# cheeaun/hackerweb

A simply readable Hacker News web app

Repository: https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hackerweb
Homepage: http://hackerwebapp.com/
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Topics: web-app, hacker-news, css, javascript, hacker-news-client, hacker-news-reader
Last push: 2024-04-22T03:38:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5435, "days_push": 863, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1251, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.237404+00:00)

## What it is
HackerWeb is a mobile-friendly web application for reading Hacker News, designed to look and feel like a native iOS app with a fallback 'web' theme for other platforms. It is built with vanilla JavaScript, Hogan.js templating, client-side storage, and an unofficial Hacker News API.

## Use cases
- read hacker news on my phone
- hacker news client with native app feel
- mobile-friendly hn reader
- browse hacker news stories offline
- lightweight hacker news web app
- read hn comments on ios safari

## When to choose
- you want a fast, lightweight Hacker News reader in the browser
- you prefer a mobile web app over installing a native app
- you want a simple, ad-free HN reading experience on iOS or other mobile browsers

## When to avoid
- you need features like voting, commenting, or account login
- you want a native app with push notifications
- you need an actively developed project with a license and recent feature work

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, templating, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: hacker-news-client, mobile-web-app, news-reader, vanilla-javascript, offline-storage, web-server, mobile

## Member repositories
- cheeaun/hackerweb (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.237404+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 2026-08-30T05:07:38.611706+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.237404+00:00, sha 2095f1516d20)
  - homepage: http://hackerwebapp.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:22.633675+00:00, sha dd108880bb19)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.