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Hntui: A New Terminal User Interface for Hacker News Released
Key points
- Hntui is a TUI for Hacker News feeds and comments.
- Supports keyboard and mouse navigation, including Vim keybindings.
- Features include saving posts, themes, and a Knight Rider loader animation.
- Available via install script, prebuilt binaries, or npm with Bun 1.2+.
Introduction to Hntui
Hntui is a newly released terminal user interface (TUI) designed for browsing Hacker News. It allows users to access all six Hacker News feeds: Top, New, Best, Ask, Show, and Jobs, directly from their terminal environment. The application also supports navigating through a post's comments.
Key Features and Functionality
The TUI includes features such as the ability to save posts for later viewing, support for both Vim keybindings and mouse interactions, and customizable themes. A distinctive visual element is a Knight Rider scanner animation used for loaders. Hntui is compatible with modern terminals that support truecolor, mouse input, and UTF-8.
Installation and Compatibility
Hntui can be installed via a curl script that places a self-contained binary in `~/.local/bin`. Prebuilt binaries are also available for macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux (x64, arm64). For those using npm or developing, Bun 1.2 or newer is required. The application can also be run once without installation using `bunx`.
User Interaction
The interface supports extensive keyboard and mouse controls. Users can click tabs to switch feeds, click story rows to select them, and click again to open comments. Right-clicking a story opens a context menu with options to save, open the URL, or open comments. Mouse wheel scrolling is supported for lists and comment trees. Text selection in the terminal requires holding specific modifier keys (Option on macOS, Shift on Linux) due to the app capturing mouse events.
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Hntui is a new terminal user interface (TUI) for browsing Hacker News feeds and comments, offering keyboard and mouse navigation, themes, and post-saving functionality. This provides an alternative way for developers and tech enthusiasts to access Hacker News content directly from their terminal.