Hackers for Hacker News
Hacker News for iPhone & iPad
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Hackers is the best way to browse Hacker News on iPhone and iPad. It’s fast, beautiful, and thoughtfully accessible — designed to keep you in the flow of reading and discussion.
• Effortless reading. Clean typography and a distraction-free layout put the content first.
• Made for long threads. Collapse, expand, and navigate nested comments with a tap — or swipe to move through deep conversations without losing your place.
• Swipe to act. Vote on posts and comments with simple, familiar gestures.
• All the essentials. Thumbnails on posts, quick jump to comments, in-thread link handling, and blazing-fast feed pagination.
• Native to the core. Universal iPhone & iPad app, Safari View Controller for articles, iPad multitasking, Share Extension (“Open in Hackers”), and great performance.
• Accessibility first. Dynamic Type, VoiceOver-friendly structure, high-contrast themes, and careful focus order make Hackers comfortable for every reader.
• Open source. Transparent by design — explore the code, file issues, and contribute on GitHub.
Why Hackers?
• A decade of refinement focused on a simple goal: make Hacker News feel great on iOS.
• Privacy-respecting. The app collects no data. Period.
Hackers is an open source project, check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/weiran/Hackers
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• Find what you need faster with smarter search, personalised feed defaults, and flexible thumbnail controls.
• Save favourites across all your devices with synced bookmarks and a smoother feed and comments experience.
• Visit Settings to tip or subscribe, keep Hackers improving, and help the app stay free.
The developer, Weiran Zhang, 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
- Weiran Zhang
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Realistic Violence
Profanity or Crude Humour
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Generous Tip USD 6.99
- Nice Tip USD 2.99
- Quick Tip USD 0.99
- Hackers Supporter USD 0.99
- Copyright
- © Weiran Zhang