Hax for Hacker News

by Luis Fariña Lázaro · News · Free

On the App Store since July 2022 · Data updated 2026-10-15

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Last updated: December 13, 2025
Size: 5.68 MB

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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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Price: Free
App size: 5.68 MB
Content rating: High

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Version: 2.2.0
Launched: July 2022

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Hax for Hacker News is a news app developed by Luis Fariña Lázaro.

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Hax for Hacker News is freely available from the App Store. The app size is 5.68 MB. The latest version available is 2.2.0. The last update was on December 13, 2025.

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The app has a content rating of High Maturity. The app has been available on the App Store since July 2022.

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