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The Hacker News — daily cybersecurity news and analysis.

KindSafetyShapes
cachedSafelinked_text_block, image_linked_list, text_block, text, markdown_text_block, entries, image, timeline

Options

Section titled “Options”
OptionTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
feedstring (source-specific key)nofirst sub-feed of the sourceSub-feed key to select (e.g. "world" / "tech"). Run splashboard catalog fetcher news_<source> to list available keys.
countinteger (1..=20)no5Number of feed entries to display.

Compatible renderers

Section titled “Compatible renderers”
ShapeRenderers
linked_text_blocklist_links
image_linked_listlist_cards
text_blockanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, list_plain
textanimated_boot, animated_figlet_morph, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_typewriter, animated_wave, text_ascii, text_plain
markdown_text_blocktext_markdown
entriesanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, grid_table
imageanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, media_image
timelineanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, list_timeline

Preview

Section titled “Preview”

linked_text_block via list_links

Section titled “linked_text_block via list_links”
Apr 26  The Hacker News: top story      
Apr 25  The Hacker News: feature piece  
Apr 24  The Hacker News: shorter update 
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "list_links"

image_linked_list via list_cards

Section titled “image_linked_list via list_cards”
       Top story                        
       Apr 26                           
                                        
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "list_cards"

text_block via list_plain

Section titled “text_block via list_plain”
Apr 26  The Hacker News: top story      
Apr 25  The Hacker News: feature piece  
Apr 24  The Hacker News: shorter update 
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "list_plain"

text via text_ascii

Section titled “text via text_ascii”
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▝▀▘ ▀▘▝▘▝▀▘     ▀ ▀ ▝▀▝▘▝▀▘ ▀▘▝▘▝▀▘ ▀▀      ▀ ▝▘▝▀▘ ▝▘▀ ▀▀▘  ▀       ▝▘ ▝▀▘ ▟▙  
                                                                                

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "text_ascii"

text via text_plain

Section titled “text via text_plain”
The Hacker News: top story              
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "text_plain"

markdown_text_block via text_markdown

Section titled “markdown_text_block via text_markdown”
- Apr 26  The Hacker News: top story    
(https://example.com/article-1)         
- Apr 25  The Hacker News: feature piece
(https://example.com/article-2)         
- Apr 24  The Hacker News: shorter      

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "text_markdown"

entries via grid_table

Section titled “entries via grid_table”
top story                         Apr 26
feature piece                     Apr 25
shorter update                    Apr 24
                                        
                                        

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "grid_table"

timeline via list_timeline

Section titled “timeline via list_timeline”
2025-04-26 │ top story                            
           │ example.com                          
2025-04-25 │ feature piece                        
           │ example.com                          
2025-04-24 │ shorter update                       
           │ example.com                          
                                                  
                                                  

[[widget]]
id = "news_the_hacker_news"
fetcher = "news_the_hacker_news"
render = "list_timeline"