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Dev tools · November 10, 2014

Hackertalk – CLI tool that finds Hacker News discussion for any URL

Get HN discussion for the current URL. Powered by the HN search engine at http://hn.algolia.com - nadeesha/hackertalk

Hackertalk – CLI tool that finds Hacker News discussion for any URL launched on November 10, 2014 with 24 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Hackertalk is a command-line tool that searches for Hacker News discussions related to any given URL. It uses the Hacker News Algolia search engine to locate relevant discussion threads. The tool is designed for developers who want to quickly find community conversations about specific web pages or articles without leaving their terminal.

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