GitHub Trending & Hacker News is an open-source (MIT) Android app by HarlonWang. The APK we host is 3.6 MB, it needs Android 7.0 or newer, and it declares 5 permissions.
The file on this page is GitHub Trending & Hacker News 1.8.0, 3.62 MB, and it installs on Android 7.0 and newer.
We compared the signing certificate of this build with the certificate recorded the first time whl.trending.ai entered the site, and published both the file's SHA-256 and the certificate's fingerprint above so you can check the download yourself. That comparison says the file was not repackaged by someone else; it is not a review of what the app does.
The manifest declares 5 permissions, including access to the microphone. Android asks you to approve those the first time the app needs them.
Its licence is MIT. We took this build from F-Droid, and the source for this exact version is linked below.
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We do not show a star rating or an install count for this page: we have no measured figure for either, and a number we cannot source is worth less than an empty field.
- Version
- 1.8.0
- Size
- 3.62 MB
- Requires Android
- API 24
- Package
- whl.trending.ai
- Signature checked on
- Sep 18, 2026
- Where this file came from
- F-Droid
- Licence
- MIT
- Source code
- Source for this version
File SHA-256: 744f145e0b1a8c46e5f0b61a4a47d7beb8a1d0c098fb02b574e74fee9da57b1b
Signing certificate (SHA-256): d3c692b844f299362e72f15b0157a844d6d7206837997e3a4a460bc1fcf41fdf
We check that this file carries the same signing certificate as earlier releases of the same package. That shows the APK was not repackaged by someone else — it is not a security review of the app.
Declared permissions
- INTERNET
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM
- RECORD_AUDIO
- whl.trending.ai.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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