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24 alternatives to Yet Another CLI for HN

read HN from the command line. Contribute to walkr/hn development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Yet Another CLI for HN launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   HN In Your Terminal▲67

   Hacker News on the Terminal. Contribute to ciaranarcher/hacker_term development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   GitHub CLI▲408

   GitHub’s official free and open source command line tool

   2020 · cli.github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Browse Hacker News from the Comfort of Your Terminal▲83

   :newspaper: CLI to browse Hacker News. Contribute to rafaelrinaldi/hn-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hashnode CLI for reading dev stories and discussions from your terminal▲7

   Hashnode in your terminal. Contribute to Hashnode/hashnode-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   shell.how▲300

   Explain how your shell command works

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Every open source tool from the "What's HN working on" thread▲169

   Public datsets made with https://getomni.ai/. Contribute to getomni-ai/datasets development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Circumflex, browse HN in your terminal▲180

   Some two years ago, I found myself spending a lot of time in the terminal between learning vim and discovering new command line tools. I was surprised to see that the niche of HN clis was (relatively) small, and so I decided to write my own command line tool for browsing HN called `circumflex`(`clx`). `clx` is written in Go using Bubble Tea[1]. You can read the comment section or the linked article in reader mode in the pager `less`. Using `lesskey` to add custom keybindings, the replies can be collapsed and expanded in real-time (but not individual replies, only all replies at once). Behind…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal▲73

   Open a web search in your terminal. Contribute to zquestz/s development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Python CLI for the HNSearch API▲8

   An easy-to-use CLI for HNSearch's API. Contribute to zachwill/hn development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AC
    A CLI for HNSearch▲56

    2012 · zachwill.github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AG
    All GitHub repos shared on HN▲19

    2023 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CLI tool to get current HN top posts▲5

    ⚙️ Show hacker news articles in the terminal. Contribute to daschaa/top-post development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    HN Styles▲7

    HN Styles. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2016 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    GitHub CLI Beta▲4

    Take GitHub to the command line

    2020 · cli.github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    A command-line tool, a Rust lib, and a GraphQL API to get HN stories▲12

    Another HackerNews command-line client. Contribute to scastiel/hn development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HN Term – browse HN using the terminal▲9

    Hey HN! I've created a terminal interface to browse HN using only the keyboard. You can expand/hide replies, open external links, browse top, new, ask, show and jobs. All key bindings and theme colors are customizable :) It was built with React, OpenTUI, bun and HN API, had a lot of fun building this, excited to hear your feedback!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gaze – A CLI that helps you focus on writing code▲5

    👁️Executes commands for you. Contribute to wtetsu/gaze development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Microplan – Plan your project from command line▲8

    Plan your project from command line. Contribute to microplan-xyz/microplan development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Markdown Reader▲7

    Github Markdown Reader. Contribute to u9u/u9u.github.io development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Gist management from the command line▲15

    Gist command line interface. Contribute to jdowner/gist development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Execute command when file changes▲8

    👁️Executes commands for you. Contribute to wtetsu/gaze development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    I made a small ePub reader in Clojure▲7

    Contribute to netb258/clj-pub development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    CLI that explains the output of your last command▲5

    A terminal assistant for the hopelessly confused. Contribute to shobrook/wut development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Publish to Medium via CLI▲13

    Medium via CLI. Contribute to lambtron/medium-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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