RURunningDroid·Jun 30, 2025
I'm using Glider on Android: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
It's pretty nice and handles network issues well
In Ask HN: How Are You Reading HN in June 2025?Mosc
Glider
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Mosc / Glider
Glider
Glider is an opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense.
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17Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
580GitHub stars
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Glider is an opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense.
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My favorite HN android app, glider, is on fdroid https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
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Observed mentions: 2021-11-20 18:36:19 UTC to 2025-06-30 23:50:17 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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17 sourcesPretty nice but unfortunately scroll performance is extremely choppy like many other Flutter apps. Also, like many other Flutter apps, it can’t use system font stack. Still, on iOS, this is probably a better option than many other open source clients. On Android, I like Glider[1] and Harmonic[2] a whole lot more.
[1]: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
[2]: https://github.com/SimonHalvdansson/Harmonic-HN
In A feature-rich Hacker News clientGlider: An opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense
16 points · Open discussionGlider is an opinionated Hacker News client. Ad-free, open-source, no-nonsense
2 points · Open discussionGilder (a Hacker News client App) goes v2.0
2 points · Open discussionMy favorite HN android app, glider, is on fdroid
https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
In F-Droid: Android FOSS app storeI use this https://github.com/mosc/glider
Although it doesn't have a widget, the browsing experience is very good
In Show HN: Android Hacker News Widget and AppI personally use this to browse Hacker News. It's great, but sadly it does seem to be somewhat abandoned. The last update was in 2022, and there are a few annoying bugs[0][1][2].
[0]: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider/issues/72
[1]: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider/issues/86
[2]: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider/issues/84
In Glider for Hacker NewsNot OP, but I can recommend Glider: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
It is a nice replacement of Materialistic.
In Third-party Reddit apps are being crushed by price increasesthere is glider. https://github.com/Mosc/Glider. but not sure if it's available for ios although it is written in flutter
In Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lostFor Android: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
In Ask HN: Which HN client do you use?At present, I use "modern for hacknews" chrome plugin. via: https://www.modernhn.com/
It redesigns the web interface of hacknews.
In my andriod app, I will use Glider app to read hacknews posts. via: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider.
In most cases, I would choose to use pc's browser to read hacknews. Maybe you can try my recommendations above to improve your reading experience.
In Tell HN: Thank you for being fast, almost ad-free and text-onlyGlider: A HN Client for Android
4 points · Open discussionthanks! here’s another Hacker News client made with Flutter from another dev that has a much better looking UI, but it is only available on FDroid. (though you can build it yourself for iOS):
https://github.com/Mosc/Glider
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