Hacker News CLI (2014)

basilikum · 2026-04-15T23:40:08 1776296408

I already use a HN cli called w3m.

sent with w3m

semiinfinitely · 2026-04-16T00:06:03 1776297963

wow are u arch user too

mbernstein · 2026-04-16T01:47:14 1776304034

They aren't - they'd have led with that. (note: I use arch and am legally obligated to tell you).

trollbridge · 2026-04-16T01:08:09 1776301689

I will be as soon as I get my workstation to not kernel panic on boot (plus figure out why wayland compositor is just giving me a blank screen)

sylware · 2026-04-16T10:16:54 1776334614

links2 and lynx here.

goodmythical · 2026-04-16T18:44:35 1776365075

elinks here

sylware · 2026-04-17T07:44:33 1776411873

Still going for javascript support with quickjs?

junkblocker · 2026-04-16T01:57:21 1776304641

Somebody recently vibecoded https://github.com/fragmede/nitpick and posted here which is pretty good but I really want to browse the sites in terminal too. Then I discovered I have had an hn alias to lynx gopher://hngopher.com . w3m also works but I want to be able to browser with full w3m images support but most sites just break on needing JavaScript. Some front end to a headless chrome/Firefox instance like brow6el or awrit might work but I haven't attempted those with much success yet

nerptastic · 2026-04-16T16:26:38 1776356798

Back when I was a lowly web dev intern - I was able to finish most of my work rather quickly. Obviously, instead of going above and beyond - I found a way to browse Reddit in the terminal.

My manager was non-technical, and so anytime he walked past my desk it appeared that I was hackin’ away. I had (and still do) have my terminal set up to be black background with bright cyan text.

semiinfinitely · 2026-04-15T23:30:12 1776295812

[12 years ago]

varun_ch · 2026-04-16T00:03:02 1776297782

with hackernews I wouldn't be surprised if this still worked

rovr138 · 2026-04-15T23:44:43 1776296683

Python 2.7 as a requirement

kristopolous · 2026-04-16T00:57:14 1776301034

Forked it and vibe updated it.

https://github.com/kristopolous/developer-experience

israrkhan · 2026-04-15T23:34:14 1776296054

Usually the first thing, the page should mention is how to install it.

it is as if developer does not want anyone to use this tool.

heartleo · 2026-04-16T08:26:48 1776328008

Nice work — I like the simplicity.

I built a TUI version of this in Go — I just love doing everything in the terminal.

Built a small prototype here if you’re curious: https://github.com/heartleo/hn-cli

anta40 · 2026-04-16T04:10:05 1776312605

Anyone use hnterm? https://github.com/ggerganov/hnterm

I think it still works pretty well, and written in C++ instead of the "cool kids" Go/Rust

wiseowise · 2026-04-16T04:29:21 1776313761

> and written in C++ instead of the "cool kids" Go/Rust

Is that supposed to sound like an argument in favor of it? Because it doesn’t.

bredren · 2026-04-16T04:53:16 1776315196

I thought this would provide easy query access, but it does not seem to.

Is there a CLI that queries hn.algolia.com and returns structured data?

thegdsks · 2026-04-16T03:58:15 1776311895

The CLI tool space has changed so much since then. Everything is getting rewritten in Rust or Go now.

rolph · 2026-04-16T02:04:39 1776305079

these may be of interest:

https://pypi.org/

https://pypi.org/search/?q=hacker+news+cli

sylware · 2026-04-16T10:18:12 1776334692

Lazy question: is the web API (CURL) allow to login and do posts?

garyfirestorm · 2026-04-15T23:18:10 1776295090

no information about installation - no github repo

rovr138 · 2026-04-15T23:26:29 1776295589

https://github.com/kamilchm/developer-experience/

Sidebar > Changelog > Hit the version 0.0.1 > fix the url to .com > remove tree and version

israrkhan · 2026-04-15T23:35:30 1776296130

lol, even the link is not correct.

.con, instead of .com

ChrisArchitect · 2026-04-16T02:32:09 1776306729

(2014) OP

jimmcslim · 2026-04-16T04:03:25 1776312205

Can we have an official Hacker News API that lets me authenticate to my account and grab the submissions and comments that I have upvoted?