Head to head
Gdelt vs Hacker News
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Search and analyze global news coverage and US TV transcripts via the GDELT Project APIs.
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Cio.github.mrfentmen/hacker-news-mcpNo reviews yet
Hacker News in one place: top, jobs, ask, item lookup, and Algolia search. No key required.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Gdelt (93/100 against 65). Gdelt is hosted and callable through the gateway; Hacker News runs on your own machine. Gdelt has noticeably more public adoption.
| Gdelt | Hacker News | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A93/100 | C65/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | — |
| GitHub stars | 5 | – |
| Downloads / week | 212 | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 6 |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-19 | — |
| Category | Web search | Web search |