Hacki
Ranked 10 of 11 hacker news clients by recommenders
A free Android client for Hacker News that people find nearly perfect and well updated, with mute and keyword filtering.
A free Android client for Hacker News that people find nearly perfect and well updated, with mute and keyword filtering.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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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
Mute and keyword filtering
“it does have a block feature for users - more like a mute, really but extremely helpful”
Comment from 9 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?” “allows you to ban keywords from your feed”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Time to add option in Hacker News "AI excluded Show HN"”
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 Page | 16 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| HackiThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“allows you to ban keywords from your feed”
“Thank you for making Hacki - it's perfect. The most recent updates enhance the quality quite a bit.”
“and hacki for hackernews!”
“I've found Hacki best for me so far”
“It's more a mute than a block, you still see the username and the attribute "blocked"”
“it does have a block feature for users - more like a mute, really but extremely helpful”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.