Hacker News Times
HN stories + comments side by side in a beautiful newspaper
What it does
A newspaper-style Hacker News reader that shows articles and comments side by side. Dark mode, installable PWA, shareable story links, and a free weekly newsletter. Open-source.
Does the same job
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- HNHorizontal News, a column-based Hacker News reader2023 · hzn.jero.zone · ▲33
- IWI was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscriptJul 2026 · github.com · ▲433
HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…
- HNhcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page2025 · hcker.news · ▲180
Hi folks, I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com. I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements. There are three primary views: - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week). - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges. - Front…
- HHHacker Herald – like HN but with crowdsourced pics and subtitles2024 · hackerherald.com · ▲251
Hi folks this is a project I worked on with some of my students when I was running an online JS programming course. Although the online course is no more, I finally got around to releasing Hacker Herald with a former instructor and student - thanks Arnav and Archis! To those wondering if there is a need for such a Hacker News front end, I would just point out that most newspaper websites are laid out like this - clearly some people like this kind of layout! Also for some stories a picture really does help - currently there is a HN story titled, "Portland airport grows with expansive mass…
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