# hcker.news

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/hcker-news/

15 people recommended hcker.news in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 12 months, in 19 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Alternative Hacker News reader with filters to exclude AI stories and a chronological comment view, faster and more readable. Caveat: you cannot comment or vote on the site.

Summary written by Claude from 29 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 25 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Filters to exclude AI or keywords (5 comments in the sample): "If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302465)) "you can filter (include and/or exclude) posts by words found in the titles" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258515)) "Filters are updated daily to catch exceptions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713433))
- Many features beyond the HN site (2 comments in the sample): "It does its best to be familiar with the hn reading experience while adding a lot of missing features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45914311)) "has multiple dark mode themes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686328))
- Faster and more readable reading (2 comments in the sample): "I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313318)) "this is better for me as a reader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307813))
- Liked as mobile and alt UI (2 comments in the sample): "has been my main mobile client for couple of months" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661720)) "probably my favorite alt UI for hacker news" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49669259))

## What people warn about

- Filters miss or misjudge some posts (4 comments in the sample): "that site doesn't show this post, regardless of whether the filter is active or not" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48935968)) "maybe it's not as robust as it sounds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46707376)) "I don't think it is accurate haha" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835478))

## Other hacker news clients people recommend

- [hckrnews.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hckrnews-com/): 17 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Octal (Hacker News iOS app)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/octal/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [hnsansai](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hnsansai/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Hacki](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacki/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://hcker.news/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "hcker.news", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hcker-news/ (15 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.