Octal for Hacker News for PC - Free Download: Windows 10/11 Edition

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Software Features and Description

1. • NEWS FOR NERDS: Read and share the most important stories in the tech world, submitted and voted on by Hacker News users.

2. Octal is your go-to news feed for breaking tech news, putting the biggest stories of the day with engaging discussion right in the palm of your hand.

3. Octal has all the features you need, including the ability to vote on stories, submit posts, add comments, and manage favorites.

4. To unlock advanced features, including the ability to submit posts, add comments, manage favorites, switch themes, change app icons, use custom gestures, and more, you can buy Octal Premium via an In-App Purchase.

5. • SEARCH STORIES: Search Hacker News stories and sort search results by relevance or date.

6. • DEEP LINK SUPPORT: You can open Hacker News web links in Octal using other apps such as 'Opener'.

7. • SUBMIT LINKS: Got a cool story or news link to share to Hacker News? Submit new posts directly in the app.

8. • JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Log in or register to Hacker News to easily track your karma, activity and favorites.

9. Stories are constantly changing, and often focus on areas like programming, startups, technology industry and companies (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, etc.), and key technology categories such as mobile, computers, internet, design, coding, and security.

10. • CUSTOMIZE YOUR NEWS FEED: Tap or swipe between story filters such as 'Top Stories', 'Ask HN', 'Show HN', 'Best Stories', 'New Stories', and 'Jobs'.

11. • DISCUSS THE NEWS: Read and engage with stories by viewing their discussions with a fast, fully-threaded, collapsible, buttery smooth comments experience.

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Download and install Octal for Hacker News on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Octal	Get App ↲	2,450 4.81	Daniel Wu

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Octal for Hacker News app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Octal on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Octal"
The search will reveal the Octal for Hacker News app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Octal is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Octal.
Now enjoy Octal on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Daniel Wu	4.81	4.16.3

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Octal Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Octal,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Octal" » then Click "Install".
- Octal for Hacker News will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Octal on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Daniel Wu	2450	4.81

Download on Android: Download Android

Top Pcmac Reviews

Reall nice app, but writing replies is painful

By nilkn (Pcmac user)

One of the best iOS HN clients. Gladly paid a few bucks for the premium upgrade. The one issue I have is the interface for writing comments seems a little broken. If the comment I’m trying to reply to is long, that comment will occupy the screen and block/cover up the comment I’m composing (along with the on-screen keyboard). I’d like to see this fixed and then this will likely be my go-to HN app. In the meantime, I’ll probably stick to MiniHack or just the website if I intend to write comments. Either way thanks for all the work that clearly went into this.
Best HN client

By connormulcahey (Pcmac user)

Tried all the other HN clients on the App Store I can find and this is the only one that’s been good enough to not go back to bookmarking the website to my home screen. Was even thinking of making my own! Essentially all I want the same behavior / UI / features as Apollo for Reddit. HN is a lot like a subreddit so I prefer not to have rewrite my brain to use it. The tap to collapse comments and true dark mode are the two biggest things thing that were missing on others. Only thing I can think of adding: dark background or more-orange-less-white icon so it looks good in iOS 13 dark mode, and Apollo style swipe to upvote / downvote comments. Worth the $2.99 for sure if the developer can continue to support it. 👍
Better Than the Actual Site

By rapdev (Pcmac user)

With the absolute BARGAIN 1 time premium purchase this app becomes the best way to consume HackerNews PERIOD. Better than both the mobile and desktop sites with AMAZING, yet minimal and not feature crazy, ways to customize the experience (font size, tweaking how compact the lists are, dark mode, etc). One of the best app downloads, if not THE BEST I’ve ever made.
Could you please add the search feature?

By nay_thiha (Pcmac user)

Awesome product! Sometimes I would like to see comments on recent articles. It would be great to have search feature with sorting function by relevance or date which is included in MiniHack app (another Hacker News app which I used previously before this app). Thanks.