# owenthereal/hacker-menu

Hacker News Delivered to Desktop :dancers:

Repository: https://github.com/owenthereal/hacker-menu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hacker-menu
Homepage: https://hackermenu.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-10-10T22:14:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4034, "days_push": 2884, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1001, forks 68 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:16.674330+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, web-scraping
- domain: desktop-applications, social-media, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: hacker-news, menu-bar-app, news-aggregator, electron-app, macos, electron, nodejs, desktop

## Member repositories
- owenthereal/hacker-menu (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:16.674330+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:16:08.114784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/owenthereal/hacker-menu (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:16.674330+00:00, sha e7795715be00)
  - homepage: https://hackermenu.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:14:22.993773+00:00, sha 09135ea2d1ef)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.