About
HNcast is a web player for Hacker News stories that presents top stories one at a time as brief audio playback. The interface includes story browsing, playback controls, bookmarks, a feed view, and stats pages, with sign-in support for saving user state.
The service is aimed at users who want to consume Hacker News in an audio format and navigate stories without leaving the player. The landing page does not expose any concrete free-tier limits, pricing thresholds, or trial duration.
- Audio briefing of Hacker News stories
- One-at-a-time story playback
- Bookmarks and feed management
- Playback controls with deep and mini modes
- Stats and preferences pages
Free Tier Value
HNcast is explicitly listed as always_free, and the provided page text shows only public navigation and app functionality (Player, Bookmarks, Feed, Stats) with no pricing page, paid tiers, credit, or trial information. Per the instructions, always_free with no caps maps to an unbounded free tier, so free_tier_value_usd_per_month is null and always_free_unbounded is true. No paid plans are visible in the supplied text, and there is no explicit statement that a credit card is required, so no_cc_required remains false.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to HNcast’s player for listening to briefed Hacker News stories.
- Access to bookmarks for saving stories.
- Access to the feed/preferences page for managing story feed settings.
- Access to stats for viewing listening or usage statistics.
See HNcast pricing for current limits.
