# Hacker News

> Hacker News app that supports Android 12 Material You on phones and tablets.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monoid.hackernews](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monoid.hackernews)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.monoid.hackernews`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Monoids
- **Category:** NEWS\_AND\_MAGAZINES
- **Downloads:** 84
- **Version:** 2.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-23
- **First published:** 2022-04-03
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 7.52 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monoid.hackernews)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zirman/hacker\_news/](https://github.com/zirman/hacker_news/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://github.com/zirman/hacker\_news/blob/main/PRIVACY\_POLICY.md](https://github.com/zirman/hacker_news/blob/main/PRIVACY_POLICY.md)

## Description

Hacker News is a modern mobile app for browsing stories submitted on https://news.ycombinator.com<br><br>• Browse stories and comments<br>• Vote on and favorite stories and comments<br>• Post comments on story threads<br><br>Source code is available at https://github.com/zirman/hacker_news

## Rankings

- #2,058,662 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.monoid.hackernews.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.monoid.hackernews)