# Loreline

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/loreline/

7 people recommended Loreline in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

7 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Loreline – Tools for writing interactive fiction”.

**Verdict:** Clean, readable scripting language for branching dialogue that transpiles to many languages. One critic dislikes its whitespace-sensitive syntax.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 8 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Attractive look and dark mode (3 comments in the sample): "the website actually looks good in Loreline" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48586554)) "so much more elegant and nicer looking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584169)) "Dark mode looks sooo good on this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48586637))
- Clean, readable, human-readable script (2 comments in the sample): "Script is clean, human readable and also support translation on multiple languages." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585798)) "I like how readable the script is!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580093))
- Good for branching dialogue and choices (1 comment in the sample): "Think it's a great fit for IF alright." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583567))

## Other scripting languages people recommend

- [Lua](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lua/): 129 recommend, 40 mixed, 53 criticize
- [awk](https://hackerapproved.com/p/awk/): 56 recommend, 7 mixed, 15 criticize
- [AutoHotkey](https://hackerapproved.com/p/autohotkey/): 41 recommend, 3 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Starlark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starlark/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize

## 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, "Loreline", https://hackerapproved.com/p/loreline/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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