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Materialistic Nouveau

Material design Hacker News client for Android
New in version v4.0.9
Fixed F-Droid not picking up new releases. If you're updating from F-Droid, this also includes everything from 4.0.7 and 4.0.8: a new System theme option that uses Android's Material You wallpaper colours, the toolbar now hides completely when scrolling instead of getting stuck under the status bar, comment links are much easier to tap, the About screen links to this fork, and the What's New screen now shows the release notes. Also includes dependency updates.
Materialistic Nouveau is a material design Hacker News client for Android. It's a fork of https://github.com/hidroh/materialistic

Features:
- Browse the top, new, best, ask, show and jobs stories on Hacker News
- Read and post comments
- Search stories using Algolia Hacker News Search
- Save stories and comments for offline reading
- Multiple themes including light, dark, and AMOLED dark
- Read article content via built-in web view or Mercury Web Parser
- Share stories and comments
- Supports Android custom tabs for opening links

Uses the official Hacker News API. User actions such as voting, commenting, and submitting stories require a Hacker News account.
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Versions

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  • Version v4.0.9 (4009) suggested Added on Oct 01, 2026

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • find accounts on the device
      Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • toggle sync on and off
      Allows an app to modify the sync settings for an account. For example, this can be used to enable sync of the People app with an account.
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.SYNC_ITEM

    Download APK 3.2 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version v4.0.6
    Predictive back gestures now properly close the drawer, exit fullscreen video, and prompt to save drafts instead of being silently ignored. Saved stories refresh their comments on pull-to-refresh, offline saves now download the whole comment tree, and failed comments are easier to retry. Bumped target SDK to 37.
  • Version v4.0.6 (4006) - Added on Sep 02, 2026

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • find accounts on the device
      Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • toggle sync on and off
      Allows an app to modify the sync settings for an account. For example, this can be used to enable sync of the People app with an account.
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.SYNC_ITEM

    Download APK 4 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version v4.0.4
    Fixed edge-to-edge display: the toolbar no longer overlaps the status bar, and content now draws properly behind the gesture navigation bar.
  • Version v4.0.4 (4004) - Added on Jun 24, 2026

    This version requires Android 6.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • find accounts on the device
      Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications you have installed.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read sync settings
      Allows the app to read the sync settings for an account. For example, this can determine whether the People app is synced with an account.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • toggle sync on and off
      Allows an app to modify the sync settings for an account. For example, this can be used to enable sync of the People app with an account.
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
    • com.growse.android.io.github.hidroh.materialistic.permission.SYNC_ITEM

    Download APK 3.6 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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