# Phoronix

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Phoronix and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Phoronix for detailed hardware and software benchmarks and open source news. Critics say its headlines have grown clickbaity and its quality has slipped recently.

## Why people recommend it

- Thorough hardware and software benchmarks (4 comments): "does some of the best and most comprehensive benchmarking of hardware and software you'll find anywhere on the internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372623)) "can also be useful as well for benching open source stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47019189)) "its benchmarks generally seem sound" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292166))
- Strong Linux and open source coverage (2 comments): "They are the #1 review I keep an eye on for linux laptops." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862360)) "good oss news aggregator at the very least" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46369025))
- Trusted reference people check regularly (2 comments): "you can check Phoronix or even the GeekBench details" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45941747)) "Phoronix has a good take on it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465130))

## What people warn about

- Clickbaity, drama-driven headlines (3 comments): "the site has a tendency to amplify and highlight anything that will produce drama" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228521)) "the articles are a bit clickbaity sometimes but mostly it's fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46215019)) "making headlines out of thin air again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47610287))
- Quality has declined recently (4 comments): "phoronix has been a joke site for at least a few years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564881)) "Phoronix quality really took a dive in the last year" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47533875)) "Shame because Phoronix was kinda good in the past." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984230))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Register](https://hackerapproved.com/p/register.md): 13 recommend
- [XDA Developers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xda-developers.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

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