angular 2 HN – A progressive Hacker News client that works offline▲134

   2016 · github.com

10. 10HN
    Hacker News Dark Mode▲119

    2020 · jgthms.com

11. 11HT
    hackernews_tui – A Terminal UI to browse Hacker News discussions▲160

    2021 · github.com

12. 12HN
    Hacker News iOS client using the new official API▲82

    2014 · hnclient.weebly.com

13. 13HN
    Hacker News desktop app made with Electron and Node▲167

    2015 · github.com

14. 14HN
    Hacker News Trends▲137

    2020 · eliot-jones.com

15. 15HN
    Hacker News Client for iOS built with React Native▲30

    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

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

    2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

17. 17AH
    A Hacker News demo in NX, with real-time updates and animations▲17

    2016 · github.com

18. 18HN
    Hacker News Web UI – Dark theme, Real-time comments, + more▲17

    2022 · hackernews.pro

19. 19HH
    HNLive – Hacker News in Real Time▲51

    2016 · hnlive.cf

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    Hekla for Hacker News▲79

    Fast and customizable; an iOS client for Hacker News.

    2018

21. 21AD
    A different interface for reading Hacker News▲36

    2011 · moeffju.github.com

22. 22OS
    Open-Source 95% Hacker News Clone – [Next.js and Node.js]▲14

    2021 · github.com

23. 23OS
    Open-Source Hacker News Redesign (React)▲7

    2021 · github.com

24. 24HF
    Hackernews for Mac▲35

    2013 · whimsyapps.com

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