HN Search provides real-time full-text search for the HackerNews community site. Source code is available on GitHub. The search backend is implemented using Algolia instant search engine.

How it works

Items are updated in real-time using official HackerNews API. Data is indexed on 3 different servers for high availability, hosted in Beauharnois, Canada.

Credits

Special thanks to Firebase, Octopart and YC teams for providing us the data.

• Hacker News
• Algolia
• Firebase
• Octopart
• Algolia REST API
• AlgoliaSearch Rails