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Ask HN: Are there any alternative front ends for HN?

5 points by monkhood 3y ago

I realise a lot of people here like the minimalist look of HN but I think I would appreciate a bit more refined user experience on HN. I'm not just asking about reading HN, but also posting, commenting etc. Is having an alternative UI even allowed by HN? I mean both technically (e.g. cross-origin, authentication) but also officially?

pndy 3y ago
How about Modern for Hacker News: https://www.modernhn.com/ https://www.modernhn.com/ - available for both Gecko and Chromium-based browsers. There's also a Wikipedia version: https://www.modernwiki.app/ https://www.modernwiki.app/ - tho now it just slightly redefines already modernized interface that was released months ago
- coldtrait 3y ago
  Another one that was made recently by a user: https://news.ycombinato.com/ https://news.ycombinato.com/
  - codingclaws 3y ago
    That's an interesting nested comments visualization with it getting darker. I would guess it's stacked alpha instead of different colors.
- flore2003 3y ago
  I was about to share the same thing, can only recommend Modern for Hacker News!
arthurcolle 3y ago
I mostly use curl, much easier than such a painful app like a browser
- throwaway167 3y ago
  As a privacy concerned user, I print Hacker News stories I'm interested in, and then POST replies. Though as my printer was made in Sweden, it sometimes just prints a page saying "Sorry." with a 403 header as HN sometimes blocks privacy focused people.
  - cpach 3y ago
    A printer made in Sweden? O_o
solardev 3y ago
There are a bunch of apps on the app store too.
freshairr 3y ago
You can checkout this repo and see if something is more appealing to you: https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news I personally just use Stylus and have a custom css for making things a bit more readable and user friendly. There's also this extension that just refines a couple things: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
- monkhood 3y ago
  Thanks for the suggestions, https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news is indeed great. Although I prefer not to install a chrome extension. I was thinking something similar to alternative frontends for youtube which already exit.
ssnxd 3y ago
https://hn.devss.io/ https://hn.devss.io/
bayat 3y ago
I’ve been liking using HACK (iOS) https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hack-for-hacker-news-reader/id...
rasz 3y ago
Not alternative, but enhanced: https://github.com/raszpl/hackahackernews https://github.com/raszpl/hackahackernews