Hacker News Front Page Scraper

Extract every story on the Hacker News front page, including rank, title, URL, score, author, and comment count.

Free to runNo account neededStructured resultsCurrent front pageNo Hacker News loginFront-page stories

Extension tool

Run the scraper from Chrome

This scraper runs inside the Lection extension so it can read the live Hacker News page and return clean rows. After installing, open Lection from the Chrome toolbar and choose Hacker News Front Page.

Add to Chrome — free

How the Hacker News scraper works

Step 1

Install Lection

Add the free extension and pin it to the Chrome toolbar.

Step 2

Choose Hacker News

Open the extension and select the Hacker News Front Page tool.

Step 3

Run and review

Lection reads the current front page and structures each story as a row.

Step 4

Export or automate

Download the results or save the workflow for future runs.

This page does one page. The extension does the rest.

Lection is a free Chrome extension that turns any webpage into structured data.

Add to Chrome — free

Any site

Not just this one — point it at any page you can open.

Every page

Follows pagination, infinite scroll, and detail links.

On a schedule

Runs in the cloud and sends rows to Sheets, Zapier, or a webhook.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need a Hacker News account?
No. The front page is public and does not require a Hacker News login.
Why does this tool run in the extension?
The extension runs the page-reading script in Chrome and returns the result as structured rows.
What fields are included?
Each result can include rank, title, story URL, score, author, and comment count.

This page does one page. The extension does the rest.

Lection is a free Chrome extension that turns any webpage into structured data.

Add to Chrome — free

Any site

Not just this one — point it at any page you can open.

Every page

Follows pagination, infinite scroll, and detail links.

On a schedule

Runs in the cloud and sends rows to Sheets, Zapier, or a webhook.