grokfeed

Terminal feed reader for Hacker News, Reddit, and lobste.rs.

Features

• Unified scrollable feed from HN, Reddit subreddits, and lobste.rs
• Color-coded by source: HN orange, lobste.rs red, subreddits in a cycling palette
• Read text posts and Ask HN inline — no browser needed
• Comments viewer with nested replies (up to 2 levels)
• Filter feed by source, refresh on demand
• Config file at ~/.grokfeed/config.toml — created automatically on first run

Install

Requires Python 3.11+. Recommended: use uv.

# with uv
uv venv --python 3.13 .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .

# or plain pip (Python 3.11+)
pip install -e .

Run

grokfeed

Screenshots

Key bindings

Main feed

Key	Action
j / ↓	Move down
k / ↑	Move up
Enter	Open post body (text posts) or URL in browser (link posts)
c	Open comments
f	Cycle source filter (All → HN → r/sub → lobste.rs → …)
r	Refresh all sources
q	Quit

Post body modal

Key	Action
j / ↓	Scroll down
k / ↑	Scroll up
c	Open comments for this post
o	Open URL in browser
q / Esc	Close

Comments modal

Key	Action
j / ↓	Scroll down
k / ↑	Scroll up
q / Esc	Close

Config

~/.grokfeed/config.toml — created on first run with defaults.

subreddits = ["programming", "python", "machinelearning"]
hn_story_count = 30
reddit_post_count = 15
lobsters_post_count = 25

Edit to add or remove subreddits. Changes take effect on next launch or r refresh.

Tech stack

Library	Role
Textual	TUI framework
httpx	Async HTTP client
Typer	CLI entry point
Rich	Text rendering