# hnrss

13 Hacker News commenters recommended hnrss and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A free RSS feed for Hacker News that lets readers follow only new stories, filtered by points, or replies to their comments without visiting the site.

## Why people recommend it

- Replaces visiting Hacker News directly (2 comments): "I don't even visit HN, I just pull the filtered RSS feed, and engage where I feel I'm interested or can provide value." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688216)) "Have you tried only using it through RSS feeds?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49790459))
- Shows only new replies (2 comments): "That's better than checking your threads because you'll only see replies that are new since the last time you checked." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942778)) "I've been quite happy getting replies to my HN comments as an rss feed!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642164))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Kill the Newsletter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kill-the-newsletter.md): 6 recommend
- [RSS-Bridge](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rss-bridge.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://hnrss.github.io/)

## Cite as

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