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About HACK for Hacker News Science & Technology

HACK for Hacker News is the most beautiful and easy way to read about the latest programming, startup, science, technology, engineering and mathematics news. With ability to vote, favorite, comment, submit new posts and receive push notifications for replies, HACK is highly customizable with the best features you would expect in a top quality client.

- Login or Register your Hacker News account
- PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for Hacker News replies to comment or post
- Swipe to upvote, favorite, reply and hide stories & comments
- Comments are presented in nested threads. Tap a comment to collapse that thread
- Reply to posts & comments
- Submit new link or text posts including drafts
- Long press a story, link or comment to share
- No Ads. No subscriptions
- Landscape and Portrait support
- Hide read posts from the feed
- Tap the bottom button to scroll to the next root comment in the thread. Long press it to go to the previous one.
- All known hacker news endpoints - News, Ask HN, Show HN, Show HN Newest, trending, second chance pool, classic, active, best stories, best comments, new stories, new comments, noob stories, noob comments, jobs, over 100-500 points etc
- Submit posts, reply, comment using your HN account
- Browse top 100 leader accounts
- Browse stories from a specific site, user or date
- Archive support: View an archive of the post website. archive.is, archive.org & google cache.
- Search in comments and usernames! Search is case and diacritic insensitive and ignores punctuations.
- Select / highlight the comment/post title text for lookup/copy/translate
- Powerful search (powered by Algolia API) - use @date to sort by date, #story to filter for stories, #comments to filter for comments, #author_username to filter by user etc. These tags can be separated by commas. Refer to https://hn.algolia.com/api for more tags.
- Dark mode - both pure black and gray mode and many other color choices
- Low contrast text mode to make the text not be pure white #FFFFFF
- Many theme color choices for customization
- Font choices & sizes to make the design exactly to your liking
- Share comment as image
- Threaded comments with color bar to maintain visual orientation
- Articles open in built in webview with Reader Mode. Ability to use other browsers too.
- Play articles as audio with Text to Speech.
- Tap the domain in a story to see all stories from that site
- Tap the username in a story or comment to go to the user profile
- Browse your submitted stories and comments, favorited stories and comments, upvoted stories and comments, hidden stories
- High quality favicons for articles as HN doesn't provide any images. I run my own server for this so if you would like to help me support server costs, please buy the small one time in app purchase. It also unlocks custom fonts, themes, settings customizations and supports future update development.

All stories and comments are via Algolia API and Hacker News API:
https://news.ycombinator.com/
https://hn.algolia.com/api
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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I offer an ad and analytics free and beautiful app for the absolute best experience for my users. If you are enjoying the app, please leave me a positive rating on the play store as that helps get the word out to others. If you would like to support development and buy me a coffee, please purchase the one time in app purchase. No subscriptions. Thank you for your support!

Send any feedback or feature requests to Pran at:
[email protected]

HACK for Hacker News is not affiliated with Y Combinator.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

What is HACK for Hacker News?

HACK for Hacker News is a mobile application that allows users to read the latest programming, startup, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics news from Hacker News. It has various features such as voting, favoriting, commenting, submitting new posts, and receiving push notifications.

How can I login or register my Hacker News account?

To login or register your Hacker News account, you can use the provided login/register functionality within the HACK for Hacker News app.

Does HACK for Hacker News support push notifications?

Yes, HACK for Hacker News supports push notifications. You will receive notifications for replies to your comments or posts on Hacker News.

How can I upvote, favorite, reply, and hide stories and comments in HACK for Hacker News?

You can swipe on a story or comment to upvote, favorite, reply, or hide it in HACK for Hacker News.

Are comments presented in nested threads in HACK for Hacker News?

Yes, comments in HACK for Hacker News are presented in nested threads. You can tap on a comment to collapse that specific thread.

Can I reply to posts and comments in HACK for Hacker News?

Yes, you can reply to both posts and comments in HACK for Hacker News.

How can I share a story, link, or comment in HACK for Hacker News?

In HACK for Hacker News, you can long press on a story, link, or comment to share it through various platforms.

Does HACK for Hacker News have ads or subscriptions?

No, HACK for Hacker News does not have any ads or subscriptions. It offers an ad-free experience.

Can I use HACK for Hacker News in both landscape and portrait modes?

Yes, HACK for Hacker News supports both landscape and portrait orientations.

How can I hide read posts from the feed in HACK for Hacker News?

HACK for Hacker News allows you to hide read posts from the feed. There is a specific option or functionality to enable this feature.

Is there archive support in HACK for Hacker News?

Yes, HACK for Hacker News supports archive view for post websites. You can view an archive of the post website using services like archive.is, archive.org, and google cache.

Can I search for comments and usernames in HACK for Hacker News?

Yes, you can search for comments and usernames within HACK for Hacker News. The search function is case and diacritic insensitive and ignores punctuations.

What is the dark mode feature in HACK for Hacker News?

HACK for Hacker News offers a dark mode feature, which provides a dark color scheme for reading the news.
author
Nice app with room for improvement
Nikos Kapraras
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Finally some good competition to materialistic. Please provide option to change font in reader mode. Also change line spacing. Edit: different font option for reader font.
Saurabh Yadav
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Very nice
Nick S