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Haxplore

Keyboard-driven Hacker News browser for navigating submissions and comments.

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Haxplore is a specialized Hacker News client that reimagines browsing discussions with full keyboard control. It allows users to navigate through stories and comments using intuitive key bindings, open links in modals or new tabs, and quickly jump to the original Hacker News page for any item.

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