A VIDEO CATALOG BUILT FROM HACKER NEWS
HackerTube: Hacker News Recommended Videos
HackerTube is a searchable HackerTube archive of talks, lectures, and documentaries that Hacker News commenters have recommended since 2007. Explore 6,386 videos across 150 topics on HackerTube, open the comment that surfaced each pick, and keep likes, Watch later, playlists, and history in your browser—or sync that HackerTube library with Pro when you want the same lists on another device.
Browse HackerTube without an account. Likes, Watch later, and history stay in this browser; import a YouTube Takeout file to tune your feed.
What is HackerTube?
HackerTube turns nineteen years of Hacker News video links into a calm catalog you can browse without an account. Each HackerTube entry points back to recommendation context on Hacker News instead of chasing vanity view counts. The goal is simple: help curious readers find talks worth an evening, with enough source context to decide before you press play.
How HackerTube works
- Search or open a HackerTube topic. Titles, creators, and topic labels cover programming, science, design, history, and more.
- Read why it showed up on HackerTube. Cards surface aggregate recommendation signals and link to the original Hacker News comments behind them.
- Shape a personal HackerTube feed. Mark likes, save Watch later, build playlists, review history, or import a Google Takeout watch-history file locally. Pro optionally syncs those library choices across signed-in devices.
HackerTube by the numbers
HN classics on HackerTube
Videos that recur across Hacker News discussions
Hidden gems in HackerTube
Strong recommendations from fewer distinct readers
A Philosophy of Software Design | John Ousterhout | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
The spelled-out intro to neural networks and backpropagation: building micrograd
Andrej Karpathy
But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.
3Blue1Brown
How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change | Allan Savory
TED
Recent HN favorites on HackerTube
Videos that appeared in later Hacker News discussions
Longs worth booking time for on HackerTube
Lectures, courses, talks, and documentaries to set aside time for
![[1hr Talk] Intro to Large Language Models — Andrej Karpathy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zjkBMFhNj_g/hq2.jpg)
150 TOPICS
Browse HackerTube by topic
The HackerTube archive groups into 150 topics—from history of computing and systems languages to documentaries, physics, and startups. Open a topic chip to scan related talks, or visit all topics to move through the full taxonomy.
Stand-up & sketch comedy243Satire & parody362Music performance & songs238US politics & elections186Geopolitics & foreign policy144Law, policing & justice187History of computing229GUI, HCI & interface history109Hacker culture & free software58Programming language design190Functional programming225C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages161Aviation & aerospace engineering123Cars, EVs & motorcycles171Transit, cities & urban planning173Databases & storage69Distributed systems80Operating systems & kernels110Education & learning73University lectures & courses125Philosophy & ethics98Startups & entrepreneurship119Product, marketing & sales79Management, leadership & organizations79Fundamental physics164Quantum physics57Cosmology & astrophysics108Neuroscience & the brain92Psychology & human behavior163Mental health & neurodiversity45
YOUR HACKER NEWS VIDEO LIBRARY
Your library on this device
Explore nineteen years of Hacker News video recommendations on HackerTube, then keep the picks you care about close to where you watch.
Free
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- All 6,386 videos, 150 topics, and search
- Hacker News recommendation context with source links
- Local likes, Watch later, playlists, and history
- Topic feeds and Google Takeout history import
This static edition has no account, cloud sync, or checkout. Your saved library stays in this browser and can be exported from Settings.
HackerTube FAQ
What is HackerTube?
HackerTube is an independent catalog of YouTube videos recommended in Hacker News comments. It organizes those picks into searchable topics and links each video back to its discussion context.
How does HackerTube choose what to show?
HackerTube indexes videos from a public export of Hacker News–linked talks. Ranking helpers such as classics and hidden gems use recommendation strength and distinct-recommender signals from that export—not YouTube view counts.
Can I use HackerTube without an account?
Yes. Search, topics, video pages, local likes, Watch later, playlists, history, and Takeout import work in the browser. An account is only needed if you want Pro sync across devices.
Does HackerTube store my Watch later list in the cloud?
By default, likes, Watch later, playlists, and history stay in local browser storage. Pro sync stores the library fields needed to keep those choices consistent on your signed-in devices.
Can I import YouTube history into HackerTube?
Yes. You can import a Google Takeout watch-history file to tune your HackerTube feed. The import runs locally in the browser and does not require uploading the file to a server for the free workflow.
How many videos and topics does HackerTube cover?
HackerTube currently lists 6,386 videos across 150 topics. The underlying public export also contains additional records; this homepage indexes the videos present in its public list and sitemap.
Where do HackerTube recommendations come from?
They come from Hacker News comments that linked YouTube videos, recorded from 2007 through 2026 in the source snapshot. Aggregate labels and source links are shown; full comment bodies are not republished.
Is HackerTube affiliated with Hacker News or YouTube?
No. hackertube.site is an independent project. It is not affiliated with Hacker News, Y Combinator, YouTube, Google, or the original export publishers beyond using their open data under the stated license.
What is free versus Pro on HackerTube?
Free includes the full browseable HackerTube catalog, search, topics, recommendation context, and local library tools. Pro adds optional cross-device sync for likes, Watch later, playlists, history, and topic preferences.
How should I credit the dataset?
Attribute the catalog data to HackerTube and the open-index/hacker-news archive under ODC-By 1.0. Videos and channel names belong to their creators; Hacker News comments remain their authors’ work.
Sources and attribution
This catalog is based on the October 31, 2026 HackerTube export derived from the open-index/hacker-news dataset under ODC-By 1.0. The public export contains 6,454 video records; hackertube.site currently indexes the 6,386 videos listed in its public sitemap. Summaries and stance labels in the source data may contain errors. Independent project; not affiliated with the original export publishers, Hacker News, or YouTube.