Hacker News Tools
Enhance your Hacker News experience with useful tools and features like dark mode and more.
As of June 2026, Hacker News Tools has 45 users in the News & Weather category.
Usersup 45.2 percent+45.2%
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Version
1.2.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 19, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2026 | 31 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
| May 4, 2026 | 37 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
| May 13, 2026 | 39 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
| May 25, 2026 | 37 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
| Jun 7, 2026 | 44 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
| Now | 45 | — | — | 1.2.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTabcontextMenus
- Host access
- https://news.ycombinator.com/*
Screenshots
About
Enhance your Hacker News experience with dark mode, one-click story submission, submission history lookup, and random front page exploration. Current features offered by this extension: - Dark mode theme - Insert your custom CSS - Highlight text and search from context menu - `hn` omnibox keyword: Type 'hn <space> query' in the address bar to search directly on Hacker News - Open external links in a new tab - Random story link in the top navigation bar - Submit any web page easily - Check submission history of any web page or website - Visit a random day's front page Visit out homepage for detailed feature guide: https://browsernative.com/hacker-news-chrome-extension/ For feedback or suggestion, email us at [email protected] Extension by BrowserNative. Not affiliated with Y Combinator or Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com).
Technical
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 19.92KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- flhbhgflcehfhimejnjadbfpebhhaopi
- Developer ID
- u07d431803cb3f56e5575f752563f3004
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jul 8, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Sep 19, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 7, 2026
- Website
- browsernative.com
- Privacy Policy
- https://browsernative.com/extensions-privacy-policy/
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 7, 2026.