Hax for Hacker News 16+
Luis Fariña Lázaro
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- Free
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Description
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
- 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 2.1.0
New features
- Update app for iOS 26
- Mark stories as read
App Privacy
The developer, Luis Fariña Lázaro, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Luis Farina Lazaro
- Size
- 3.5 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.2 or later.
- Languages
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English, Spanish
- Age Rating
- Learn More
- Contains Unrestricted Web Access User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2025 Luis Fariña Lázaro
- Price
- Free