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Lobsters

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Last activityOct 20, 2026
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Repository: lobsters/lobsters ยท Data checked Oct 2026

About

Lobsters is a small, carefully moderated community where programmers share and discuss computing stories. Its public JSON feeds give you the hottest stories, newest posts, and active discussions with no key and no account. Think of it as the calmer cousin of Hacker News.

Details

No key needed. You can call it right away.

Auth: No key

Rate limit: No documented rate limit; cache responses and keep requests modest

Verified: 2026-09-13

Best for: personal developer

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Setup

  1. Open https://lobste.rs/hottest.json in your browser to see the hottest stories.
  2. Try /newest.json for the newest posts or /active.json for active discussions.
  3. Fetch the feed from your code on a schedule (hourly, not every minute).
  4. Cache each response and reuse it instead of hammering the site.
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