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Hacker News Search

Full-text search of Hacker News stories and comments.

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Hacker News Search is a real-time full-text search interface for the Hacker News community site, indexing articles and comments so users can find and revisit discussions across the archive. It is built on the Algolia instant search engine, with items updated in real time through the official Hacker News API.

Results can be filtered by story type, popularity, and time range, and each entry shows points, author, age, and comment count. The source code is available on GitHub, and data is indexed across three servers for high availability. The interface is accessed through a web browser, with links to API documentation and related tools.

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