A fast, easy-to-use and distraction-free Hacker News terminal client.

Easy to use (arrow keys or hjkl navigation should be enough for the client to be fully usable)

Distraction Free: articles, and comments are converted to simple readble text.

Fast Navigation and Responsivity

Current Features / Screenshots

Navigation and opening pages (text-version): ←↓↑→ arrow keys (or hjkl) will navigate from the HN Frontpage → Comments Page → Article's Text and back.

Open article in default's browser ( SPACE key), Comment page (' c ' key).

key), Comment page (' ' key). Append "best" as argument if you want to see Hacker News Best page, instead of the default frontpage.

Frontpage

Comments

Article

Keymaps

Key Functionaly Down Arrow (↓) or `j` Down on the Frontpage Article List UP Arrow (↑) or `k` Up on the Frontpage Article List Right Arrow (→) or `l` Open Comment Page (while on frontpage) - Pressing again would open the article Left Arrow (←) or `h` Go Back SPACE Open Article on Browser (if for some reason not satisfied with text rendered version) `c` Open Comments page on Browser `q` Quit App

Installation

Binaries

Download binaries for your OS at release page, and chmod +x the file to allow execution.

Using GO INSTALL

If you use GO, you can install it directly: go install github.com/piqoni/hn-text@latest