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
- 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
- Update app for iOS 26
- Mark stories as read
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.
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Information
- Provider
- Luis Farina Lazaro
- Size
- 3.5 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