hckrnews.com
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 2 of 11 hacker news clients by recommenders
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.
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.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not 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.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 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
Chronological order instead of upvotes
“Browsing by time is easier rather than popularity.”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?” “The chronological feed is much more convenient.”
Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Tell HN: Want a better HN? Visit /newest” “Plus chronological order from HckrNews!”
Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Tell HN: Want a better HN? Visit /newest” - Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting”
- Comment from 29 May 2026 on Hacker News
Default front page for daily use
“This is why I exclusively use https://hckrnews.com as the "front page"”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “The Iran War Is a Whole New Level of Quagmire for the US” “With https://hckrnews.com as my entry into HN I don't see the need”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “IDF Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report” “use hckrnews.com as my default first level filter”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days?” - Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Tell HN: Want a better HN? Visit /newest”
Easier to read than official site
“After many years of using that, the few times when I manually get to news.ycombinator.com I find it unreadable haha.”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “The Iran War Is a Whole New Level of Quagmire for the US” “In thems of pagination, yes, which is why I prefer to use”
Comment from 14 Jul 2026 in “The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes”
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 | — | — |
| hckrnews.comThis page | 18 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| hcker.news | 18 | 4 | 82% | 10 | — | Approved |
| The Front Page | 16 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Hacker News, without AI | 16 | 6 | 73% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“its incredibly easy to immediately tell when something was posted, and how popular it was”
“After many years of using that, the few times when I manually get to news.ycombinator.com I find it unreadable haha.”
“This is why I exclusively use https://hckrnews.com as the "front page"”
“has a good line which tracks what you saw last”
“Browsing by time is easier rather than popularity.”
“use hckrnews.com as my default first level filter”
“Big shoutout to https://hckrnews.com , which gave me the initial idea”
“In thems of pagination, yes, which is why I prefer to use”
“I prefer new over upvoted.”
“With https://hckrnews.com as my entry into HN I don't see the need”
“If you use an alternative front end (I use hckrnews.com for example), that really isn't a risk.”
“preserves topics that were upvoted to the top and subsequently flagged to death by bot farms or the owners”
“which is chronological and uncensored”
“Plus chronological order from HckrNews!”
“my go to and has been for years”
“The chronological feed is much more convenient.”
“especially as I usually find comments more interesting than the featured links”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.