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Kiosk

A Hacker News reader for Android.
New in version 0.1.0
Initial release baseline:
- Six Hacker News feeds and historical search.
- Native reader with warmed Readability extraction cache.
- Comments, Speed Reader, Read Aloud, and zoomable article images.
- External handling for PDFs, X/Twitter, YouTube, and links.
Kiosk is a Hacker News reader for Android.

It is built around reading, not browsing. Browse Hacker News feeds, search historical stories, read articles in a distraction-free native reader, and keep comments close at hand.

Features:
- Browse Top, New, Best, Ask, Show, and Jobs.
- Search historical Hacker News stories.
- Read articles in a native reader powered by Mozilla Readability.
- Swipe between stories in the current feed.
- Open comments quickly in a bottom sheet.
- Use reader themes, fonts, Speed Reader, and Read Aloud.
- Expand article images and pinch to zoom.
- Open PDFs, X/Twitter, YouTube, and external links in the default app or browser.

Kiosk has no accounts, ads, analytics, tracking SDKs, Firebase, Crashlytics, or Google Play Services dependency.
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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 0.1.0 (1) suggested Added on Aug 14, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 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.
    • 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.
    • com.shapeshed.kiosk.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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