Hacker News comment thread summarizer

Summarizes individual HN comments within their thread's context

As of May 2026, Hacker News comment thread summarizer has 24 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.

jnnnthnn Functionality & UI

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+9.1%

24

24

Rating0%

5.00

2 reviews

Reviews0%

2

Version

1.0

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 24, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 24, 2026	22	5.00	2	1.0
May 20, 2026	33	5.00	2	1.0
Now	24	5.00	2	1.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: storage
Host access: None declared

Screenshots

Hacker News comment thread summarizer screenshot 1

About

Allows you to skim Hacker News comment threads faster by providing one-line summaries of each comment. 

Requires a user-provided OpenAI API key (which is never exposed to the extension developer).

Code is open-source and available at https://github.com/jnnnthnn/hn-comment-summaries

Technical

Version: 1.0
Manifest: V3
Size: 35.86KiB
Min Chrome: 88
Languages: 1
Featured: No

Metadata

ID: lojogmipgnlkialinmaojdddkaddkiop
Developer ID: ua434e4540d27d434e401bffe2ee15bdb
Developer Email: [email protected]
Created: Aug 27, 2024
Last Updated (Store): Aug 27, 2024
Last Scraped: May 20, 2026
Website: —
Support URL: https://github.com/jnnnthnn/hn-comment-summaries
Privacy Policy: —

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 20, 2026.