# hckrnews.com

18 Hacker News commenters recommended hckrnews.com and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People use it as a chronological alternative front end for Hacker News, showing newest posts first so browsing by time is easier than by popularity.

## Why people recommend it

- Chronological order instead of upvotes (5 comments): "Browsing by time is easier rather than popularity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308774)) "The chronological feed is much more convenient." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080337)) "Plus chronological order from HckrNews!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083854))
- Default front page for daily use (4 comments): "This is why I exclusively use https://hckrnews.com as the "front page"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319121)) "With https://hckrnews.com as my entry into HN I don't see the need" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47138854)) "use hckrnews.com as my default first level filter" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308612))
- Easier to read than official site (2 comments): "After many years of using that, the few times when I manually get to news.ycombinator.com I find it unreadable haha." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320410)) "In thems of pagination, yes, which is why I prefer to use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48902940))

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- [Hacker News client for macOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/native-macos-hacker-news-client.md): 26 recommend
- [hcker.news](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hcker-news.md): 18 recommend
- [The Front Page](https://hackerapproved.com/p/front-page.md): 16 recommend
- [Hacker News, without AI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news-without-ai.md): 16 recommend
- [Harmonic Hacker News app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/harmonic.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://hckrnews.com/)

## Cite as

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