# insin/react-hn

React-powered Hacker News client

Repository: https://github.com/insin/react-hn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-hn
Homepage: https://insin.github.io/react-hn
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: react, react-app, hacker-news, firebase
Last push: 2021-03-14T14:33:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4346, "days_push": 1998, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2210, forks 328 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:26.328860+00:00)

## What it is
A React and react-router-powered client for Hacker News built on its Firebase API. It supports all HN item types, collapsible comment threads, new-comment highlighting, and caching of visits and story listings.

## Use cases
- browse hacker news in an alternative web client
- read hn comment threads with collapsible comments
- highlight new comments since my last visit to a story
- see a react implementation of a hacker news client
- catch up on recent comments in threads i was reading elsewhere
- use hacker news with realtime updates via firebase

## When to choose
- you want a fast, feature-rich alternative web UI for Hacker News
- you want a reference React + react-router app consuming the HN Firebase API
- you want new-comment tracking and collapsible threads beyond the official HN site

## When to avoid
- you need an official or mobile HN client
- you need posting/voting features beyond what the HN API allows
- you need a maintained project - the last release was in 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: http-client, state-management, routing
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: hacker-news, react, react-router, firebase, news-client, single-page-app, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- insin/react-hn (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.328860+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 2026-08-30T02:46:10.706922+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/insin/react-hn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.328860+00:00, sha 3695464b8d72)
  - homepage: https://insin.github.io/react-hn (fetched 2026-08-29T10:26:45.730742+00:00, sha 3f8f44ecc481)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.