
Hax for Hacker News
News
Free
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
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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
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 .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Luis Farina Lazaro
- Size
- 6 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.5 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.2 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2025 Luis Fariña Lázaro