HN Summarizer

Summarize Hacker News article links inline using AI

As of June 2026, HN Summarizer has users in the Productivity category.

Usersno change0%
Ratingno change0%
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Reviewsno change0%
Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 18, 20261.0.0
Apr 24, 20261.0.0
Now1.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabstorage
Host access
*://*/*

Screenshots

HN Summarizer screenshot 1HN Summarizer screenshot 2HN Summarizer screenshot 3

About

A Chrome extension that adds inline AI-powered summaries to Hacker News stories and comment threads.

Features:

- Article summaries — click "Summarize" next to any story to get a 2-3 sentence summary of the linked article
- Comment summaries — summarize comment threads to quickly understand the discussion
- Explain more — get detailed, markdown-formatted explanations of articles
- Expertise levels — adjust summary depth from ELI5 to Technical using a per-story slider
- Summarize all — batch-summarize every story on the page from the popup
- Multiple AI providers — choose from Gemini, Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, or xAI (Grok)

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
15.73KiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u355213ee677635534bf5148d8680c98d
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Feb 19, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Feb 19, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 3, 2026
Website
Support URL

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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 3, 2026.