# Gloomberb

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Gloomberb and 13 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source terminal app for finance data with a tiling layout that people find sensible. Critics say it looks vibe-coded and uses a lot of memory as a JavaScript runtime.

## Why people recommend it

- Free, open-source, shared with community (3 comments): "I see a cool product that someone built and is sharing with the community" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288006)) "It's auditable and totally fine for an open source project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289503)) "Thank you for giving the world your free software." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293407))
- Tiling layout with appealing look (3 comments): "The tiling UI is quite sensible once you get the hang of it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292173)) "Some of us are just here for the æsthetics!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287194)) "I like this presentation more." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288014))

## What people warn about

- Looks vibe-coded or AI-generated (5 comments): "The project is vibe-coded slop and coding LLMs are not famous for using obvious or minimalistic approaches." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296253)) "Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296188)) "It doesn't take a genius to realize this entire project was probably vibe coded." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294651))
- JavaScript runtime uses lots of RAM (4 comments): "I am, 100%, not going to install some Java/Type-script nightmare like this though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49288126)) "These bundled javascript runtime "apps" eat at least 500M of RAM on boot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49290618)) "This is how I found out it's a javascript project and didn't install it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295224))
- Recommends curl pipe to bash install (2 comments): "Why would you advertise `curl | bash` as a way to install if there's a binary available?!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49289039)) "Claude-generated TypeScript slop. So no, you don't want to pipe this into your bash." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296188))
- Website and download button broken (3 comments): "couldn't even spend the time to clean up their vibe coded website" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286816)) "I think a site that doesn't work properly is a bad one." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287757)) "The download button doesn't even work properly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287351))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bloomberg Terminal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bloomberg-terminal.md): 36 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gloomberb", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gloomberb/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).