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Dev tools · December 26, 2011

Hacker News without leaving your terminal

I put this together since I find myself switching away from the terminal to see if anything new popped up in HN. There might be similar ones out there, didn't bother looking. It was a quick experiment, which might end up with a few more features.

Hacker News without leaving your terminal launched on December 26, 2011 with 25 votes, #27 of 254 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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In plain words

This is a command-line tool that brings Hacker News directly into the terminal, eliminating the need to switch applications to check for new posts. Built for developers who prefer staying within their terminal workflow, it displays Hacker News content in a text-based interface. The creator developed it as a quick experiment to reduce context switching and plans potential future enhancements.

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From the sources

Hacker News without leaving your terminal. Contribute to jeyb/hackernews development by creating an account on GitHub.

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