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Hacker News exposes a public, Algolia-powered search API at hn.algolia.com that needs no key and allows browser requests. The tool in this category uses it live: type a keyword and you get real matching stories with points, comment counts, author and date, plus tag, sort and minimum-points filters. Because it calls the source directly from your browser, the results are genuine, not a sample. For recurring monitoring or bulk exports to JSON or CSV, the same query can run on the backing Apify actor.

Updated September 29, 2026 · By Omar Eldeeb

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Search Hacker News by keyword — live, with points and comments

Search Hacker News by keyword live — real stories, points, comments, author, date. Free browser tool on the public HN Algolia API, no key. Filters + scale upsell.

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Dev & Community · June 1, 2026The Hacker News Search API: Free, No-Key, and Surprisingly PowerfulA practical guide to the free, no-key Hacker News search API (hn.algolia.com): tags, numeric filters, relevance vs. date sorting, and runnable code.

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Every tool here is free to use with no login. The backing actors run on Apify — free to start, then pay-as-you-go. Affiliate disclosure.