Who should use HNSansAI?

HNSansAI is a consumer product built for Hacker News readers.

Does HNSansAI have a free plan?

Yes — HNSansAI is free to use.

Is HNSansAI still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 74 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to HNSansAI?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Hacker News (no AI), HN AI Friendly, and HN Stats.

HNSansAI is developed by Elijah Potter.

How long has HNSansAI been around?

HNSansAI first shipped in 2020.

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HNSansAI

Name: HNSansAI
Author: Elijah Potter

elijahpotter.devAggregators & RSS readers

HNSansAI is a web-based alternative Hacker News feed that filters out articles focused on artificial intelligence. It presents familiar Hacker News sections such as top, new, best, ask, show, and jobs, and refreshes approximately every ten minutes.

FreeBSD-3-ClauseWebCloud-managed

Visit elijahpotter.dev

39stars

9features

2020since

Overview

9 features

HNSansAI is an Aggregators & RSS readers project. It focuses on filtering AI-focused articles out of Hacker News to create a less AI-dominated reading feed. It is built as a consumer product for Hacker News readers. HNSansAI costs nothing to use. HNSansAI is available on the web.

Behind HNSansAI is Elijah Potter, and it first shipped in 2020. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 39 stars and 74 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 9 catalogued features are AI article filtering, top stories feed, and new stories feed.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

AI article filtering
Top stories feed
New stories feed
Best stories feed
Ask stories feed
Show stories feed
Jobs feed
Automatic refresh
Story comments

Built with & integrations

Framework

Next.js

Hosting

Cloudflare

Runs on

BrowserCloud-managed

Detected from

Next.js: x-powered-by header · /_next/static/ in the HTML
Cloudflare: cf-ray header · cf-cache-status header

Trust & compliance

License

BSD-3-Clause

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tierGitHub · ★ 39Active maintenance

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed26 Aug · 18:04 UTC
Hacker News, Sans AI verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about HNSansAI

What is HNSansAI?: HNSansAI focuses on filtering AI-focused articles out of Hacker News to create a less AI-dominated reading feed. It is catalogued under Aggregators & RSS readers on PulseGate.
Who should use HNSansAI?: HNSansAI is a consumer product built for Hacker News readers.
Does HNSansAI have a free plan?: Yes — HNSansAI is free to use.
What platforms does HNSansAI run on?: HNSansAI runs on the web.
Is HNSansAI still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 74 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to HNSansAI?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Hacker News (no AI), HN AI Friendly, and HN Stats.Hacker News (no AI)HN AI Friendly HN Stats
Who makes HNSansAI?: HNSansAI is developed by Elijah Potter.
How long has HNSansAI been around?: HNSansAI first shipped in 2020.

At a glance

Platforms: Web
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 39
License: BSD-3-Clause
First seen: 26 Aug 2026
Built for: Hacker News readers
Model: B2C
Solves: Filtering AI-focused articles out of Hacker News to create a less AI-dominated reading feed.

Registered as

GitHub: tailscale/tailcat

Developer

Elijah Potter

Community-driven

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 39
Forks: 0
Open issues: 4
Last commit: 26 Aug 2026
Commits 90d: 74
Contributors: 331
Authorship: Community-driven
Default branch: main

Index record

Indexed: 26 Aug 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Aug 2026
Last seen: 26 Aug 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: hacker-news-sans-ai-elijahpotter-dev
Lifecycle state recorded: 26 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 26 Aug 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 26 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://elijahpotter.dev/hnsansai

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