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About Hax for Hacker News

Hax is a free Hacker News client for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, that aims to provide a native browsing experience that improves upon the website while keeping a similar minimalistic appearance. Browse any Hacker News feed, scroll through stories and watch the discussion unfold in the comments. Other features include the following: - Widgets: display the latest stories of any feed - Discussion at a glance: generate a summary of a story's top comments using the Apple Intelligence on-device model (only on compatible devices) - Controls: open any feed from Control Center, the Lock Screen, or the Action button - Safari extension: when opening Hacker News links in Safari, you can open them in Hax - Filter out stories and comments depending on keywords and/or users - Search stories - Translate titles, comments, and more - Dark Mode and Dynamic Type The project is open-source, so you can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/lui5fl/hax

What’s new

Version 2.2.0 · Updated December 13, 2025

New features - Discussion at a glance: generate a summary of a story's top comments using the Apple Intelligence on-device model (only on compatible devices) - Send feedback - Tip jar

App privacy

The developer, Luis Fariña Lázaro, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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