hackernews.red

What is this?

hackernews.red is an open-source hobby project — a modern, beautiful way to read Hacker News. Built for people who want a clean reading experience with extra features on top.

Where does the data come from?

All stories, comments and scores come directly from the official Hacker News API. The backend syncs new stories and score updates every few minutes in real-time.

Features

• Works offline — Installable as a PWA, works without internet
• AI Summaries — Get quick summaries of articles and discussions
• Dark Mode — Easy on the eyes, day and night
• Real-time updates — Stories and scores update live via an SSE stream
• Semantic search — Find stories by meaning, not just keywords

Personalized recommendations

Create a free account to unlock personalized features:

• For You feed — AI-powered recommendations based on what you read
• Bookmarks — Save stories to read later

AI Agent Support

This site supports WebMCP, a proposed web standard that lets AI agents interact with websites through structured tools instead of screen-scraping. If you're using an agentic browser (Chrome 146+), your AI assistant can search stories, browse feeds, read comments and manage bookmarks directly — no copy-pasting needed.