Reading
- Six feeds: Top, Best, New, Ask HN, Show HN, Jobs.
- Threaded comments with collapsible threads, the Quick Collapse gesture, and the Comment Jumper for hopping between top-level comments.
- Full-text search across HN, sortable by relevance or date.
- Reader Mode for articles.
- Split View two-pane layout on wider screens.
Account
- Sign in with your HN account: vote, reply, submit, and favorite.
- Activity view for any user's comment history.
Appearance
- True Black theme: pure #000, made for OLED. Full light mode. Or follow the system.
- Five app icons: ∂ default, Classic, True Black, Moon, Hacker News.
- Dynamic Type support plus an in-app text size control.
Plumbing
- Deep links: jacobian://item/ID and news.ycombinator.com item URLs open in-app.
- State restoration: reopen exactly where you left off.
- Localized in English, German, and Arabic, with RTL support.
- Shake to report a bug during the beta.