Modern for Hacker News
A redesigned web interface for Hacker News.
As of May 2026, Modern for Hacker News has 10,000 users and a 4.48/5 rating from 48 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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Version
1.14
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 24, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | 10.0K | 4.49 | 45 | 1.14 |
| May 19, 2026 | 10.0K | 4.51 | 47 | 1.14 |
| Now | 10.0K | 4.48 | 48 | 1.14 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabstorageunlimitedStorage
- Host access
- *://news.ycombinator.com/*
Screenshots
About
Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable. Once installed, this extension will simply apply the new look and features to existing Hacker News pages, without you having to do anything. All current features on Hacker News are supported, this extension simply builds upon the existing interface to offer many improvements, including: ✔ Themes – light, classic HN, slate, dark, black ✔ Fonts – sans, serif, change font size ✔ Styles – adjust column width, line height, justify text ✔ History – quickly jump to stories you've previously viewed ✔ Comments – inline reply + many other improvements ✔ Index – switch between list / table view, customize columns ✔ Profiles – new design with tabs, clickable links etc ✔ Accounts – all HN account features supported ✔ Switch back to the old design (if needed) with one click ✔ More improvements planned for upcoming releases! If you have any questions, need help or have any suggestions, please get in touch: [email protected] ---------- This extension is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator. ---------- Updates: v1.14 - Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN - Fixed score not being shown for your own comments v1.12 - Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN v1.11 - Fixed favorites not being saved - Fade visited links + added setting to toggle - Added setting to toggle showing icons on hover - Added prev / next to comment menu v1.1 - Bug fixes v1.0 - First version
Technical
- Version
- 1.14
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 6.79MiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- dabkegjlekdcmefifaolmdhnhdcplklo
- Developer ID
- u89182ebca4cc944f984d530accccf34c
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Sep 8, 2022
- Last Updated (Store)
- Nov 15, 2022
- Last Scraped
- May 19, 2026
- Website
- modernhn.com
- Support URL
- https://www.modernhn.com/contact
- Privacy Policy
- https://www.modernredesigns.com/privacy.html
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