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24 alternatives to Yarn – a hacker news client for Android
Yarn is an Android application that provides access to Hacker News content. Launched in 2015, it serves as a mobile client for browsing stories, comments, and discussions from the Hacker News community. The app allows… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Yarn – a hacker news client for Android launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1HN
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 2AH
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 3MF
2013 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News API▲317Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)
2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
- 5AH
This app and widget and related code is free to use for anyone. This was a side project to learn Android, Kotlin and the many libraries that came along with it. Screenshots in the Google Play link above. app code: https://github.com/ddxv/hackernews-app backend api: https://github.com/ddxv/hackernews-api There are many Hacker News apps, but this one focused on two features: - Widgets: This app supports dynamic widgets using Compose Glance. The widgets can be themed and set up with one of the three main categories: "New", "Top" and "Best". - Themes: Both…
2023 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 6BA
2013 · soundgecko.com · its alternatives →
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A Kotlin/Swing desktop application front-end for Hacker News - westoncb/HNDesktop
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 9
An unofficial Hacker News client
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 10
Hey HN! I'm the developer of one of the most popular Android clients for HN, Harmonic for Hacker News. Over the years I have recieved many requests to open source the app which I am finally doing - sorry about taking so long :) Having been very busy working on my PhD during the last two years - Harmonic has not recieved the attention it deserves. I therefore hope that open sourcing it can give it a new lease on life. I also hope that by posting here many of the nice people who have reached out to me will notice that the app is finally open source. I'm also happy to answer questions about the…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Web site created using create-react-app
2020 · showcase.metamate.io · its alternatives →
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HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 13HN
2014 · hnmobile.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 14HN
2011 · hn.gethifi.com · its alternatives →
- 15HN
2011 · market.android.com · its alternatives →
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An elegant way to experience Hacker News on Android
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 18RH
2017 · hnews.xyz · 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 →
- 20MH
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 21HN
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 →
- 22
Hackerflow is a native mobile app for Hacker News. Explore, discuss and discover the best stories from the Hacker News community.
Jun 2026 · hackerflow.app · its alternatives →
- 23
Easiest way to know what's trending on Hacker News.
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
- 24HA
2018 · hnbuddy.io · its alternatives →
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