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Hacker News Time

Newspaper-style Hacker News reader with side-by-side articles and comments.

Pricing

$0/mo

Free
Score

4.0/5

License
Apache-2.0
Last technical review
2026-11-11
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Technical Overview

Hacker News Time is a web platform built for software developers and engineers that aggregates and presents Hacker News stories and discussions in an optimized reading format with side-by-side article and comment views. It enables tracking publication evolution chronologically.

Analyst Evaluation: Pros and Limitations

Verified Advantages

  • Clean traditional newspaper layout
  • Simultaneous display of articles and community discussions
  • Intuitive chronological organization by day and total score

Technical Considerations

  • Lacks advanced custom keyword filtering options
  • No public API available for external integrations

Technical Capabilities & Features

3/7
Not available:REST & GraphQL API
Not available:SSO / SAML Authentication
Not available:Self-Hosted Option
Included:Full Data Export
Included:Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Not available:Custom Domains & SSL
Included:Immutable Audit Logs
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Technical Scorecard: Hacker News Time

75/100
DX & Tech Documentation
Favorable
70/100
Pricing Fairness
Excellent
100/100
Security & Governance
Favorable
60/100
Data Portability & Sovereignty
Favorable
70/100
Performance & Reliability
Favorable
75/100

Time to Value & Fit by Segment: Hacker News Time

Estimated Time-to-Value< 1 hour (Immediate)

Near-instantaneous deployment with minimal technical friction.

Learning CurveLow (Intuitive)

Rapid onboarding for developers without prior training required.

Fit Index by Organization Size

Startup & Agile Teams1 to 50 members
90%
Mid-Market & Scaleup50 to 500 members
80%
Corporate Enterprise500+ members
70%
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Pricing

$0.00/mo

Model: FREE.

Available plans:

  • FreeCustom

Free Tier Verification:

  • No credit card required
  • Commercial use allowed
  • Unlimited usage with no expiration
  • No mandatory watermarks
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Billing Risks & Hidden Clauses: Hacker News Time

Free Tier Limits:

Totalmente gratuito sin restricciones de acceso o límites de visualización.

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Projection: Hacker News Time$0.00/mo
Deterministic cost estimation at 12 and 36 months based on team size, including SSO tax premiums and annual prepay discounts.
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Licensing Cost (1 to 100+ seats)
$0/forever
Unlimited team members with zero penalties
SSO Tax (SAML Enterprise)
$0no surcharge
No artificial security barriers
3-Year Investment (Software TCO)
$0total
operates under a zero-cost or open-source model. Licensing TCO is identical:
Usage Surcharges & Bill Shock Simulator: Hacker News TimeWhat usage costs as you scale
Detect overage penalties before they impact engineering budget.
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Prototype / MVP (10 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 10 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Suitable for development; verify concurrent connection limits.

Base Production (50 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 50 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Implement table compression policies and temporal partitioning.

Active Growth (250 GB)

Included base quota in plan: 250 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Offload cold backups to standard object storage (S3).

Large Scale (1.000 GB (1 TB))

Included base quota in plan: 1,000 GB.
Low Risk / Predictable Bill
Base Monthly Rate
$0/mo
Fixed subscription or contracted tier
Overage Penalty
$0/month extra
Usage covered within plan quota
Estimated Monthly Invoice
$0/mo
Total monthly cost before taxes
Technical Mitigation Recommendation:

Migrate to dedicated instance or self-hosted cluster to curtail I/O fees.

Security & Data Exit
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Compliance & Security Standards: Hacker News Time

SOC 2 Type IINot reported
ISO 27001Not reported
GDPR / RGPDNot reported
HIPAANot reported
PCI-DSSNot reported
Jurisdiction & Legal Sovereignty
🇺🇸United States [US]Subject to US CLOUD ActDPA On Request
SSO Availability (SAML Enterprise)
No SSO Documented
Data Residency
GLOBALCloudflare
AI Privacy Policy
Not evaluated
Data Liberation & Migration Runbook: Hacker News TimeJSON
Actionable escape runbook and credential export guarantees to mitigate vendor lock-in.
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Supported Structured Export Formats
JSON
Password Hash Portability
Locked: Proprietary Algorithm / No Export

Credential hashes are guarded under proprietary algorithms and cannot be exported.

CLI Command / Rescue Endpoint
N/A
Exit Protocol & Migration Notes

No export required as content mirrors public Hacker News posts.

Deployment & Infrastructure Requirements: Hacker News TimeApache-2.0
Hardware specs and Docker directives to run on local servers, dedicated VPS, or Kubernetes without telemetry leak to the cloud.
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Minimum Memory1 GB RAM (Recommended)
Compute CPU1 vCPU
Runtime / LanguageRust
Code LicenseApache-2.0
Docker CLI Directive
docker run -d --name hacker-news-time -p 8080:8080 hacker-news-time:latest
Companion Services & Dependencies:
PostgreSQL 15+Redis 7+
Community & Repository
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Technical Reputation of Hacker News Time

66/100 Technical Trust

Frequent Praises in Production

  • Clean traditional newspaper layout
  • Simultaneous display of articles and community discussions
  • Intuitive chronological organization by day and total score

Reported Production Frictions

  • Lacks advanced custom keyword filtering options
  • No public API available for external integrations
Commercial Treatment & Vendor Lock-in:1-Click Cancellation

Immediate cancellation from account settings without phone calls or forced retention.

Open source repository activity: Hacker News Time581
Stars, forks and release cadence
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Stars581
Forks65
Open Issues28
SPDX LicenseApache-2.0
Latest Commit DetectedNov 11, 2026

Frequently Asked Technical Questions (Hacker News Time)

What is Hacker News Time?

It is an alternative web reader for Hacker News designed to provide a streamlined reading experience with side-by-side article and comment views.

Is the platform free to use?

The platform is completely free to use for all individuals without hidden fees or paywalls to access historical content.

How are stories sorted on the interface?

Stories are grouped chronologically by temporal blocks such as today and yesterday, prioritizing those with higher accumulated scores.

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