# Sefaria

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Sefaria and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free library of Jewish texts with translations, commentary and cross-references, praised for making classical sources easy to read and connect.

## Why people recommend it

- Reading Hebrew and biblical scripture (2 comments): "I've always loved the fully-FOSS interface for reading biblical material on Sefaria" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47811180)) "I also use the Sefaria app to read Hebrew scripture" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48252072))
- Connects texts with translations and commentary (2 comments): "it does connect you to a world of translations, commentary, references in other books" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566474)) "Jews put a few thousand years of effort into translation and interpretation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47696715))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Anna's Archive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anna-s-archive.md): 134 recommend
- [Project Gutenberg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/project-gutenberg.md): 76 recommend
- [Standard Ebooks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/standard-ebooks.md): 34 recommend
- [Library Genesis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/library-genesis.md): 15 recommend
- [LibGen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libgen.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.sefaria.org/texts)

## Cite as

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