Harmonic for Hacker News

Name: Harmonic for Hacker News
Rating: 4.65 (1027 reviews)
Author: Simon Halvdansson

By: Simon Halvdansson

Material Expressive design, open source, excessively polished, quick!

Features & Capabilities

Harmonic is a beautifully designed, open-source client for Hacker News that combines a Material Expressive aesthetic with a wide feature set and deep customization. It offers fast comment loading, login for commenting/voting/submitting, smart link previews, optional AdBlock and thumbnails, AMOLED dark mode, tablet support, and the ability to switch between Top/Best/New feeds for a fluid HN experience.

Built for speed and convenience, Harmonic includes search, post filtering, hide jobs option, share and bookmark management with import/export, and a customizable UI. Lightweight and ad-free, it’s a fully featured Chrome extension for power users and casual readers alike. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Open Source Developer Tools News & Magazines Design

By:

Simon Halvdansson

Downloads:

65,037 159

Rating:

4.65

(1,027) 3 new ratings

Version:

2.4 Last updated: 2026-06-07

Version code:

Creation date:

2020-08-15

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Safe
com.simon.harmonichackernews.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Size:

6.64MB

Email:

sw*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-11

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 260,656 ▼ 626

Other rankings

#20 in hacker keyword 14 ▲ 1

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Simon Halvdansson

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simon.harmonichackernews

Email:

sw*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://simonhalvdansson.github.io/

User Reviews

Harmonic for Hacker News is praised for its clean, minimalistic design, stability, and smooth user experience without ads. Users appreciate the responsive developer and features like bookmarking and history. However, multiple reviews highlight significant shortcomings including broken or missing login and commenting capabilities, bugs in loading comments, and insufficient search and sorting features. Minor usability enhancements such as better font sizing, input field behavior, and sharing functionality are also desired. Overall, it's regarded as an excellent HN client with room for important improvements, especially around user interaction and login functionality.

Pros

Simple, minimalistic, and clean user interface with a beautiful and elegant design.
Stable and smooth app performance with no ads, providing a great user experience.
Highly responsive developer who actively fixes bugs and maintains the app.
Bookmarks and a history feature are available, with some customization options.
Works well without requiring login, suiting users who prefer to browse anonymously.

Cons

Login and commenting features are broken or missing; login often fails with no error messages and comments sometimes fail to load.
Lack of advanced search filters and sorting options, reducing search functionality.
Minor UI issues such as lack of font size options and comment input field not auto-scrolling when typing long texts.
Issues with sharing articles directly from the reading view and limited widget availability.
No light theme option and some minor markdown rendering issues in comments.

Recent reviews

Love this app, simple but user friendly UI. one thing that could make it better: in History, can we sort it by the last read date? It's currently unsorted.