The Front Page
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 4 of 11 hacker news clients by recommenders
People like its newspaper-style Hacker News front page, with summaries that help readers skip low-quality posts. Critics say the text is too small to read comfortably.
People like its newspaper-style Hacker News front page, with summaries that help readers skip low-quality posts. Critics say the text is too small to read comfortably.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 16
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 16 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Summaries help pick articles
“has got me to read many more articles which I would have otherwise skipped over”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “I don't want you to summarise the page” “I like that I can quickly read a summary of the articles I’m interested in.”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Show HN: The Front Page – Newspaper-style front page for Hacker News” “It tends to be an excellent way to filter out low quality content, IMO.”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?” Attractive nostalgic newspaper design
“It was well laid out, straight to the point, and had design flourishes”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Claude Design” “it looks wonderful and stirs up warm nostalgia in me”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Show HN: The Front Page – Newspaper-style front page for Hacker News”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Small text hard on eyes
“The text is really small and impossible to read at regular zoom.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Hacker News front page as a site” “Cool, but body font size is too small for comfortable reading!”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Hacker News front page as a site” “Nice, but isn't this format harder on the eyes?”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Show HN: The Front Page – Newspaper-style front page for Hacker News” - Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Hacker News front page as a site”
Other hacker news clients people recommend
The four most recommended other hacker news clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News client for macOS | 26 | 5 | 84% | 1 | — | — |
| hcker.news | 18 | 4 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| hckrnews.com | 18 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| The Front PageThis page | 16 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Hacker News, without AI | 16 | 6 | 73% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It tends to be an excellent way to filter out low quality content, IMO.”
“has got me to read many more articles which I would have otherwise skipped over”
“The text is really small and impossible to read at regular zoom.”
“could be even better if the number of points/comments was easier to scan”
“the small text description is hurting my eyes”
“Cool, but body font size is too small for comfortable reading!”
“it looks wonderful and stirs up warm nostalgia in me”
“I like that I can quickly read a summary of the articles I’m interested in.”
“The article summaries frequently have odd phrases in them”
“Nice, but isn't this format harder on the eyes?”
“This is nice. I wish that this came as a bog standard on this website.”
“It was well laid out, straight to the point, and had design flourishes”
“is every day more compelling”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.