Show HN: hnr – a terminal Hacker News reader vibe-coded in Rust
H.n.r is a terminal-based reader for Hacker News, designed to enhance user experience while browsing stories and comments. Built with Rust, it offers features like threaded comments, search capabilities, and bookmarking. The application allows users to interact with stories directly from the terminal without needing to switch to a web browser.
- ▪H.n.r provides six feeds including Top, New, Best, Ask HN, Show HN, and Jobs.
- ▪Users can fetch and render articles in reader mode with structured text and a progress indicator.
- ▪The application supports Algolia-powered full-text search and allows users to bookmark stories.
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h.n.r — say it as "honor" A terminal UI for Hacker News Browse stories, read threaded comments, search, vote, reply, and bookmark — all without leaving the terminal. Built with Rust and ratatui. Mostly vibe coded with Claude Code over a weekend. Features Six feeds — Top, New, Best, Ask HN, Show HN, Jobs Threaded comments — recursive tree with inline expand/collapse per comment Comment prefetch — comments are fetched automatically after a short dwell on any story and the pane switches without pressing Enter; works for Algolia search results too Reader mode — press r to fetch and render any article as structured text with headings, code blocks, quotes and lists (powered by Mozilla Readability); loads in the background with a progress indicator Shimmer progress — all async operations (feed…
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