Hnterminal, browse/interact with Hacker News in terminal
terminal client for browsing hacker news. Contribute to Aperocky/hnterminal development by creating an account on GitHub.
Hnterminal, browse/interact with Hacker News in terminal launched on February 8, 2025 with 10 votes, #2,019 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Hnterminal is a terminal-based browser for Hacker News that allows users to browse and interact with the platform directly from the command line. Designed for developers and terminal-focused users, it provides a text-based alternative to the web interface. The tool enables reading stories, comments, and engaging with content without leaving the terminal environment, making it useful for those who prefer command-line workflows.
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From the sources
This CLI tool supports browsing, login, upvote and commenting for full HN experience in the terminal. get_tree use DFS to create a comment tree, you can use this command on any pointer shown. Additionally, -1 pointer is reserved for parent, so you can trace a comment all the way up. This terminal tool is responsive! and the output will be adjusted to the width of the terminal for everything it displays There are more to this tool, for instance, it has the capability to show user info and history, it enables seamless browsing experience by maintaining a cache which status you can check with cache commands, which you may want to clear from time to time to keep it from going stale if you spend…from github.com
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