HN Explorer Alternatives

HN Explorer is described as 'Get a personalized version of the Hacker News homepage and find similar stories for any story' and is a hacker news client in the news & books category. There are more than 10 alternatives to HN Explorer for a variety of platforms, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Hacker News and Windows apps. The best HN Explorer alternative is Hacki for Hacker News, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HN Explorer are HN Update, Glider for Hacker News, SideHN and Sigma: Your Feeds United .

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  1. Trilby icon

    Trilby

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    Trilby is a beautiful, and thoughtfully created Hacker News client for your device.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Hacker News
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  2. Vue HN icon

    Vue HN

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    Read news from Y-Combinator's Hackernews feed using an elegant, Pinterest-like layout, complete with thumbnails and Likes!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Hacker News
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  4. Octal icon

    Octal

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    Octal is a full-featured Hacker News client built with an eye for design and usability. Octal has all the features you'd expect from a Hacker News app, including the ability to sign in to your Hacker News account, post comments and upvote.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. HackerNewt icon

    HackerNewt

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    HackerNewt is a Hacker News client that uses an alternative way of displaying comment tree. Advantages over traditional interfaces:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • CA flagCanada
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  6. HNClient icon

    HNClient

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    Comfortably read Hacker News without having to open an endless amount of tabs anymore. You can choose articles to view from a sidebar and can optionally read articles and their comments next to each other on a split screen.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Switch between stories using the sidebar
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  9. HackerNewsWatch icon

    HackerNewsWatch

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    A minimal Hacker News reader for Apple Watch built with SwiftUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Apple Watch
    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU
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  10. circumflex icon

    circumflex

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    A streamlined, syntax-highlighted browsing experience for Hacker News directly in the terminal, featuring reader mode posts, support for user-favorite pagers for efficient access. Emphasize color customization with native terminal colors and complete Nerd Fonts icon integration.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Homebrew
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