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steven-tey/chathn

Chat with Hacker News using natural language. Built with OpenAI Functions and Vercel AI SDK. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/steven-tey/chathn · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

29/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 83

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1165
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1038
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1179 stars · 168 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

ChatHN is an open-source AI chatbot web app that lets users query Hacker News using natural language, powered by OpenAI function calling and the Vercel AI SDK. It is built with Next.js and can be deployed to Vercel with one click.

Use cases

  • ask hacker news for top stories in natural language
  • summarize comments on a hacker news story
  • get hacker news results as a markdown table
  • deploy my own ai chatbot for hacker news
  • learn how to use openai function calling with the vercel ai sdk
  • chat with an api using natural language

When to choose

  • you want a ready-made natural language interface to Hacker News
  • you want a reference implementation of OpenAI function calling with the Vercel AI SDK in Next.js
  • you want to self-deploy a streaming AI chatbot on Vercel

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose chatbot not tied to Hacker News
  • you don't want to depend on an OpenAI API key and its costs
  • you need a production-grade, actively developed product rather than a demo app

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

chatbot agent-framework web-framework http-client artificial-intelligence large-language-models web-development social-media cloud hacker-news openai-functions vercel-ai-sdk nextjs streaming edge-functions chat-interface ai-agents nodejs web-server typescript

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