Glider for Hacker News

Glider is an opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense.

New in version 1.18.1

• Added long-press option to show parent story or comment
• Added tags next to usernames for noteworthy YC employees
• Added monochrome icon as part of adaptive icon
• Added licenses page in settings
• Improved reliability of story comment tree loading
• Fixed scroll-to-top button behavior to only show on scrolling up

Glider is an opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense.

• Browse stories, comments and user profiles
• Catch up on and search stories from any period
• Log in using an existing or new Hacker News account
• Vote on and favorite stories and comments
• Write replies and submit new stories (experimental)
• Collapse comment trees
• No ads, no telemetry
• Extensive theming
• Sensible defaults

Source code is available at https://github.com/Mosc/Glider. Don't hesitate to submit an issue if you'd like to see anything improved.

Uses the official Hacker News API hosted on Firebase and the Hacker News Search API provided by Algolia.

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 1.18.1 (40) suggested Added on 2022-10-23

arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

This version requires Android 4.3 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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Version 1.17.1 (38) - Added on 2022-08-09

arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

This version requires Android 4.3 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
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Version 1.17.0 (37) - Added on 2022-07-28

arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

This version requires Android 4.3 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
Download APK 24 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log