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Nautilus: Read Hacker News in a calm way

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Free native iOS app that summarizes Hacker News threads with on-device AI so you can grasp a discussion in under a minute.

FreeNo sign-upWorks offlineNo ads
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On-device AI thread summaries, watchlists, and offline reading
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Free, no account
Best for
People who read Hacker News but don't have time to read every comment thread

Watched for 6 days · last checked today

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AI Wire

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Scans 80+ AI research and developer-news sources every two hours and uses AI to rank what actually matters — a free, no-signup alternative to scrolling a flat news list.

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Scans 80+ AI research and developer-news sources every two hours and uses a Gemini-powered curator to group stories into 8 ranked clusters with two-sentence summaries and importance scores, plus tabs for trending GitHub repos, AI YouTube channels and busy AI subreddits/Hacker News threads.
What's different
Ranks stories by importance rather than recency, so an older but significant story can outrank a fresh but trivial one.
Pricing
Free, no account, no paywall.
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People who want a ranked daily digest of AI news instead of scrolling a flat feed.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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Cometry

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Combines Hacker News and DEV.to into one dark, ad-free feed with search and save, so you don't check both sites separately.

No sign-upNo ads
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Aggregates HN and DEV posts into a single feed with search/filter
Pricing
No account, no ads

Watched for 5 days · last checked 3d ago

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