Description:
Hacker News in your terminal
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 3.8@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Developer tools
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Tags:
hacker-news
terminal
cli
news-reader
developer-tools
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Install:
brew install circumflex
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About:
Circumflex is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that allows users to browse and read Hacker News threads directly in their terminal. It provides a clean, distraction-free interface for consuming tech news without leaving the command line. The tool fetches content from the official HN API and presents it in an easily navigable format.
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Key Features:
- Terminal-native interface for reading HN articles and comments
- Keyboard-driven navigation for efficient browsing
- Support for viewing article links via terminal-based browsers or URL openers
- Clean, minimal UI optimized for CLI environments
- No browser required, reducing resource usage
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Use Cases:
- Reading Hacker News during work without context switching to a GUI browser
- Quickly checking tech news updates while in a terminal-based workflow
- Browsing HN on remote servers or headless systems without a graphical interface
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Alternatives:
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hackernews-tui
– Similar terminal-based HN client with a more complex UI and additional features like offline reading
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lynx
– General-purpose text-based web browser that can access HN but lacks HN-specific optimizations
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