SmackerNews

A port of HackerWeb that uses Nextjs 16.x and other modern libraries. Uses the official HackerNews API. Read only.

Originally built & designed by Lim Chee Aun. Thank you for making an app I used for years. This is a fun project to learn new frameworks and use Claude Code.

Rebuilt in 2026 using Next.js 16 and other modern libraries. Open source repo coming soon.

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