owenthereal/hacker-menu
Hacker News Delivered to Desktop :dancers: observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4034
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2884
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1001 stars · 68 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hacker Menu is a macOS menu bar desktop application that delivers top Hacker News stories directly to your desktop. It is built with Electron and Node.js.
Use cases
- get hacker news headlines in my menu bar
- desktop notifications for top hacker news stories
- read hacker news without opening a browser
- track trending tech news on mac
- stay updated with y combinator news aggregator
When to choose
- you use macOS and want passive Hacker News updates in the menu bar
- you prefer a lightweight native-feeling desktop app over a website
When to avoid
- you need Windows or Linux support, which was never released
- you need an actively maintained app - the last release was in 2018
- you want customizable feeds beyond Hacker News
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
gui web-scraping desktop-applications social-media developer-tools hacker-news menu-bar-app news-aggregator electron-app macos electron nodejs desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/owenthereal/hacker-menu · fetched 2026-09-03 · e7795715be00
- homepage: https://hackermenu.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 09135ea2d1ef
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| owenthereal/hacker-menu | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="owenthereal/hacker-menu")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem