SideHN

Name: SideHN
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: alin.panaitiu

The web, with a side of HackerNews. Shows a sidebar with HN comments if the link was opened from HN

As of June 2026, SideHN has 156 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Productivity category.

alin.panaitiu Productivity★ Featured

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+33.3%

156

Rating0%

5.00

1 reviews

Reviews0%

Version

1.0.4

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension 1 version update.

History

11 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 1, 2026	117	—	—	1.0
Apr 30, 2026	142	—	—	1.0
May 5, 2026	161	5.00	1	1.0.4
May 9, 2026	173	5.00	1	1.0.4
May 13, 2026	169	5.00	1	1.0.4
May 16, 2026	146	5.00	1	1.0.4
May 21, 2026	137	5.00	1	1.0.4
May 25, 2026	129	5.00	1	1.0.4
Jun 4, 2026	133	5.00	1	1.0.4
Jun 8, 2026	157	5.00	1	1.0.4
Jun 15, 2026	164	5.00	1	1.0.4
Now	156	5.00	1	1.0.4

Permissions & access

Permissions: activeTabtabsstoragedeclarativeNetRequestcookies
Host access: https://news.ycombinator.com/*, *://*/*?*hnid=*

Screenshots

About

The extension adds a parameter to the links on a Hacker News page, so that when you click on the link, the article page will show a sidebar with the HN comments for that link.

The extension can be disabled for individual domains by clicking on its icon.