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Hacker News RSS
Hacker News RSS provides a feed of Hacker News posts for reading through RSS.
About Hacker News RSS
Hacker News RSS provides custom, realtime feeds for Hacker News posts and comments, served as valid RSS over HTTPS and also available in Atom and JSON Feed formats. It offers feed types including firehose, front page, keyword search, replies, user posts and comments, threads, favorites, jobs and hiring threads, Ask HN, Show HN, polls, and alternative homepages, with URL parameters for filtering by points, comments, keywords, and author.
Favorite feeds return posts only, not comments, and the site asks users to refresh those feeds conservatively because they scrape Hacker News before fetching data.
Key features
- Realtime feeds for new posts, comments, and front-page items
- Keyword search feeds with OR queries and percent-encoding
- Reply feeds by username or specific comment ID
- Thread feeds for a post, optionally filtered by author
- Job feeds including Who is hiring threads with keyword filter
- Same feeds available in Atom and JSON Feed formats
Best for: People who read Hacker News through an RSS reader and want filtered feeds for topics, users, threads, or jobs.
Good for
- Feeds served as valid RSS over HTTPS
- Available in RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed formats
- URL parameters allow filtering by points, comments, and keywords
Watch out for
- Favorite feeds return posts only, not comments
- Favorite feeds ask for a conservative refresh schedule
Hacker News RSS at a glance
- Official website
- hnrss.github.io
- Category
- News & Media › News Aggregators
- Type
- Publication
- Platforms
- Web
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Hacker News RSS FAQ
How do I get a feed for posts containing a keyword?
Add q=KEYWORD to a feed URL, such as /newest?q=Django, use OR for multiple terms, and percent-encode reserved characters such as + in C++.
How do I follow replies or a specific thread?
Use /replies?id=USERNAME for user replies or ?id=COMMENT_ID for a comment, and /item?id=THREAD_ID for thread comments, optionally adding &author=USERNAME.
Can I filter feeds by score or activity?
Yes, add points=N or comments=N parameters to any feed URL, combining multiple parameters with &.
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