Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
1warn against
Apr 5, 2026first mention
Jun 28, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forhacker news reader on iosreading hacker newsreading hacker news on iosreading hn on mobilehacker news client

Why people recommend it

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“I use Octal which does everything I would need.”

Caveats and dissent

“even on Octal, in heated debates on HN it becomes extremely difficult to read nested comment threads”

All comments 6

“even on Octal, in heated debates on HN it becomes extremely difficult to read nested comment threads”

“I use Octal which does everything I would need.”

Threads where it came up

Data: octal.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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