hcker.news
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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.
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.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: 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: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 10 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
Filters to exclude AI or keywords
“If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter.”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else?” “you can filter (include and/or exclude) posts by words found in the titles”
Comment from 24 May 2026 in “My I3-Emacs Integration” “Filters are updated daily to catch exceptions.”
Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “We need tech news sources which exclude AI” - Comment from 22 Apr 2026 in “I'm Sick of AI Everything”
- Comment from 29 Jun 2026 in “We need tech news sources which exclude AI”
Many features beyond the HN site
“It does its best to be familiar with the hn reading experience while adding a lot of missing features.”
Comment from 13 Nov 2025 in “Ask HN: Dark Mode for HN is overdue” “which has an absurd number of features that improve your QoL when reading hn”
Comment from 14 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)” “You can do a lot of this stuff w/ the feed builder on hcker.news.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Hacker News, without AI” - Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode?”
Faster and more readable reading
“I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable.”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else?” “this is better for me as a reader”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else?” Liked as mobile and alt UI
“has been my main mobile client for couple of months”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Hacker News, without AI” “probably my favorite alt UI for hacker news”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Real-time push notifications for Hacker News comments”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Filters miss or misjudge some posts
“that site doesn't show this post, regardless of whether the filter is active or not”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Kimi K3 is now live” “maybe it's not as robust as it sounds”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time” “I don't think it is accurate haha”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking?” - Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Hacker News, Sans AI”
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.newsThis page | 18 | 4 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| hckrnews.com | 18 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| The Front Page | 16 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Hacker News, without AI | 16 | 6 | 73% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
29 of the 37 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has multiple dark mode themes”
“probably my favorite alt UI for hacker news”
“You can do a lot of this stuff w/ the feed builder on hcker.news.”
“has been my main mobile client for couple of months”
“The downside is you cannot comment or vote on the external site”
“I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable.”
“apparently you can just use this URL”
“this is better for me as a reader”
“If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter.”
“that site doesn't show this post, regardless of whether the filter is active or not”
“I'll see your simonw tool and raise you one that actually works”
“It seems to work great actually”
“I don't think it is accurate haha”
“I built this (both chronological view and new comment filtering) into the comments presentation on https://hcker.news”
“you can invert the filter on hcker.news”
“Filters are updated daily to catch exceptions.”
“I really like the simplicity of HN and this kinda keeps it (somewhat) in a way that I like.”
“which has an absurd number of features that improve your QoL when reading hn”
“Yeah, that doesn't work either.”
“A much better option, in my opinion”
“you can filter (include and/or exclude) posts by words found in the titles”
“It doesn't have to be that way. Filter it out!”
“Oh I didnt know about this. Very cool.”
“If you're looking for an alt frontend on the web (+PWA), check out https://hcker.news”
“This project has been really gratifying.”
“maybe it's not as robust as it sounds”
“This should do the trick for you”
“It's even brighter than the original.”
“It does its best to be familiar with the hn reading experience while adding a lot of missing features.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.