About hcker.news
hcker.news presents the Hacker News frontpage in a familiar format, with significant improvements to browsing ergonomics, filtering capabilities, comments, and readability.
The feed refreshes every minute. On mobile, you can also pull-to-refresh.
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Recent Additions
Some highlights from the last few months. (For the full list, see the changelog.)
Search
- Search stories and comments from the header.
- Narrow results by title/text/URL/author.
- Matching terms are highlighted so results are easier to scan.
Long-Thread Navigation
- Thread lines make nesting easier to follow (click a line to collapse that level).
- Sticky parents keep context as you scroll (desktop; optional).
- A minimap makes jumping around long threads much faster (desktop; optional).
- More themes: Liquid Glass, plus classic HN-inspired themes.
- HN user hovercards: Hover usernames to preview karma, account age, and profile text.
- Comments upgrades: Self-post text shows in the drawer; paste an HN comments URL to open a thread directly; a history bar links prior discussions of the same URL.
- Bulk actions: Open multiple stories at once with “Open All”.
- Keyboard shortcuts: Press Shift+? to view all shortcuts.
Timeline View
View a chronological feed of top stories, grouped by day, week, or month.
Timeline Filters
- View stories by most points or comments
- Group the timeline by day, week, or month
- Control the number of stories shown per period (Top 10, 20, 50, 100, or 200)
Timeline Feed
- Sort stories within each period chronologically, by most comments, or by most points
- Identify new stories since your last visit, highlighted with an orange tag
Aggregate View
See the most upvoted posts from a specific day, week, month, year, or a custom date range.
Aggregate Filters
Aggregate Feed
Best Comments Feed
Skim the highest‑rated Hacker News comments. The feed scrapes news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments with history back to May 2025.
Best Comments at a Glance
- Quickly scan the best comments on Hacker News and spot the threads worth opening.
- Get enough context on each thread to tell if it's worth a deeper read or a quick skip.
- Optional unread filtering helps you jump straight to fresh commentary when you revisit the feed.
Comments Drawer
Read Hacker News threads without leaving your feed. Collapse/expand, keep context in long threads, and quickly find new replies since your last visit.
Inline Comments Reader
- Open any story's discussion in a resizable drawer, dock it to the left/right/fullscreen.
- Use "Jump to new" and unread badges to skip straight to the latest replies since your last visit.
- Tap any comment to collapse or expand it, or jump back to the parent/root for context.
- Optional thread lines, sticky parents, and a minimap make long threads easier to navigate.
- See past submissions for the same URL in the drawer's history bar.
Appearance
Customize how stories are displayed to suit your screen and reading preferences.
hckrnews layout
Themes
- Choose from several themes, including light/dark, Liquid Glass, and classic HN-inspired options.
Column and High Density Views
- Column View: Arrange your feed in a multi-column layout.
- Dense Mode: Increase the density of your feed to maximize information.
Typography
- Pick a reading font that feels natural for you: classic, serif, or code‑inspired.
- Adjust the size of text to be comfortable for you.
Feed Customization
Customize your feed to filter out noise.
Curated Views
- Small Web: Highlight personal sites, blogs, and other indie domains from Kagi's Small Web domain list.
- Show HN / Ask HN: Filter down to launches and Q&A threads when you want projects or discussion starters.
- Vintage: Stories whose titles end with a year in parentheses (e.g., "(2014)")—essentially anything older than this year.
- PDF or Video: Switch the feed to view only videos or PDFs that have been posted.
Advanced Filters
- Include keywords: Define keywords that must be in the story title (e.g., "rust, llm").
- Exclude keywords: Hide stories that contain keywords you're tired of.
- Minimum votes: Set a score floor.